Monthly Archives: January 2014

Our fantastically consistent horse Romany Ryme is running again in the 3:20pm race subject to the snow staying away! The snow is due around the time of our race at 3:20pm so lets hope we get a run. I will be checking out the race opposition tomorrow afternoon and advising club members of our prospects in this £10k race. I have updated our website with some great ownership offers available for 5% and 25% shares in what I expect to be our best horse in training next year Dark Caviar and also an update on our exciting youngster the unnamed Definite Article 3yo out of a Supreme Leader mare. We are having some great club days out at the races this season and Romany Ryme is proving to be exactly what I expected when I bought him, and you can expect more improvement to come when we tackle fences. I had a run down to the Doncaster sales yesterday with George and whilst there was one or two things of minor interest I had listed.....nothing sufficient to get the pulses racing or the wallets open! Martin      

Well an 8LB rise is shocking really but like I said to George the bad news is Romany Ryme has not won a race yet and the good news is Romany Ryme has not won a race yet! Meaning we can still run in Novice Hurdles off level weights or receiving weight from any winners. I think I know which option is most likely to produce a win for our improving consistent horse! Well done Arc Warrior a fast improving ten year old who has won his last two races at 14/1 and 12/1 today at Wetherby......any guesses who was on. I knew the horse of a couple of years back and nearly backed him at Hexham when he was third at 40/1 but he had a right belly on him that day and it put me off a bet. Now the belly is shaping up very nicely unlike mine. I must mention what great patient rides Brian Harding has given the horse on his three runs......poetry in motion. Martin

Well our boy is certainly proving to be consistent and is obviously over his brought down incident he experienced in his last race at Kelso. Yesterday at Newcastle Romany Ryme ran a stormer just getting caught in the last half furlong after leading over the last two flights, finishing a very close second after a grueling 3 mile race in very heavy ground. The winner Wolf Shield landing a bit of a touch for the Moore stable as this ex 120 rated hurdler returned to top form. Clearly a number of the runners did not handle the ground and I hope the handicapper notes the going conditions of the race which caused several runners to run below par. At the moment our boy is being handicapped out of a winning opportunity this season and needs to be given a chance by the handicapper to get his nose in front. It is a real shame that consistent honest horses like Romany Ryme get punished by the handicapper for trying their best in every race when other horses get rewarded for performing below par until their handicap mark is lowered and then win. I just hope the handicapper plays fair and gives us a chance in future races. Martin  

Well the bookmakers have RR marked up as 7/2 favourite this morning and all I can say is that none of that market support is from the stable or owners and represents poor value. Our horse had a terrible fall last time at Kelso and we are not at all sure he has come out of that experience in good heart. We have wanted soft ground however todays ground is reported as almost unraceable very heavy ground and that is another unknown. Todays race opposition is hot with three recent winners to contend with and the improving well bred Magic Present from the respected Jefferson stable. We would be happy with a place and a confidence building run today from RR! Martin

A welcome win for Sunderland today and off the bottom of the premier league for the first time in months which is some small progress. If you can string three wins or two wins and a draw together the whole picture at the bottom of the table can change so lets hope this is the start of a decent run. If you look to see where Hull are in the table with 6 more points on the board then you will see how tight it is going to be up to the end of the season. Romany Ryme is well at home after his unfortunate brought down last time out. If all goes to plan then he will run at our local track Newcastle on Wednesday were we are looking for a confidence boosting run to get the show back on track. MGR club members have tomorrows tip to look forward to! Martin