Travelling the long journey home, overwhelmed by all the condolences on here for my horse of a lifetime KACHY every time I read one Iโm shedding a tear. ๐ข I need to man up soon and thank everyone who has messaged.
There will never be another, Iโm so proud to have owned him! ๐๐
To all the Kachy fans out there Iโd just like to say a huge thank you for all the emotional messages of love and admiration for him
Saturday was a horrible day one you can never prepare yourself for, but we felt the support from the racing media and public it touched our hearts.
A year ago today was the worst moment in my horse racing life when we sadly lost the best and fastest racehorse Iโve ever owned. 15/2/20 was a very sad day but he left us with some fantastic memories.
#Kachy
๐ฅ Sparks Fly has six appeal! ๐ฅ
What a wonderful filly she has been for
@jdavelowe
and
@DaveLoughnane_
๐
The 3yo daughter of Muhaarar, ridden by
@Laurapearson_
, superbly brings up the six-timer in the ยฃ20,000 one-mile feature handicap
@ayrracecourse
๐
All on her own! Sparks Fly sprints clear on the far side under
@Laurapearson_
to win the Listed Isola Bella Stakes for
@DaveLoughnane_
at Saint-Cloud...
Just to clarify Kachy will not be lured to the US and will continue his racing career in the UK. A decision I have made as I love racing in this country๐ฌ๐ง& love my horse! It was good enough for Frankel, so good enough for me! ๐๐ค๐๐
Baby Steps has ran his last race and been retired. Heโs given us lots of pleasure over the years and was the first horse I ever bred in 2016
He had 56 runs, winning 4, runner up 11 times & in the frame a further 23 occasions! He loved the game & made me a very proud Owner/Breeder
Absolutely ecstatic with a 3rd in the Queen Mary
#RoyalAscot
by our homebred
#CarolineDale
giving our mare Stepping Out a black type filly in the process!
I made no secret of the fact we liked her!
Huge credit to team
@DaveLoughnane_
&
@_rachlytham
who looks after her every day!
What a day, whoโd be an Owner! Couldnโt sleep, couldnโt eat, randomly pacing the hallway all day then couldnโt watch the race live as so nervous just listened to the commentary! But guess what it was worth it and she did it! 6๏ธโฃ wins on the spin!!
What a horse!
#SparksFly
Weโve decided to retire our homebred
#CarolineDale
, a black type filly who made us very, very proud with a 3rd in the Queen Mary
#Royal
@ascot
๐๐ฉ at 100/1! She owes us nothing and will be a very exciting broodmare to add to our ranks with a focus on speed!๐ฅ๐๐
What a day! Settled in the Kachybus on the way back home! So so proud of our fella Kachy whoโs an absolute legend! Proved today all the doubters wrong that he can perform on turf as good as he can the AW! I am as proud as punch tonight! ๐๐ค๐thanks for all the kind words today!
This little guy has big shoes to fill, half brother of our
@awchamps
legend Kachy and was his next door neighbour at the yard. He gives us some hope his legacy may continue! ๐ค๐๐ค๐
#RIPBRO
Anyone interested in an Owners experience at Kempton tomorrow night, as I canโt be there to see my horse run, get in touch before 4pm, no gimmicks, no catch, just a good free night out!
#AmberIsland
Double BOOM tonight ๐๐Buzzing !! ๐พ๐พThanks
@DaveLoughnane_
2/4 ainโt bad fantastic night under the lights
@WolvesRaces
and my first ever double as an Owner!! ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ป
Weโve took the decision today to let Fizzy put her hooves up and go to the breeding sheds, she hopefully should be a speedy Broodmare and it will be exciting to see her foals in the future!๐๐
#FizzyFeet
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Looks like weโve bred a serious filly in Sparky๐ช๐ปstep up to listed company is on the horizon next! Sheโs come out of her Ayr win very well (again!) so as long as sheโs thriving which she obviously is, on we go possibly to York next. Sheโs the boss & will guide us!
#SparksFly
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โก๏ธ Sparks Fly - what a filly!
She makes it seven wins from her last eight starts, gamely landing the The Sock Shuffle Handicap for
@DaveLoughnane_
& Laura Pearson!
What a day/night phew!๐ฅ
Amazed by all the messages of support for my filly AbsolutelyFlawless!๐๐ช๐ป๐
Watched the race a few dozen times now๐and itโs sinking in finally!!
LILY AGNES WINNERS๐๐
Back to the Roudee again tomorrow with
#Spacer
and our fabulous team!!๐ขโซ๏ธ๐๐ป
One year ago today my horse racing life as an owner was complete and I was the proud owner of the
@awchamps
Sprint Champion that was KACHY!
Today is a day of celebration of his life for us, his legacy will continue forever as the fastest AW horse in GB๐ฌ๐งever!๐๐ฅ๐ช๐๐
Huge response to the earlier tweet looks like Iโve made 8 race goers very happy I hope they enjoy the experience, who knows they may be Owners one day! Sorry for those who missed out. Iโll try and do it again.
Sorry for the repeat but just reminiscing coming up to Boxing Day when we used to rev Kachy up for the AW season ahead! This was his record breaking event in the Cleves Stakes (now the Kachy Stakes) in 2019!
One of the best days of my life! ๐ขโซ๏ธ๐๐
For everyone asking Kim has been checked over by the course vet and thankfully appears ok, must admit I feared the worst didnโt look good. Sheโll be checked over again in an hour before going home.
#KimWexler
Gone but never forgotten, the unbelievable memories๐my big guy gave us leaves a legacy behind that he was the fastest ๐๐AW horse in Great Britain ๐ฌ๐งever!
