Barnfield Beaten

I went up to the track again this evening and there were a number of classy looking pups in the Puppy Derby Trial Stakes which was complimented by Barnfield on Air running in the final Open. I have known one of Barnfields owners, Steve Murphy, for a long time and he is one of real good guys of the sport. He has been lucky to own some super dogs including Ballymac Kewell and Ballymac Rooster. Any way we managed to catch up with each other news which was great. I didn't tell him about the Prince as I'm sure he knew any way about Barnfields major Derby danger!!! This was Barnfield first run of the season. He missed the break from Monmores shocking trap one box then showed great pace up only to slaughtered twice around the first two bends. He some how managed to grab third place only beaten 2 lengths and a short head!!!

In the Trial Stakes these were the ones that stood out to improve more :-

Burnpark Champ (Honcho Classic x Burnpark Circle) won in 28.50 despite running from a wide trap 6. Middle should suit him even more.

Barnfield Loreto (Droopys Maldini x Droopys Beauty) finished second after giving Droopys Ivanovic (Yeah Man-Droopys Roberta) a massive start. Huge improvement to come. No link on this one yet.

Coolavanny Train (Top Honcho-Coolavanny Blue) was bought out of Kerry and ran very well despite never being to Monmore before and being crowded.

Gold Whisper (Tucks Mein-Lethal Cludia May) showed rapido early and could well in the Derby at a big price. Top kennel hand as well!!