Wednesday, 27 April 2016 11:33

Out with the old - in with the new!

Well another season comes to an end and I can’t say that we will be too sad to see the back of it either!! The early part of the season proved to be at the very least – trying – for the whole team.

 Horses running well but not well enough and winners proving very elusive. A lot of places and no indicators as to why the number one spot eluding us.

 The weather not helping at all and incessant rain giving us heavy ground for most of the winter. Plenty of ours not wanting the ground deep and spending a lot of time at home!

 With no changes to our daily routine or feeding regime the tide suddenly turned and  Timons Tara breaking the duck to a collective sigh of relief from Team Dickin. Then as often happens the tide turned and everyone running much better.

 Delighted to train a winner at last for Mark James – after a really annoying amount of places!

 Get Involved was bought as a replacement for the ill fated Point of Attack, and is a lovely horse but cannot handle soft ground so his loyal supporters have had to be very patient this winter, especially as Some Finish who was bought on the same day managed to bang in two consecutive wins, whilst their horse stood in his stable looking at the mud!!

 They were repaid however with a class performance at Newbury followed up with a really great effort to be second at Cheltenham first  time over fences. A horse with an exciting future.

 As mentioned Some Finish notched up back to back wins at Leicester – he is still a big baby and will benefit from a good break this summer and be back bigger and stronger next season.

 Young Lou adding another to Cliff Beechs list of winners and a first winner for our new conditional Cathal Courtney. A day he won’t forget! Great to have another winner for Cliff especially as the filly is a homebred.

 Under The Phone has proved to be a real little warrior for The Tricksters and rarely runs a bad race – he lost his maiden over fences tag at Market Rasen and is sure to win again through the summer – another that does not relish the heavy ground.  

 Thomas Crapper had a frustrating start to the year with a couple of under par performances – his blood eventually showed up a problem and took some time to correct – he hates heavy ground so more patient owners required! Again repaid with a great performance at Newbury to win a valuable prize.

 Great to have him back on form and then following up with a good run at Sandown on the last day of the season.

 Plenty of others in the team running well without getting their noses in front and plenty to look forward for the coming season.

 As well as the winners, we ended up with 15 seconds, 19 thirds and 15 fourths!

 A huge ‘Thank you’ to all of our loyal owners who have stuck with us through the choppy waters as well as when things are going well .

 Thank you to the team at home who have worked so hard all season and again have kept grafting away even when things were not going great!

 We could not do it all without such great support from all quarters.

 Masses to look forward to in the coming months with several that missed this season back in action, babies now growing up and a few with ‘issues’ now sorted!

 Plenty to run through the summer who have missed so much through the wet weather.

 Onwards and upwards ............watch this space!

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