Ballymore Castle back in the number 1 spot

Tue 19 Dec 2017

"There wouldn’t be many more deserving horses of getting their head back in front, than BALLYMORE CASTLE." said Tom in his post race tweet and that sums up how we all feel.

Our 5 year old son of Invincible Spirit has not had the cleanest of sheets this season, often missing the break and losing the race at the start, however he seems to have formed a good relationship with Andrew 'Midge' Mullen and in his last few starts has re found his mojo. The mid summer breathing operation would also have been a help to him. Under a determined ride by Andrew at Wolverhampton yesterday, he brought up our 87th winner of the year. This now equals our 2nd best ever season for number of winners, so we'll be looking to add to the tally for the remainder of December!

Well done to his owners for keeping the faith and to Richard Fahey for keeping him going. It was a selling race, but we made sure we bought him back for 9,000 guineas, so he can keep going on the all weather.