Our Dr Johnson filly has completed her education in flying colours.
Robert Whitten who did the breaking in has reported to Brett that she broke in extremely well and handled everything asked of her.
In view of the fact she broke in well and was deserving of a good rest Brett has sent her straight for a spell down at the Waroona agistment property of Carey Smith, along with about half a dozen of Brett's other yearlings.
She will remain there for around 10 weeks before coming back to Brett's for more educational work and hopefully at the completion of this a jump out at Lark Hill before going for another spell.
Brett has reported that not being a robust filly he has decided to rug her during her spell to keep her warm and help build up strength and some more body mass. The vet has also given her some injections which will help with that. Hopefully she will build up a bit over her spell.
Some other news worth mentioning is that her 2yo brother, a grey chestnut by Akhenation under the care of Bernadine Dudley has been apparently jumping out well at Larkhill. As yet unnamed it is rumoured to have some ability and could be hitting the trial and/or racetrack very soon. I will be keeping an eye on this horse's progress as any success it has will naturally enhance the broodmare prospects of our filly.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Filly being broken in
Post dated from May 17th
Brett has decided to send our filly, along with a few other of his yearlings to Capel trainer Robert Witten for the initial breaking in. Those who were present at the Ascot Bloodstock Open day can atest to the fact that Brett has a full stable at the moment. Brett thought it best to get them broken in now whilst this breaker was available. Brett has liased with this trainer before and assures me he will do a good job. Robert will have the horse for approximately 4 weeks before she comes up to Bretts and he does the last few weeks himself and makes sure she has broken in well.
Brett is currently renovating his stables and has more than half the job done. When finished he will have room for even more gallopers with new boxes still to be built in addittion to the 25 already available. Having seen many stables at Ascot I can safely say Bretts stable would rival any of his city counterparts when finished. His boxes are much larger and are nicely covered in shade whilst allowing for breeze to get thro. He is literally on the doorstep of Pinjarra racecourse and has access to a sandtrack, a 5 horse walker, a brand new treadmill which we saw in action and one of the best roundyard/lunging yards I have ever seen.
To read about the Ascot Bloodstock Open Day click this link - http://www.perthturftalk.com/news.php?news_id=1164
Brett has decided to send our filly, along with a few other of his yearlings to Capel trainer Robert Witten for the initial breaking in. Those who were present at the Ascot Bloodstock Open day can atest to the fact that Brett has a full stable at the moment. Brett thought it best to get them broken in now whilst this breaker was available. Brett has liased with this trainer before and assures me he will do a good job. Robert will have the horse for approximately 4 weeks before she comes up to Bretts and he does the last few weeks himself and makes sure she has broken in well.
Brett is currently renovating his stables and has more than half the job done. When finished he will have room for even more gallopers with new boxes still to be built in addittion to the 25 already available. Having seen many stables at Ascot I can safely say Bretts stable would rival any of his city counterparts when finished. His boxes are much larger and are nicely covered in shade whilst allowing for breeze to get thro. He is literally on the doorstep of Pinjarra racecourse and has access to a sandtrack, a 5 horse walker, a brand new treadmill which we saw in action and one of the best roundyard/lunging yards I have ever seen.
To read about the Ascot Bloodstock Open Day click this link - http://www.perthturftalk.com/news.php?news_id=1164
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