Formulate!, the all-in-one supplement just for your horse
We had an excellent start to our June, with our new Formulate supplements arriving in the post! This has caused plenty of excitement, and I had great fun going through all the options to find out what best suits the demands put on our racehorses. Our specially designed Formulate! supplements are therefore based around the muscular, skeletal and respiration areas and we cannot wait to see the results.
The horses have also been putting their best hoof forward on the track, though we have a few sitting in their stables desperate for a bit of rain – as much as we enjoy the dry weather, we could do with a decent downpour in the very near future!
Percy (Prancing Oscar) did us proud up at Hamilton – a bit of a teenage boy at home, he is always causing trouble, and is a rather exhausting presence on the yard. He is constantly trying to pull people off their horses, hit them over the head with his play ball, or engage anyone in the near vicinity in a boxing match. A tester of patience, we were therefore delighted when he notched up his second victory, clinging on by a neck before charging flat out into the winner’s enclosure, very pleased with himself! Hopefully he will be seen over hurdles in the near future, where he might even get rid of some of his excess energy!
One horse doing just that was Lord Caprio, a lovely three year old gelding who is already a three time winner on the flat for us. He looks built to jump, so we had been schooling him plenty at home (sadly I don’t think my dream of stealing him for eventing is going to happen!), and he was a natural, so we entered him for the first juvenile hurdle of the year at Hexham – a juvenile hurdle is for three-year-olds at the start of their jump career. We fancied him, as he was by far the best horse on the flat, and Richie McLernon gave him the most wonderful educational ride, with class outing at the end as he cruised well clear of his rivals. It is hard not to start dreaming big in racing, and hopefully this fella can progress and achieve a few of these dreams – fingers crossed!
On the same day, our faithful servant Ever So Much claimed his second victory of the season, and the ninth of his career. Mo has been at the yard even longer than I have, and after looking rather a reluctant participant in the racing game last year we wondered if retirement beckoned, as he owes us nothing. However, he seems to have found a new lease of life this season, and it was very emotional to see him win back over chase fences for owner J.P. McManus.
We have also been sporting our incredibly smart new Formulate! jackets wherever we go, so if you are at the races and see one, please do come up and have a chat with us!
Alice Haslam