Monthly Archives: December 2014

Romany Ryme has come out of his race at Catterick on Sunday unscathed after belting the open ditch and unseating his jockey. The horse ran about a mile and 6 furlongs in total and up to that point had travelled well and never touched a twig! Jonathon is a bit bruised but otherwise fine. I found the day really frustrating as the way the race had cut up with just the six starters and after a few furlongs only five left running, it was a great opportunity missed to bag some very decent prize money in an easy enough race for £7k on offer to the winner. There are very few race options for our horse over the next few weeks and the race at Newcastle on Saturday is against horses rated a stone better than ours therefore we will be up against it on the day. Martin

There will be a good turn out of club members today to see Romany Ryme run in the 1:30pm 3m 1f Handicap Chase at Catterick. Under a 7LB rise in the weights Romany Ryme will be carrying 11st 8lb which on ground not as soft as we would like and a track a lot sharper than he prefers is a big ask. The strongly backed favourite 'Benefit In Kind' and the returning from injury 'Brokethegate' are both likely contenders and seem very well in at the weights. Lets hope for a good solid run. Martin  

Our consistent chaser Romany Ryme who won very impressively on his last outing at Carlisle is heading to Catterick this Sunday for a winning prize worth over £7k. After his very impressive win on the very testing Carlisle circuit on bottomless ground two weeks ago the tight turns of Catterick on good to soft ground will be a completely different experience for our club horse. It will be interesting to see how he copes with these different conditions. Martin  

After many solid runs and place finishes our very consistent MGR club horse Romany Ryme won the 2 mile 4 furlong Handicap Chase at Carlisle on Sunday under a great ride from our stable jockey Jonathon Bewley. Barney is looking better than ever this season and has developed into a strong proper chasing type exactly as I said he would. All credit for that goes to the Bewley's who are doing a great job with this stable favourite. The owners of Romany Ryme were rewarded for their patience and have experienced the elation of watching their horse win and the sheer joy of the winners enclosure and the popping of the champagne cork..............get in! Martin