2007 the final week

Gross Prophet ran a blinder yesterday to make it 26 winners for the year and our last four runners have recorded two wins and two seconds. I'm not sure I want the year to end.

Our 26 winners have come from just 30 different horses running for us and the strike rate for the year is a very respectable 20%. The joy has been to see so many 2yo's winning especially those like Max One Two Three that I selected and purchased on spec at the sales.

We go into battle in 2008 with 19 yearlings (2yo's from 1 January) and hopefully there will be one or two class acts amongst them. At this stage it isn't easy to say which ones are geese and which ones are swans as they grow and develop at varying paces at this stage of their development. It makes the prospects for next year both unpredictable and exciting.

I'm now looking forward to a two week break in search of some sun.