RESULTS

ELIZAFITZ(USA) - 2001 CHESTNUT GELDING BY ALLIED FORCES(USA)

OWNED BY DAVID, JOHN AND MARGARET KEYTE

ANOTHER FRUSTRATING SEASON FOR THIS HORSE. CONTINUED TO CARRY ALL BEFORE HIM AT HOME, MADE THE MISTAKE EARLY ON IN THE SEASON OF RUNNING HIM TOO QUICK. FINALLY FIGURED HIS BEST RUNS WERE COMING AFTER HE'D BEEN HAVING AN EASY TIME AT HOME - NOT SO EASY TO 'FRESHEN THEM UP' WHEN THEY'RE HARD ENOUGH TO STAY ON WHEN KNACKERED!

WOULD HAVE BEEN A FAST FINISHING 2ND AT BRAMPTON BRYAN, BUT FOR NEARLY BEING BROUGHT DOWN AT THE LAST, AND WAS A SHAME TO BE A DISQUALIFIED AT COLDHARBOUR FOR THE JOCKEY FORGETTING TO WEIGH IN. IT TURNED OUT THE JOCKEY WAS UPSET AS THE VET HAD FORCED HIM OFF THE HORSE ON THE TRACK (THUS NOT ALLOWING HIM INTO ENCLOSURE) SAYING THE HORSE WAS LAME. THE JOCKEY WAS NOT OF THE SAME OPINION, BUT WAS WORRIED FOR THE HORSE NONETHELESS. BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE HORSE THERE WAS DEFINETLY NOTHING WRONG WITH HIM, AND HASN'T BEEN SINCE. HENCE TO SAY, NO EXCUSES FOR THE JOCKEY AND HE WON'T BE DOING IT AGAIN IN A HURRY.

ALTHOUGH THIS HORSE IS VIEWED AS A CERTAIN FUTURE MAIDEN WINNER, THE DECISION WAS TAKEN TO RETIRE AND REPLACE WITH SOMETHING MORE PROGRESSIVE.

ELIZAFITZ IS NOW WITH A HUNTING/TEAM CHASING HOME IN CHESHIRE AFTER PASSING A 5* VETTING.

MADE IN FRANCE(FR) - 2000 BAY GELDING BY LUCHIROVERTE(IRE)

OWNED BY DAVID KEYTE

PREVIOUS WINNER OVER HURDLES AND FENCES.

STARTED OFF IN POINTS WITH THE AIM OF DROPPING HIM OUT AND GETTING HIM TO SETTLE. WORKED WELL ON THE SETTLING PART, BUT ALSO DROPPED THE BRIDLE COMPLETELY IN THE SOFT GROUND THESE 2 RUNS. SHOWED SOME GOOD FORM WHEN CONSENTING TO SETTLE IN HUNTER CHASES OVER SUB 3 MILE TRIPS, BUT OFTEN THREW AWAY HIS CHANCE BY RUNNING A BIT FREE EARLY. IN HINDSIGHT WOULDNT HAVE RUN HIM ON THE FIRM AT EXETER, WAS TRAVELLING THE EASIEST WHEN LANDING ARKWARDLY AND FINISHING LAME. STRUGGLED TO GET HIM RIGHT SINCE THEN AND DECISION WAS MADE TO FINISH HIM FOR THE SEASON BEFORE THE 2 MILER AT STRATFORD, WHICH HE WOULD HAVE HAD A GOOD CHANCE IN.

TURNED AWAY SOUND SO ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL AND WILL BE BACK NEXT SEASON TO CONTINUE CONTESTING HUNTER CHASES WIHTOUT A PENALTY.

INDEED TO GOODNESS(IRE) - 1995 BAY MARE BY WELSH TERM

OWNED BY DAVID AND JOHN KEYTE

PREVIOUS WINNER UNDER RULES AND POINT TO POINT.

