Horses for Sale 5 To Follow Merchandise Newsletter 01242 890241 info@kimbaileyracing.com Baileys Blog Horses Results Gallops Cam BAILEYS BLOG 30TH NOVEMBER 2021 Plus 9 and dry when driving in. (minus 2 yesterday) Diamond Gait did not run at Kempton..We were not happy with her after a weekend of snow.. Instead Norman, Clare and I had lunch at The Wheatsheaf..Although I am sure Norman would have preferred Kempton, our replacement lunch was good. We are not running First Flow at Sandown as originally planned.. Ground a big issue with the word watering not being ideal.. So we are hoping to go to Huntingdon for the Peterborough Chase and see if the extra distance will help.. if it does then it will help find other races in the future..Either way ground conditions are certainly far from ideal..Waiting is an option, but what for.. especially as Ireland have similar ground problems? David Bass was in this morning.. We jumped Imperial Aura, Hamilton Dici, Kyntara, Saayadam, Voyburg. Rockys Treasure, Lady Of The Night, Bobhopeornohope, Lots Of Luck and Fair Frontiers.. Glancing Glory had visitors this morning..Second lot.. The Turf Club members, well some of them were here to watch her perform up the gallops. The team were Richard Farquhar, David and Miranda Seel, Adrian Grazebrook, Johnny de Lisle, Mr and Mrs Richard Curzon and Andrew Gemmell who was also able to meet his KBRS horse Hendra House. John and Penny Perriss were here late morning to see Penny’s horses Wandrin Star and Hurlerontheditch.. John's Bobhopeornohope, Getaweapon, I Spy A Diva, Lady Of The Night, Lots Of Luck and Rockys Treasure were also out.. Graham Potts our vet was in for his weekly visit and this weeks movers and shakers in the BHA handicap charts was Inca Rose down 2 to 115.... Not good weather down under.. It is raining and the Test Team are struggling to complete a warm up match before the Ashes.. La Nina Well done to Will Hodkinson for making it to the last 10 in the Shortlists for the 2022 Godolphin Stud & Stable Staff Awards..Rider/Groom category.. A married man George was visiting his secret girlfriend when she requested he shave his beard. “Oh George, I like your beard, but I would really like to see your handsome face .” She said George replied, “My wife loves this beard, I couldn’t possibly do it, she would kill me!” “Oh please? The girlfriend asked again, in a sexy little voice. “Really, I can’t”, He replies. “my wife loves this beard!” The girlfriend asks once more time and he sighs and finally gives in. That night George crawls into bed with his wife while she was sleeping. The wife is awakened somewhat, feels his face and says, “Oh Michael, you shouldn’t be here, my husband will be home soon!” 29TH NOVEMBER 2021 Minus 2 and dry when driving in. Saturday was a pretty shocking morning here and although most of the snow was going yesterday, we had some fresh stuff arrive last night..Due to get warmer.. The cold weather has also frozen out the gallop camera.. will sort.. Honeysuckle.. amazing what a mare.. Tragic that Latest Exhibition suffered a fatal injury entering the home straight. Sir Frank Williams .. A remarable man who was probably the most iconic figure in motor racing.. His life after his accident was extroadinary. My cousin Piers Courage drove for him Maddie has been updating our 'Where are they now' page.. interestingly it is the second most looked at page on my web site..Everybody loves to know what happens to our ex racehorses and their new life.. It is something I owe a huge debt to Mrs B for as she is brilliant at finding suitable homes for our ex racehorses.... It really is not easy.. Two old men decide they are close to their last days and decide to have a last night on the town. Two old men decide they are close to their last days and decide to have a last night on the town. After a few drinks, they end up at the local brothel. The madam takes one look at the two old geezers and whispers to her manager, 'Go up to the first two bedrooms and put an inflated doll in each bed. These two are so old and drunk, I'm not wasting two of my girls on them. They won't know the difference.' The manager does as he is told and the two old men go upstairs and take care of their business. As they are walking home the first man says, 'You know, I think my girl was dead!' 'Dead?' says his friend, 'Why do you say that?' 'Well, she never moved or made a sound all the time I was loving her.' His friend says, 'Could be worse, I think mine was a witch.' 'A witch ??....Why the hell would you say that?' 