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Silversmith goes for Gold

Silversmith, a grey gelding by Mastercraftsman owned by Emma O'Gorman, famous for her breeze-up operation at Seven Springs here in Newmarket got off the mark at the second attempt at the newly opened Chelmsford City racecourse yesterday.  He had ran very respectably on his debut just nine days previously, finishing second to the mid-seventy rated Virtual Reality.

At Chelmsford yesterday Silversmith was fast out of the stalls, making all and staying on well in the closing furlongs despite being put under pressure from several rivals.  He eventually held on to win by a neck and shake off his maiden tag. It was a positive and strong ride by regular Jockey Chris Catlin.  Congratulations to Emma and Armando who own Silversmith and share in the riding of him!

That was our first winner at Chelmsford City and hopefully the first of many.

Miniskirt does it again

Miniskirt, a three year-old filly out of Minnola; owned and bred by Chris and Lesley Mills justified her odds-on favouritism when following up her last success at the course to bring up her second career-win.

Miniskirt has ran well the whole of her short career so far, finishing second first time out at Salisbury at the end of the last turf season. Due to niggling little injuries and lack of opportunities she didn't make her return in 2014 until the closing weeks of the season when getting off the mark at Southwell.

Miniskirt showed she clearly handles Southwell the best, as she was always prominent under regular Jockey Chris Catlin before quickening two furlongs out and very soon putting the race to bed finishing nine lengths clear of the remaining horses.

Congratulations to everybody who looks after and rides her and congratulations again to Chris and Lesley Mills whose success has happily continued through the winter months.

 

Apparatchika on the Up

 

Apparatchika, Kirsten Rausing's four year-old Archipenko filly followed up her maiden win at Lingfield with a more decisive win at Wolverhampton on Monday evening.

Partnered by her successful jockey Luke Morris, she clearly appreciated the step up in trip.  She travelled strongly throughout, running on well the last furlong to win decisively and showing that she'd clearly learnt a lot from her previous outing.

The handicapper had already revised her mark to 73 prior to this win and she is likely to  go up again after this win, so Rae may well try to find her a suitable alternative beforehand.

Congratulations to Kirsten Rausing and all her team at Lanwades for breeding her, and to Majid who looks after her.

Apparatchika wins on debut!

Kirsten Rausing's homebred filly Apparatchika won on her first start for Rae after joining us from Mike De Kock's yard in October last year.

She was slowly away although travelled well throughout, and despite running with a fair bit of inexperience, which is to be expected as this was only her second start, she ran on well to win comfortably by three lengths.  She was ridden to success by former all-weather champion Luke Morris and he done well to nurture her through.

Congratulations to Charlotte who led her up (pictured) and of course to Kirsten Rausing and all her team at Lanwades stud.  Apparatchika became Archipenko's first winner of 2015 and we hope there are more to come, not least from this filly.

Miniskirt a short priced success

 

Miniskirt, a three year-old filly out of Minnola; owned and bred by Chris and Lesley Mills justified her odds-on favouritism when getting off the mark at the fourth attempt yesterday at Southwell.

Miniskirt has ran well the whole of her short career so far, finishing second first time out at Salisbury at the end of the last turf season. Due to niggling little injuries and lack of opportunities she didn't make her debut this year until the closing weeks of the season so the all-weather has proved valuable for getting races into her.

Miniskirt showed she clearly handled Southwell, as she was always prominent leading the pack under regular Jockey Chris Catlin before quickening two furlongs out and very soon putting the race to bed finishing eight lengths clear of the second horse Laika, whom she was beating for the second time!

Congratulations to everybody who looks after and rides her and congratulations again to Chris and Lesley Mills whose success has happily continued through the winter months.