Paul Webber Racing

All right all right.... I'm sorry for my loss of literary consciousness.May and June are meant to be the 'quieter times' for this yard, but thankfully we right busy little buzzy bees around here.As usual one N.H. season finished on the Saturday and the next one seamlessly started the next day! Of course the emergence of TIME FOR RUPERT was the highlight of 'that season that was' and there are so many others to look forward too for this one. Most of our jumpers are very sleepy in their fields, but their slumbers will soon be disturbed as we go to catch most of them around 1st July. With only a handful of jumpers to run now, the spotlight will fall upon the enlarged flat-racing string that we are preparing for the summer. LAISH YA HAJAR, RED BIRR and TRIBE have already run well and indeed 'LAISH' has a favourite's chance at Chepstow on Friday night. He's run two very solid races to be fourth on both his starts and a repeat of those would see him go close under Richard Hughes. AUSTRALIA DAY makes his seasonal re-appearance at Sandown tomorrow, but may just need the run and the ground is not his favoured 'tarmac' either. However this seemed more sensible than 'giving him an outing' (whatever that means) in the Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot next week, as it would have cost the owners a fortune in outfits and hats.

As a trainer we have to take these vital matters into consideration!Sunday sees JUST VICTOR have his first run in a hurdle race at Stratford and a hot one at that. As our schooling ground has been very firm we took him and DE SOTO to Lambourn this week, where Oliver Sherwood kindly got us onto the all-weather schooling ground. 'VICTOR' has now been there twice and looks good over hurdles. He showed promise on unsuitable soft ground in his only bumper at Warwick last December and will run well in a hot race.Mention of DE SOTO may make some of you sit up and take a little notice. Our old pal (only 8yrs. actually) looks completely tremendous. He schooled with 'gay abandon' last week and is working on the grass with FULL HOUSE at a secret location tomorrow morning. I would tell you more, but then I'd have to kill you, so I promise to report after the clandestine event. After all, we know that 'the walls have ears'.