Paul Webber Racing

STARS OF OUR OWNER'S DAY!

That's TIME FOR RUPERT and AUSTRALIA DAY, with of course, Danny H., Me, Trevor and Lou !

I'm sure you are all anxious to see more photographs from what was a really wonderful Owner's Day, but as i mentioned before we've had a few glitches recently. Also we are in the process of changing and updating this web-site and that has co-incided with a really frantic time at Cropredy Lawn.

This is also the time of year that both Trevor and Suzanne, so that's both Head Lad and Secretary, take their much needed and so enormously deserved two week holiday! That means that The Trainer really does have to multi-task, but thankfully we all know how good Men are at that! I have to admit that there is still some wierd part of my horseman's psyche that makes me really enjoy getting up early to feed the horses. There is a lovely calm to the start of the day, the problems have yet to manifest themselves and most importantly, the horses are pleased to see me, because i'm their Room Service waiter!

Every N.H. trainer in the land is excited at this time of year and is eulogising about the marvellous team of horses he has for the coming winter! We are delighted with our good start, highlighted by AUSTRALIA DAY winning one of the Summer Season's highlights at Market Rasen in July. This prompt start has been gently continued and then moved up a gear at Sedgefield yesterday with a double from our two runners, ASHAMMER and PENNY QUEEN. The last runner we had at this track unseated his rider at the second last, when looking pretty certain to win at odds of i think, 4/6. Remember the horse's name?...............that wonderful servant, BUCKBY LANE. Since then we have sent three horseboxes all the way to Sedgefield and racing has been abandoned on all three occasions!

Yesterday was a dream day, probably because Ku and I spent some reflective time at Rievaulx Abbey, which really does have to be seen to be believed, it's highly recommended. ASHAMMER hardly came off the bridle, whilst somehow Denis O'Regan got PENNY QUEEN rolling on down the hill, to get up in the last 100 yards. We hope that 'ASH' will progress from here, but as PENNY QUEEN is hopefully still in foal to Kayf Tara, her next appearance will be right-handed around the Doncaster Sales ring at the beginning of November!! The final achievement of the day was managing Sedgefield to Cropredy in 2hrs 55mins, my car is still blowing more than either of our runners!