RAN WELL ON ALL 3 STARTS, GENERALLY UP IN THE VAN UNTIL THE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED. SADLY, THEN REGAINED A TENDENCY TO JUMP AND HANG LEFT DUE TO PREVIOUS LEG PROBLEMS. A BRAVE MARE WHO ALWAYS JUMPED WELL AND TRIED HER HARDEST. THE DECISION WAS TAKEN TO RETIRE HER STILL IN ONE PIECE APPROX A WEEK BEFORE THE MARES RACE AT THE LADY DUDLEY MEETING.

ELIZAFITZ(USA) - 2001 CHESTNUT GELDING BY ALLIED FORCES(USA)

OWNED BY DAVID, JOHN AND MARGARET KEYTE

PREVIOUSLY RAN 3 TIMES ON THE FLAT AT 2YO TO 4YO.

A HUGE 17.2HH SHELL OF A HORSE. DISAPOINTING FIRST TIME AS HAD SHOWN A LOT AT HOME. WAS IN PROCESS OF RUNNING WELL 2ND TIME WHEN PULLING UP LAME. HAD APPARENTLY KNOCKED HIMSELF BUT NO LASTING ILL EFFECTS. WAS HAPPY TO SEE HIM JUMP ROUND 3RD TIME, HE HAD A HARD RUN OF THINGS SINCE COMING OVER FROM IRELAND IN A RELATIVELY POOR STATE. CHEEKPIECES WERE APPLIED ON THAT RUN TO HELP SHARPEN UP HIS JUMPING - HE TENDS TO MEASURE EVERY JUMP PERFECTLY AND SPENDS TOO MUCH TIME IN THE AIR. THE LACK OF COMPANY CONTRIBUTED TO THE DISTANCE HE WAS BEATEN.

HAS SUMMERED WELL AND IS TWICE THE HORSE OF LAST YEAR, I HOPE HE WILL SHOW ON THE TRACK JUST WHAT HE IS CAPABLE OF.

MYSTERY BOY(IRE) - 1999 BAY GELDING BY UP AND AT 'EM

OWNED BY KEITH BAYLISS

PREVIOUSLY RAN IN ONE BUMPER AT 4YO.

LOVELY, SHORT COUPLED TYPE OF 16.3HH. CAME FROM IRELAND IN A COMPLETE MESS AND WAS VERY GREEN IN HIS EARLY WORK, BUT ALWAYS SHOWING PLENTY. OVERCAME HUGE PROBLEMS IN HIS SCHOOLING AT HOME TO SEE HIM JUMP RELATIVELY WELL FIRST TIME, UNTIL HE STUFFED THE DITCH LAST TIME AND LANDED AT A WALK. MADE A NOISE SECOND TIME OUT AND WAS PULLED UP IMMEDIATELY, AFTER RACE INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED A SINUS PROBLEM - NOTHING MECHANICAL. ADVICE WAS TO TRY A TONGUE TIE AND TO GIVE HIM A BLOW OUT ON THE MORNING OF A RUN. THIS WAS EMPLOYED THE NEXT TIME, BUT SADLY BRO HIT THE DECK BEFORE ANYTHING COULD BE FOUND OUT. I THINK HE WOULD HAVE RUN WELL THAT DAY, BUT FOR THE SADDLE SLIPPING. WAS ALWAYS VERY WELL ROUNDED AND STUFFY - BITTERLEY WAS THE DAY I VIEWED HIM AS SPOT ON. THEN HE RACED ON ULTRA FIRM AT EYTON AND CAME HOME WITH SORE SHINS.

IS BEING OWNER TRAINED THIS YEAR AND WILL SHOW DEFINATE IMPROVEMENT WITH A GOOD SUMMER ON HIS BACK. STILL GREEN, AND WILL HOLD HIS OWN ON GOOD TO FASTER GROUND.

HORSE	DATE	MEETING	RACE	JOCKEY	PLACING
ROYAL CRYSTALCADOU	16/12/07	DUNTHROP	OPEN MAIDEN DIV2-DIV1	GEOFF BARFOOT-SAUNT	3RD