The first placed coloured racehorse in the UK

Thank you all so much! Rummy has now gone for a short summer holiday as hes had a packed 6 months of learning jumping racing and hard work he will be back up at Middleham in the safe hands of Micky Hammond in August, he will then commence his hurdle career in October on dryer ground with a but of luck, Rummy will always have a 50% chance of throwing colour to non coloured mares but to coloured mares it would be 75% chance of colour in the foals our plan is to breed coloured filly out of winning mares using rummys half brother pudding whos homozygous and then race the fillies and then introduce them into our breeding programme.
This is the paper theory but the best laid plans and all that!
yes you can change racehorses name but we love a good rumbaba x LOL:D
Rose Folly thats interesting ou shall have to come and see him race Alec thats so true there are so many in the industry that are big smaller owerships need support they are the ones who help pay the bread and butter of racing and keep jobs going truly dedicated to the love of the horses as well.
 
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Rummy its time to party!:D

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Whooooppeeee :D Rummy looks like he is enjoying his holiday ;) :D

Congrats on your achievement so far and here's hoping you all continue to enjoy his racing :D
*plans to steal him when he retires for ROR classes* teehee he is a gorgeous character!
 
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I was very lucky with the weather yesterday to be able to get sunshine and some lovely photos to treasure of rummy he showing he can move here
 
Lovely pictures of him out on his hols ....
Btw you can't change a horse's name once he's raced, imagine some of the scams that would go on if you could !
 
I would'nt want to change his name he suits being a rumbaba :D anyway it goes with his his pudding brother Spottedick and his sister rumsyllabub and coffee parfait we have one more to foal, who hopefully will also race so here an idea we will competion open once we have a live foal and know the sex we will open the competion on the day of birth for one week and the person who comes up with the best name of a pudding not used before will win a place in the foals future syndicate free for one year! should it be good enough to race.
Thank you patchwork puzzle Rollin yes and on the front cover pie was black and white.

MiJodsR2BlinkinTite you might need some hard training :D
bonny no I dont want to i like it as it is. xx
 
Well Done Angrove! I think it is fantastic that he is so obviously loved and looked after and enjoyed for the pure FUN of it. I wish you all the luck with your future plans and the pics of him on his hols are fabulous!:D
 
Thank you so much Diesal that so kind Rummy is loving his hols but hates the wet and cold and is insisting on coming in and wearing his winter rugs! when hes out hes a bit of a wuss some horse like being out 24 /7 :D glad you like his pics hes pure joy to photgraph :)
 
rhino said:
Horse went to races with 4 legs
Horse came home from races with 4 legs
= successful day out IMO :D :D :D
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Very very true.

Four did not come home after racing today. The coloured horse is home, safe and sound, that is all that is needed. Anything else is a bonus.

Good luck with him and may he always come home.
 
Well done Angrovestud. Hope I don't sound too stupid here as not familiar with how races/horses are graded but why can't he go Point to Point which is slower I think? Or what are "Hunter Chases"?
 
Millikins thank you no your not sounding stupid he could do P2P's its for amateur trainers and we wanted our boy to be trained and run in proff races by prof a trainer I also wanted him to run in a bumper first so he could learn to rae before we asked him to jump and race.
Hunter chases are for horses who have been out hunting or turned up and had there card signed been out and then they can chase over fences Rummy will be hurdling which means he does not have to go hunting although I am sure he would love it.

AdorableAlice thats sad for them I am sorry but pleased our boy came home.
Thank you glad you like him Fantasy_World :D
 
angrovestud said:
Millikins thank you no your not sounding stupid he could do P2P's its for amateur trainers and we wanted our boy to be trained and run in proff races by prof a trainer I also wanted him to run in a bumper first so he could learn to rae before we asked him to jump and race.
Hunter chases are for horses who have been out hunting or turned up and had there card signed been out and then they can chase over fences Rummy will be hurdling which means he does not have to go hunting although I am sure he would love it.

