Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas from us all at Team Tinkler!
A big thank you to all the staff who are working today and everyone who has supported us this year.
Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
BIG Things
Big Things is looking pleased with himself after his morning canter. He has come out of his debut run well and we are looking forward to seeing him out again soon.
Bakr
Bakr enjoying a pick of grass with Jess after her run yesterday.
The Office.
What a morning on Langton Wold Gallops.
Bakr
Bakr runs today in the 7:30 at Southwell over 6 furlongs. Rowan Scott gets the leg up on her for the first time.
Best of luck to her connections.
Cmon Cmon
Cmon Cmon has come out of his race really well and and is very fresh at home! You will see him out again soon.
Happy Holidays!
Not On Your Nellie (red) and High Security (blue) are both enjoying their holidays, albeit a bit cold! Both were winners last year, at Catterick and Redcar respectively.
Yearlings.
Take a ride out with our yearlings. What a stunning day!
6 months ago…
Six months ago we were enjoying a glorious Ladies Day at Ripon Racecourse.
This is where Coley’s Koko clocked up the second of her three victories last season. She was our joint-winning-most horse last season, alongside stable star, Isla Kai.
She was definitely pleased with herself that day.
Afternoon naps.
This is our Dandy Man x Thought Is Free colt. He’d just woke up from his afternoon nap and decided he didn’t look good enough for the camera!
Yearlings out & about.
These are two of our yearlings returning from a ride through the woods.
On the left is Lara with our Mehmas x Damask filly, and on the right is Faye with our Wootton Bassett x Broken Applause filly.
Both of these filly’s have classy siblings with peak OR’s of over 100. We are looking forward to both these fillys next season
Sunset.
A beautiful evening looking out the back of Woodlands Stables.
Cmon Cmon.
Cmon Cmon runs today in the 5:30 at Newcastle. He is coming back from a short break and he is dual course-and-distance winner. Faye Mcmanoman takes the ride. Best of luck to all connections.
Blame.
Blame has only has a handful of runners on this side of the Atlantic, but he is a very successful sire in America.
This list below shows "USA Broodmare sires as a percentage of Black Type Winners to Racing Age Offspring", and Blame is at the top, showing how well his offspring do when they go to stud.
This filly is the first foal out of Goodthingstaketime, who placed five times in Stakes races, amassing over £100,000 in career earnings.
Race Day.
We have two runners today:
Big Things (Bay) makes his debut today in the 4:00 at Newcastle under Rowan. He is a very scopey son of Dark Angel, who runs in a competitive renewal of this mile novice race. This race was won last year by Surefire, a subsequent Royal Ascot winner, and in 2017 was won by Gr. 1 scorer, Without Parole.
Totes Emosh (Chestnut) travels to Wolverhampton to make her third start in the 6:45 under Faye, who rides her on course for the first time.
Best of luck to all connections.
Star Prize
We love to see how our horses are enjoying life after racing.
This is Star Prize. She retired from racing this year, and won last year under Faye at Bath.
What a transformation she has made! She is enjoying her second career competing in the dressage and showing fields and looks like she is making quite the impression.
Ubettabelieveit
Ubettabelieveit has settled in well at Mickley Stud and he is featured here with Thoroughbred Daily News. Stud Owner, Richard Kent, speaks highly of him and is looking forward to getting him started.
Winter Holidays
This is Truth In Jest (Chestnut) and Lucky Lucky Lucky enjoying their holidays. Truth In Jest won twice this year, whilst Lucky Luckyy Lucky ran some very promising races. We are looking forward to them both next year, but first, a well deserved break. I would definitely prefer to holiday somewhere warmer!
Bakr.
Bakr makes the trip up to Newcastle tonight to contest the 4:45, over 6 furlongs. Faye Mcmanoman rides. This is her first run on this surface and we wish the best of luck to her connections.
Lesson 1: History
A bit of a history lesson for a Thursday morning.
This is our newest addition, ‘Porto Ercole’, being ridden by Faye. She was bought last week at the Goffs HIT Sale. Porto Ercole ran twice in Ireland for Ger Lyons. She is by first-season-sire Caravaggio and out of the Gr. 1 - placed mare, Euphrasia.
Whoever named this filly deserves a prize for their research and this is how it came about:
Caravaggio was a famous Italian painter. In July 1610, he left Naples on a boat carrying three of his paintings and was supposed to arrive in Porto Ercole. Mistaken for a criminal near Rome, he abandoned his boat with his paintings and continued to Porto Ercole on foot. He arrived exhausted and died shortly after, but the cause of his death was unknown. He is remembered in Porto Ercole by a path of the great artists work.