The ultimate plan was to breed from him thatโs why I tried to protect him so much. Thatโs the saddest part. ๐๐ค๐
#Kachy
After the sad loss of the main guy Kachy in February I could never imagine that joy of high class racing could ever happen again until 3 special fillies trained by
@DaveLoughnane_
turned up this year!๐๐ค
#FizzyFeet
#CarolineDale
#KimWexler
Sparks Fly has now won 8๏ธโฃ races this year currently the record, the last being a listed race in France on Monday! Not bad from a lowly mark of 59 in March. She may not have finished yet too with a possible return to Saint-Cloud on the 17th of this month! Is 9๏ธโฃ really possible?
That ones for the big guy on the third anniversary of him winning the
@awchamps
Sprint Final!
#Kachy
No better sight than the ๐ขโซ๏ธromping down the
@LingfieldPark
straight!
BOOM!!!!
#AmberIsland
We sadly said goodbye to our third homebred this morning. He never even got to race. Despite urgent colic surgery and days of praying he would pull through, we had to give in in the end.
RIP Sonny๐๐๐ข
Tough game this sometimes.
#WalkinOnSonshine
Just to put into context what having a great team around you means: Kim Wexler spotted by
@MichealOrlandi
as a sprinter for me, bought for ยฃ7.5k!
@DaveLoughnane_
ironed out her quirks, sheโs now won circa ยฃ25k in prize money! Gives every small Owner hope for little outlay! ๐๐ค
What a fairytale Sparks Fly has given us this year, one I could not have envisaged back in January. She needed heaps of time to grasp the game but boy has it paid dividends under the guidance and patience of
@DaveLoughnane_
today her rating rose to 103! ๐ณ๐
This girlโs not for passing notching up her hat trick
๐๐๐under a ๐ of a ride from
@Laurapearson_
๐ขโซ๏ธ
Sparks Fly you beauty!๐๐ฅณ
What started off as a hobby with one injured racehorse (Stepping Out) has developed into a breeding family with 8 home bred foals born to date,3 mares all in foal. First 2 homebreds rated 83(Baby Steps) & 95 (Caroline Dale)๐ช๐ป๐ Very rewarding experience! The future is bright!๐๐ค
Sorry about this, well not really
but this beauty deserves all the credit in the world, freaked out by fireworks a couple of runs ago but showed some bottle to go through with it tonight! ๐๐ค
#InevitableOutcome
If Carlsberg did Easter weekends I think Iโm having one!!! WOW what a team:
@MichealOrlandi
@DaveLoughnane_
@Rossaryan15
@Laurapearson_
๐ฅAmber Island
๐ฅCommander Straker
๐ฅAbsolutelyFlawless
Itโs great when a plan comes together๐ขโซ๏ธ๐
Champagne now officially opened!๐พ๐ฅ๐๐ฅณ
Amazingly we pulled off a magnificent seven ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ today with Sparky
@haydockraces
and all the credit must go to
@DaveLoughnane_
for keeping her fresh since January and the fantastic partnership struck with
@Laurapearson_
Still pinching myself! Brilliant!
#SparksFly
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Not to be today for Sparky but she has been a legend this year for us and we couldnโt be prouder of her, winning 8๏ธโฃ races! Thanks to everyone who enjoyed the journey with us itโs been incredible! Sheโll now have a holiday before staying in training next year as a 4yo.
#SparksFly
Fair to say Kimbo &
@D_Muscutttt
have struck up a superb partnership! Last 4 runs read 1221! Easy as you like tonight! Whoosh!
#KimWexler
๐ช๐ป๐๐บ๐ฅ
Well the bubble finally burst tonight and Sparky lost her winning streak. A few things contributed to it firstly the obvious rise in class, she owes us nothing and we love her to bits! Sheโll be back and is better than that but thatโs racing!
#SparksFly
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Great run from Commander Straker from a bad draw probably ran out of gas after using up a lot to get a good position initially! ๐ขโซ๏ธ
Proud as punch though!๐
Unfortunately Kimbo has run her last race. We discovered after a precautionary scan a knee injury, she has been a speedy star for us & Iโll miss her on course๐she will now retire to start a new life as a broodmare.
#KimWexler
Not to be outdone our mare Kachess has just foaled a lovely Far Above chestnut filly!! ๐ด๐ด๐thatโs 2 babies in one day! Huge thanks to the team
@KinsaleS
Itโs a real honour to learn my hero KACHY will have the FTQ Listed Cleves stakes
@LingfieldPark
renamed in his memory & so proud his legacy as an AW record breaking Sprint champion๐will live on forever & thank
@SamCone
@YeomansChad
for making it possible๐๐ป๐๐ค
#BetwayKachyStakes
I donโt like to send my horses anywhere to make the numbers up and say: โIโve had a runnerโ or โHad a good day outโ Iโm only interested if Iโve a chance of winning! There you go, Iโve said it! At least you know what your getting here!
#triers
๐๐ค
You win some, you lose some, we took a punt and bought
#NoLeci
at the HIT sales recently he made it pretty obvious to us after a couple of runs racingโs not for him! Heโs now officially retired and in a good home!๐๐ป
#HorseWelfare
Credit to
@haydockraces
big screen back in situ, 6 Owners badges each, paddock view, de brief area, Bookmakers and Tote in operation, bar and complimentary hot food or sandwiches to boot! Weโre getting back to โnormalโ whilst social distancing! ๐๐ป๐๐ป
One race too many for Caroline I think, didnโt have her zip from the stalls, ground not ideal either but her class shone through to battle on for 3rd! Very proud of her once again, sheโll take a well earned break now.
#CarolineDale