AdorableAlice thats sad for them I am sorry but pleased our boy came home.
Thank you glad you like him Fantasy_World :D
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She might not sound stupid but I'm afraid that you do....
The majority of point to pointers are professionally trained, hunter chases are nothing to do with hunting and the vast majority of horses that run in them come from exactly the same yards that also have runners under rules.
 
You go hunting to qualify to PTP (ie say the horse is safe enough to race). Once your horse has won or been placed in 2 or 3 (can't remember exactly) PTP's they can then do Hunter Chases. From Hunter Chases I think the horses can compete in normal Handicap Chases that season as well as HC's but then can't go back into a PTP until the following season.

Most PTP horses these days are trained by professionals - either your proper licences trainers or people who specifically train Pointers. Some horses use PTP's as a stepping stone to Rules racing, other go PTPing at the end of their rules careers as schoolmasters for the young jockeys of the future.
 
not exactly ....most pointers never actually go hunting. There's no need to run in points before hunter chasing and alot of horse's in pro yards just go hunter chasing. Alot of people want the rules changing to stop this but I doubt it will happen.
 
I do think the rules kinda need changed as it's not really fair for a former top class horses to run first time out in a HC against some true PTP up HC horses. *cough*silverburn*cough* :D I think they should at least do a couple of Opens before hitting the HC's.
 
Congratulations on your boy's racing effort. My OH menetioned to me he had seen a colored horse in a race and I said yes it belongs to a forum member and was very excited as he taped the race for me.
Glad to hear he pulled up OK. I'm eager to see his next start.
My filly on the otherhand had her first start today in Oz. Got home this morning from a long nightshift to view the race. Wish I hadn't bothered :(
She was mouthing like a baby in the starting stalls, missed the start and then proceeded to buck and carry on like a rodeo mount most of the way around the course.
Needless to say its back to the breakers for more training for her.
 
Gusbear I am sorry to hear about your filly, I am sure with some more training she will come right,Sorry I did not mean to sound stupid as I have little knowledge of chasing rules I do know that a card has to be signed what I was trying to say is that we went to a National Hunt dual trainer is that better for you! :D
 
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Very pleased to introduce the newest family member Angrove Fatrascal born on the 5th of July 2012 we hope he will make an entrance into flat racing as a 3 year old as hes a late foal really pleased with him hes our first grandchild.
 
Well done Angrovestud, you have a very handsome horse. So glad he came home safely and I hope he'll do well in the future. You must be very proud to have bred him and the newest baby. Take no notice of all those trying to put you down. I was always taught to enter for the fun not just to win.
 
Thank you Rollin :) xx dunthing yes its better to try and do something and have fun taking part we just love breeding racehorses with colour we choose to do something a bit different and a lot of people really like it which is so encouraging Thank you for your very kind words :Dxx
 
OMG, Congratulations! what an achievement! I rarely venture into LN but often wondered how he would do, really pleased for you :D
 
I keep trying to write an answer here that isnt going to be jumped on, chiefly becuse Im all for the romance of breeding a winning racehorse and making it one that people will remember (for the right reasons!!) BUT Im also for responsible breeding, and theres a delicate balance in the racing world for that, and im afraid breeding coloureds into it doesnt float my boat. (but then I try to breed racehorses that people will want to buy, and angrove breed for fun, so its not quite the same thing)

but even taking out the unusual pedigree (which has already been pointed out) of this really rather nice chap (see - Im not heartless, I quite like him!) hes going to be 6 months behind everyone else if he races, which is still important as a 3 and 4 year old (although slightly less so the older he gets) seems an odd thing to do when you are wanting to promote coloureds as racehorses, why didnt you wait a few months to cover early next year and breed him to give him the best chance if you wanted him for the flat??

Not meant as a critisism - Im genuinely interested, I know you have a syndicate for Rummy, do you have a breeding one as well? there are quite a few people that would probably be interested in following one from the very start - Ive had a few people approach me to lease one of my mares for exactly this reason or start my own up - but as she aborted last year im not comfortable taking money off people for something that may not happen!!
What sort of mares are you hoping to get to Rummy when he finishes?
 
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