The Racing Horse is a huge fan of Oliver Sherwood as a man and a trainer, and has been given permission to post his end of season thoughts here. Following him on Facebook this season he has been kind enough to pass on so much information giving us a fabulous insight to the day to day running of a major stable, and he has done so with humility and kindness. He is an absolute gentleman and must be the best boss to work for. We hope his difficulties will end soon and that his younger horses reach their potential, perhaps one of them might be a little special. We take this opportunity to pass on our thanks for sharing his time with us and his many followers...

Long and difficult winter

It’s been a long and very difficult winter for everyone involved in jump racing, we’ve experienced some horrendous conditions, so bad that at times it’s been tricky for the staff to even get to the yard let alone get all the horses ridden out. We managed though, not one of the horses missed a days exercise and as always my team were amazing and the spirits remained good throughout the snow, frosts and never ending rain we all endured....thank you all.

On the face of it but...

On the face of it 21 winners is disappointing but at the start of the season over half of my horses were unraced and I also had plenty of others that wanted better ground, a lot of them have run with promise but without troubling the judge.

Improve for racehorse experience and tenderly ridden

It’s not my way to be over hard on my youngsters, they invariably improve for an initial racecourse experience, they are fairly tenderly ridden (as in not smacked, they are always doing their best) and they are brought along with a view to having a long and hopefully successful career.

Patience

If I had gone all guns blazing and run a lot of my youngsters on the ground we’ve had it could have ruined their futures, there are times when you just have to count to ten no matter how frustrating that can be.

Build on the promise they have shown

We will keep a few novices going until mid May/beginning of June and as long as we have decent ground with a bit of luck they can build on the promise they’ve shown us. There will also be a few older horses that want better ground that I’ll keep going, summer grass isn’t so important for those types and they’ve had an easy winter.

Rebuilding season

This has been a rebuilding season for us and a new one begins in a week, let’s hope it’s a successful one and thank you all for your continued support.

OLIVER SHERWOOD 29th April 2018

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