Del a bit of advice if you don't mind just say if you do

i notice your GN winner is 10
when alot of my horses get to 8 they lose some of their potential and that percentage
of potential goes dark green do your older horses ever have this issue and do you still export a
horse with some dark green potential

it looks as though grand national queen was 3 years too young

R12 Song And Dance (6th) - never competitive and weakened last furlong.
R14 Duty Calls (5th) - chaser not a hurdler. solid effort over a trip further than her best.
R15 Tunes (5th) - ran ok on a track didn't suit.
R16 Penny Pincher (1st) - 2nd in champion hurdle and goes 1 better here winning her third G1.
R17 Golden Mile (9th) - raced prominent from the start and jumped great. got tired from 3 out, as expected, and faded out of contention. really pleased with the run.
R17 Champagne Diva (U) - tracked the leaders until making a bad mistake at the 11th or 12th and lost her position. never recovered and was in rear when unseating at the 20th.
R18 Tiny Feet (11th) - another poor effort though Aintree isn't one of her fav places.
R20 Lone Soldier (2nd) - good run. was always going to struggle against Blow round here.

congratulations to deltanion for a terrific training performance in the grand national. well done mate.

Chocolate Lover (3rd) - Excellent run in the G1 Sefton
Theodore (9th) - Only beat 1 home, poor run
Girl On Fire (7th) - Not a bad run in G1 company
Dry County (UR) - Unseated in the national when running fairly well
Running Up That Hill (PU) - Pulled up in the national after a shocking run, so many mistakes
Champ In Trouble (8th) - Slightly disappointing
Estoril (1st) - WINS AGAIN! 3 wins including 2 in a row! VERY VERY game to hold on by a short head
Monza (5th) - Agitated before the start but beaten a long long way

Another fantastic day with another winner, that's 7 on the jumps now.
Estoril is turning into a front running hero for me.

Well done to Derek Hinton for his National win

Mr Rhodes
i was going to say in tipping comp
5,6 and 7yos will not be good at 4m4f
9 and 10yos are best in national
Saynothing is 9yo Poo Bear is 10
I think Leon put this on a forum here somewhere
ages at best distance ?
can someone confirm this lol

Thanx Follis

Thanx Kev
i seen you had tipped him in comp

not had great season but this is worth more then anything .. the race i wantd to win

hemz would be proud of me lol

Great day for me with

1 winner
1 2nd
1 5th

Alci As Mea Mea won race 21 2m5 chase Grade 2 HCP really delighted for her winning by 6 lengths coming off of middle weight.. This is a back 2 back win for her after winning also a 2m5 Chase Grade 3 HCP last week and also on the same track Cheltenham. ..

Congrats to all winners and placers

This week started of quite poorly by the standards of how the stable has performed in previous weeks.

On monday and tuesday the stable only managed 1 x 2nd and 2 x 3rds but things have picked up on wednesday with 2 winners.

Congrats to all those winners and placers.

no winners this week in jumps

R21 M Matt 4th solid run
R24 Zi Zu 2nd great run
R25 Jo hart 5th not bad off top weight
R27 Into Space no good
R28 Gentry no good


2 x 1
4 x 1
5 x 1

Paul can you pin both today's posts please - still not able to.

will do mate

My issue del is once a horse passes 8 i get this



this bar was full light green the horse had reached full max potential
but once my horses get to 8ish i get a bit of dark green in the bar
i just wanted to know if you or any of the experienced trainers still
export with this that was my question
because i have never done this before normally my NHC team are flat horses

Ah i see Mr Rhodes
But when you trail in RB
try same horse 5,6,7,8,9,10yo at 4m4 and 9 and 10yo win always
Darren West Tip 6yo ran fantastic at 10yo would of been a lot closer
Leon and Jamie will tell you same i hope lol
Dave Hooley ran 11yo over these ditances and ran well or won

Ok Thanks i never exported horses with this b4 but will now
i export & trial every horses at the end of the season anyway so have copies at those ages
thank you kind sir

That is exactly what I was asking you the other day Paul. I have always exported and trialled regardless, but I wondered if you knew some magical formula about the dark green bit. I will continue as before.