CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL 2009 - GOLAN WAY AND TOBAGO BAY

GOLAN WAY AND TOBAGO BAY

WRB RACING

Sheena was delighted to have two horses both good enough to go to The Cheltenham Festival this year.

Both horses are owned by syndicates, WRB Racing and Heart of The South Racing. Both syndicates had a fantastic day out with both of their horses leading for much of their prospective races.

There is no better National Hunt meeting like The Cheltenham Festival and for Sheena, having two horses their on merit - that was a remarkable achievement in itself.

A massive well done to Hayley - who turned out both horses to her usual very high standard and of course to Jamie Goldstein, who yet again proved what an excellent jockey he is.

Well done to all the connections of both horses. Here's hoping that next year Sheena has even more horses running at one of the greatest horse racing Festivals in the world!

Courtesy of The Racing Post
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Tobago Bay made the running as usual, racing wide in the early stages. The pack were snapping at his heels runing downhill but he was only headed on the home turn, sticking on for a respectable seventh on this handicap debut.

Courtesy of The Racing Post
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Golan Way, who won a Grade 2 over C&D earlier in the season, was held by the runner-up on their Ascot form and faded after being allowed a very easy lead. He was not disgraced, but needs his sights lowering and is not going to prove easy to place now.

TOBAGO BAY FROM KEMPTON ALLWEATHER TO THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL IN LESS THAN 15 MONTHS!

Heart of The South Racing

Who would have dreampt that 15 months after the owners of Tobago Bay saw him fall out of the stalls at Kempton finishing 8th on the allweather rated only 50 would be then watching the very same horse, galloping down the hill in the lead at The Cheltenham Festival in the Fred Winter Juvenile Novices´ Handicap Hurdle with many of the top rated National Hunt Novices horses snapping at Tobago Bay's heels in hot pursuit.

Sheena was always quietly confident that this was a special little horse, and even she has to pinch herself when she realises how far he has come and he is still only 4 years old.

It goes to show that with some racehorses that only show moderate form on the flat, they sometimes can, with the right trainer, go on to be racing with some of the best national hunt horses in the country.

If you have a horse rated around the 60 mark on the flat, that could benefit with a change of scenery and possibly trying a career over the jumps, give Sheena West a call.

Photos courtesy of Heart of The South Racing