'Well, I was making love to her, kissing her on the neck, and I gave her a little bite, then she farted and flew out the window......Took my teeth with her!!' To finish.. Happy birthday to one of our team.. Yes it is Ben Macnulty’s birthday and knowing how he has the girls in the hostel looking after him I am sure he will be spoilt rotten today.. 27TH NOVEMBER 2021 Plus 1, sleeting and blowing a gale when driving in Mat is really suffering this morning.. a late night with Richard Sheppard at the football.. enough said?. Blame Richard or Allan James. West Brom drew 0/0 with Nottingham Forest.. David Bass, Harrison Beswick and Ciaran Gethings were in this morning for one lot.. David is not racing today as he is attending his cousin's Alwena's funeral.. she was only 13 years old.. We worked and jumped nothing as it was far too windy! Bangor's meeting today is off due to storm damage.. We have no runners over the weekend.. Apparently rain is on the way.. well snow anyway. Cilla Wills was here second lot to see her KBRS horse Voyburg. Harry completed his 60km run in Sydney..Some feat and he looked totally knackered as he passed the finish line..You can still sponsor him if you fancy helping out by clicking here. Do you know it really has not been a good week as Jason Warner has also died this week.. Jason was huge influence on the local point to point world and I came to know him when I was clerk of the course at Andoversford.. Jason was in the same position for their second meeting.. Jason was a top man and he will certainly be hugely missed.. Thoughts as always to his family and friends as it was to Nicholas and Evelyn earlier in the week.. a shocker. Evelyn's funeral is on December 8 at St Michaels in Lambourn at 11.am Lets end the morning on a bit of good news..A new life.. Ed and Mary Cookson have had a baby girl.. Lyra Celia Cookson is doing well, as are her parents.. Moses, Jesus, and an old man are playing golf. They are at a long Par 3 where the green is on the other side of a water hazard. Moses hits the ball off the tee and [plunk] right into the water. Jesus says. "Oh, tough luck." Moses replies, "I'm not done, yet." He stands next to the water holds his pitching wedge up in the air. The water splits right down the middle. He walks up to his ball on dry ground and chips it up on to the green. Jesus takes his shot. [Plunk], right into the water. Moses says, "Oh. Tough luck." Jesus replies, "I'm not done, yet." He walks across the water... stretches forth his hand and his ball floats to the top. He chips it onto the green. Then the old man takes his turn. He hits the ball off the tee and just as it's about to hit the water, a fish jumps up and catches the ball in his mouth. Then an eagle swoops down and snags the fish right out of the water. As the eagle is flying away, he squeezes the fish causing it to spit out the ball, right onto the green where it goes into the hole for a hole in one. Moses turns to Jesus and says, "I hate golfing with your Dad."...... Have a great weekend and see you on Monday 26TH NOVEMBER 2021 Plus 6 and dry when driving in. Joe Goldring was here third lot to see his KBRS horse Firth Of Gold.. Black Friday.. What does it mean The earliest known use of "Black Friday" to refer to the day after Thanksgiving occurred in the journal, Factory Management and Maintenance, for November 1951, and again in 1952. Here it referred to the practice of workers calling in sick on the day after Thanksgiving, in order to have a four-day week-end In the United Kingdom, the term "Black Friday" originated within the Police and NHS to refer to the Friday before Christmas. It is the day when emergency services activate contingency plans to cope with the increase in workload due to many people going out drinking on the last Friday before Christmas. Contingencies can include setting up mobile field hospitals near City Centre nightspots. The term has then been adopted outside those services to refer to the evening and night of the Friday immediately before Christmas, and would now be considered a mainstream term and not simply as jargon of the emergency services. .. Oh by the way we have a couple of well bred 3 years that remain unsold but probably should not be included in a BF sale..Call Peter Kerr for details.. Harry Bailey is running 60km from Bondi to Manly tomorrow to help raise funds for those who suffer from Mental ill Health.. He is hoping to help raise money for two non profit making organisations batyr and Rehab4rehab.. Anyway as you might guess he has asked me if I could help.. so if you fancy doing so, please do donate something..by clicking here.. I just hope you don't overdo it Harry as you are coming home in a couple of weeks... I saw Oliver Sherwood in Lambourn yesterday and he told me that Evelyn Faber had died on Monday.. Monday was not a good day.. Poor Evelyn. He will be missed by many in the valley of the racehorse. Talking funerals.. Nicholas Sperling's funeral is on December 6th at 2pm St Michaels Church in Lambourn.. As the current feud with France continues, we will, no doubt, be getting more and more of these France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes."