Paul Webber Racing

Not a good day. Two runners left yesterday for Kelso, because the races looked just right for both of them. Ku and I got home an hour ago and the horsebox has finally completed the 320 miles home after the A1 was closed. We jog the horses up the yard when they get home, to check how they are, but tonight there is only one to trot up.
MRS. TRELLIS jumped the hurdle fine, but two strides later she went 'wrong behind'. Dominic Elsworth hopped off her straight away and held her tight. We got to her as soon as we could and the tremendous Kelso veterinary team had the situation in complete control. 'MRS. T.' has a very serious pelvic fracture and the only and kindest thing to do, was to set her on the quickest and least stressful path to horse heaven. Jeremy Dougall, Liz Clark, Willie Watt and I bred and owned this mare together and have all been so damn patient to give her every chance and then this lightening bolt from the sky takes her out.
There is nothing worse for a yard than when a horsebox comes home a little bit 'empty'. Poor Amy, who has always 'done' this filly, is going to miss her badly and it's a long, sad day for even wonderfully experienced and grown-up men like Jerry Walsh and Alistair Stewart. But we all have three runners tomorrow to hope for and look forward too. Maybe these will help banish the thoughts that will spring to mind for quite a little while, as everybody walks past 'MRS. T.'s' old stable. It is for Jem, Liz and Willie that we feel most sorry and upset for, as more patient and understanding owners and 'partners', you could not find.