---Mark Twain 'We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it.'---Marge Simpson 'It is important to remember that the French have always been there when they needed us.'---Alan Kent To finish.. Happy birthday to two important folk involved at Thorndale.. Peter Kerr who runs all my Syndicates/Partnerships and Phil Andrews who started off in one and now....Destroy The Edvidence! 25TH NOVEMBER 2021 Minus 1 and dry when driving in What a nightmare.. do we declare for Newcastle on Saturday and hope they have rain or do we play safe and not.. Either way the horse(s), if we run, have to leave tomorrow for Saturdays meeting, and the rain that is forecasted is for Saturday morning.. will it actually turn up?.. The down sides of 48 declarations!! And a bloody long way to go if you don’t run? Anyway that is my problem and judgement call... First Flow and El Presente had an away day.. El Presente went to jump the Grand National Fences to see how he faired with a view to running in the Beecher Chase next weekend. First Flow has an entry in the Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown.. if it rains!! Ed Hawkins was here second lot to see his filly Talk Of The Moon and discuss plans Third lot Christopher and Candia Compton were here to see their KBRS horse Magical Escape Really sad to report that my cousin Nicholas Sperling died earlier this week.. Nicholas who had been fighting the dreaded C was mad keen on his racing, so much so that he and Gill moved from the borders to Lambourn. And they had family close to... Nicholas had horses here and with Jamie Snowden.... I last saw Nicholas 3 weeks ago when I was in Lambourn working horses... A really good man.. Lifes a bugger at times like this! Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you plann'd: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad. On that sad note and looking to brighter times.. Happy birthday to one of our team.. Milly Shaw 24TH NOVEMBER 2021 Plus 5 and dry when driving in. A rare day away yesterday.. No runners .. A day in Town meeting up with some non racing mates for lunch.. I did say to Mrs B that it was going to be a day to catch on some Christmas shopping.. sorry but lunch went on too long! David Bass and Ciaran Gethings were in this morning.. we worked a few First Lot, Second Lot Colin Stewart was here third lot to see his recently retired KBRS horse Vinndication, Younevercall and his current KBRS horses Sholokhov gelding and Hendra House.. National Awards. Incidentally Hendra House the award winning Resditenial Home won another award this week..Best Employer in the Platinum category at the 2021 Investor in People.. Well done Vince and your excellent team. We have become obsessed by the weather... Drought, Snow, Rain, frost you name it and The Times came up with this..yesterday and this today How do you get involved in racing if you have no previous background with horses..I am always willing to help but this email from Alex has me stumped.. 'My name is Alex and I am contacting you with the hope of gaining any information or pointers regarding a career in the national hunt bloodstock industry. I am at a slight crossroads professionally and see bloodstock as a career where I can combine my enthusiasm for horse racing with experience I possess in operations and communications-based roles. Having not worked in racing before, I know I could certainly benefit from any guidance given. Having developed a fascination with national hunt bloodlines and interest in the sales process, I would love to learn more and establish myself in the industry if the opportunity were to arise.'' Is there anybody reading this who could make any suitable suggestions..? Email me on info@kimbaileyracing.com and I will forward onto Alex. When things go wrong and will not come right, Though you do the best you can, When life looks black as the hour of night – A pint of plain is your only man. When money’s tight and hard to get And your horse has also ran, When all you have is a heap of debt – A pint of plain is your only man. When health is bad and your heart feels strange, And your face is pale and wan, When doctors say you need a change, A pint of plain is your only man. When food is scarce and your larder bare And no rashers grease your pan, When hunger grows as your meals are rare – A pint of plain is your only man. In time of trouble and lousey strife, You have still got a darlint plan You still can turn to a brighter life – A pint of plain is your only man. 23RD NOVEMBER 2021 Minus 1 and dry when driving in. It was cold at Kempton, when you were in the shade.. Jockeys did not fancy the sun so they asked for the back straight hurdles and fences to be taken out.. Almost back to all weather racing! Inca Rose therefore missed out on several jumping opportunities due to the low sun.. He ran well enough and finished 4th.. There has been a great deal of chat about small fields and ground.. Small fields are a nightmare for all, unless you happen to be lucky enough to win one.. Ground though is a big issue.. Watered ground at this time of year is far from ideal and although most racecourses do a good job, some have rather blotted their copybooks by being futuristic with their ground description to attract runners.. Sadly that has made some owners, and trainers, think twice before running at their racecourses as the cost for owners of taking their horse to the races and not running is scary to say the least....Hard to believe the ground has become measurably softer when there has been no rain.. We are now in the part of the season when we want to run our winter horses who want soft ground..sadly it is just not there at the moment and that is up to the weather gods, not the racecourses… Kempton yesterday was a prime example of good going.. they have watered consistently since they last had rain, but there was still was no moisture in the ground.. It was good ground as far on my going walking stick guide was concerned, I was easily able to push my stick it in 6 inches but when I pulled it out, the stick was dry..Good winter ground has moisture.. If you dig down into you veggy patch and turn the sod over in winter it is wet, now it would not be.. David Bass was in this morning for one lot.. This weeks movers and shakers in the BHA handicap charts were Rockys Treasure down 4 to 132 while The Edgar Wallace went up 3 to 135.. It was raining hard and a big puddle had formed in front of an Irish pub. An old man stood beside the puddle holding a stick with a string on the end and jiggled it up and down in the water. A curious gentleman asked what he was doing. ‘Fishing,’ replied the old man. ‘Poor old fool’ thought the gentleman, so he invited the old man to have a drink in the pub. Feeling he should start some conversation while they were sipping their whisky, the gentleman asked, ‘And how many have you caught?’ ‘You’re the eighth.’ 22ND NOVEMBER 2021 Minus 2 and dry when driving in. Having watched BBC's Countryfile’s weather forecast last night it looks that it will be the same all week. It is not an amusing story.. Watered ground in late November is really not what we are all about. It was good ground at Haydock although that was not an excuse for Imperial Aura falling when looking to be going so well.. He probably would not have won as the winner A Plus Tard was hugely impressive, but we feel he might have have finished second. There were two first in Saturdays Betfair Chase.. A Plus Tard produced a performance worthy of the legendary four-time Betfair Chase winner and he became the first Irish runner to plunder the opening Grade 1 of the British season and Imperial Aura became the first faller in the races history…. Sadly I would rather have the former than the latter… Thankfully IA is fine after and was out and about looking very happy with himself yesterday. I listened to the Rugby on the way home from Haydock.. Great game.. Lewis Hamilton, like him or not he is a fine driver.. he won the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix Monday morning and we have 12 members from Oxford Brookes University here for a morning on the galllops.. not sure about the breakfast.. I was asked to do a lecture during the summer and in return they asked if they could visit.. Today is the day. Mary Dulverton was here to see her horses second lot too. We have just the one runner today at Kempton..Inca Rose heads there in what looks like being the biggest field of the day.. and for my thoughts on his chances please click here.. Sadly Inca Rose looks like being one of a very few horses to run from here this week… ground.. Man flu.. Not to be recommended.. I have been walking around like bear with a sore head, and although Mrs B, who probably has it too, she carries on as if nothing is untoward.. she says ‘you are pathetic’.. really unfair….. Mat has had it all week and both of us have been given no sympathy.. both of us have been shoving cotton buds up our noses and into our throats..Yes it is a proper old fashioned case of man flu.. Maddie has also noticed the line on the whisky bottle has gone down..It is great in coffee! Medicinal.. 'In sickness and in health..' Prepares nobody for the man cold 20TH NOVEMBER 2021 Plus 9 and dry when driving in. David Bass, Ciran Gethings and Harrison Beswick who has just returned for riding in the USA.. All were in to ride out.. Alison Salmone was here to watch her daughter Mirella riding on the gallops. Second Lot we had Garry and Tracy Betley here to see their KBRS horse Phantom Getaway Nick Holmes was here to his KBRS horse Charming Getaway Third lot and David Molineux arrived to see his new KBRS horse Firth Of Gold Along with Peter and Olive Smith who came to see their KBRS horse Shantou Express and view the Sholokhov gelding. We have just the one runner over the weekend and that is in the big one at Haydock today..The Betfair Chase.. Imperial Aura runs there and for my thoughts on his chances please click here. I was on What a Shout..Along with a cold and new hair cut! Shortly after take-off on an outbound, evening Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Boston, the lead flight attendant nervously made the following painful announcement in her lovely Irish brogue, “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m so very sorry, but it appears that there has been a terrible mix-up by our catering service. I don’t know how this has happened, but we have 103 passengers on board, and unfortunately, we received only 40 dinner meals. I truly apologize for this mistake and inconvenience.” When the muttering of the passengers had died down, she continued, “Anyone who is kind enough to give up their meal so that someone else can eat, will “receive free drinks for the duration of our 10-hour flight. Her next announcement came about 2 hours later, “If anyone is hungry, we still have 40 dinners available.” Have a great weekend and see you on Monday 19TH NOVEMBER 2021 Plus 11 and dry when driving in.. The Edgar Wallace is a cracking pub and his name sake is a cracking chaser in the making have watched his first attempt over the bigger obstacles yesterday.. Jumping off in front, and bar one mistake, he was flawless and never headed… His proud owner Phil Andrews was at Market Rasen to watch his boy win and the delight on his face said it all.. Mat was right.. the ground was ideal, and David did his bit by being his positive best.. It was good to watch and I was at home while my sky repair team were sorting out my TV problems.. (a wasp nest in my sky box had burnt it out).. The yelling from me made them realise that a winner means a great deal.. Well done Team Thorndale.. Good to receive a more positive email.. Hi Kim I had a free £5 bet from paddy power so i plumped for the edgar wallace today. Great performance ... super ride from diesel Dave. Regards John Friday morning and a charity breakfast and morning on the gallops.. I donated todays morning to a Charity auction at Brickhampton Golf Centre helping to raise funds for Motor Neurone Disease.. Supporting Name’5 Doddie Foundation which was set up by famous Scottish International Rugby player Doddie Weir.. Anyway our guests were Shaun Painting, Neil Carpenter and Dave Sollis.. Just before breakfast I recorded a interview with Dave Orton for the What A Shout show.. Dodson and Horrell meeting here to discuss prices!! Sam Horrell (Director) and Samantha Liptrott (Sales Director) A few weeks ago I put a request out for name suggestions for a new horse by Blue Bresil out of Youngstar, the horses name has now been chosen, Alnitak, congratulations to Paul Beckwith... Alnitak is a blue star in Orion’s Belt. We have no runners today. Pamela Morton sent this over.. A man was sitting quietly reading his paper one morning, peacefully enjoying himself, when his wife sneaks up behind him and whacks him on the back of his head with a huge frying pan. Man: “Ow! What was that for?” Wife: “What was that piece of paper in your pants pocket with the name Marylou written on it?” Man: “Oh honey, remember two weeks ago when I went to the horse races? Marylou was the name of one of the horses I bet on.” The wife looked all satisfied, apologized and did some work around the house. Three days later, he’s sitting in his chair again, reading the newspaper. She whacks him with the frying pan once again, this time even harder than she did before Man: “OW!! What was that for this time?” “Your horse just called.” To finish.. A very happy birthday to Rosie Vestey.. Archive Thorndale Farm, Withington Road Andoversford, Cheltenham Gloucestershire, GL54 4LL View Map 01242 890241 info@kimbaileyracing.com KimBaileyRacing © 2021 Kim Bailey racing Website designed by The Smarter Web Company Privacy Policy