Good Afternoon, Friend
This is YOUR chance to join the RTP Syndicate community... a new jumps horse to be trained by Sam England... could he be better than Blazing Soldier?
His name is Dixie Cowboy, northern based, and you can find out everything you need to know HERE >>>
Wow! What a day on Saturday, it will live long in the memory for all of Blazing Soldier's owners, some of whom are pictured above. A winner live on ITV, at 33s to boot, what dreams are made of in this Syndicate game.
It was a special victory, winners always are of course, at whatever level, but he's the first horse to win that I've purchased, rather than leased from our trainers. He's only the fourth such horse I've bought, one got injured on track and was retired (The Plumber, he'd have been a decent chaser), Give Me A Boom has been out with a leg injury but will return to the racecourse later this month for his RTPS debut (he's a star in the making) and the other is Shandancer, who will be winning this season and has won 10k in prize money, the consistent trier is an RTPS favourite.
Jumps racing is a tough old game and winners are hard to come by but it looks like we've found a gem in Blazing Soldier, who's going to be some chaser, and looks great value. There are some value diamonds to be found in the Irish pointing fields, if you know where to look. We did have 25% of shares left in him, but existing owners snapped those up within 30 minutes of his victory.
Blazing winning was a pleasant surprise and in hindsight I wish I was more bullish for the Top 3 and wish i'd have bet more money on him! Such winnings are only ever the cherry on the icing in this game of course, the adrenaline rush of cheering home your own horse can't be matched. It just can't, not if you're a racing fan. It has to be experienced to be believed.
We hoped he'd jump and travel well until 3 out but then were not sure what he'd do. We knew he was fairly fit at home but would come on for the run, he'd had the odd niggle and as such Mark hadn't pushed him hard at all in the last few weeks, gentle canters up his hill gallop, and not up against other horses, so it was hard to get a grip on potential ability. He took a while to settle into his yard, went off his food for a time, then had some mucus on his lungs we had to clear (a reaction to his straw bedding, now shavings). His schooling had also been big at times, as if jumping a fence. We also knew 2m4f and chasing would be his game next season and didn't know if he'd have the pace from 2 out - but my word he's put on the turbos. He's beat the right horse also.
Most of his owners had an EW nibble 3 or 4 places, as we thought that was within range and that if travelling well to 3 out and thereabouts, he'd be trying. And from my emails, I know a few of you did also.
But, more importantly than that, it was just a great day, and our owners were buzzing, as you can imagine...
Andrew B: "Well, well, well what an absolutely unbelievable day. I have been involved with racehorses for the past 30 years on and off. I started out with Ferdy Murphy when he moved to Middleham. A great big thanks to everyone involved with our horses, Josh, Jay, all the trainers and everyone of you who make it such a pleasure to be involved with th e RTPS syndicates. It was lovely to meet everyone today, such a friendly, happy group of people. I have been involved with syndicates previously but RTPS are the very best. Open, transparent, knowledgeable guys who involve everyone"
Keith H: "A fantastic day with fantastic people who I met. This syndicate is the best I have been in"
Paul P: "I concur with everyone on the RTPS syndicate being the best thanks to Josh & Jay. Had a superb day today and what an experience that was when Blaze won, absolutely superb and as always we have a great bunch of friendly people in these syndicates which makes the experience even better"
This is your chance to join Andrew, Keith, Paul and 111 other fine RTPS owners and realise your racing dream!
We've just launched a new horse, and existing owners have snapped up nearly 50% already, in less than 24h, and this is your chance to join them - there's no betting feeling in racing than owning a winner!
His name is Dixie Cowboy, a 5YO son of Westerner, like Blazing an ex-Irish pointer, from the same agent who found me him. He's arguably the best looking horse we've bought and he has the best Point performance, better than Blazing, so here's hoping he's the next future chase star!
He'll be going into training with the excellent Sam England, based near Leeds. She, along with Mark Walford, have the joint 3rd best winning SR with handicap chasers, of ALL trainers in the North/Scotland. Not bad :) It's a great set up, Sam is very down to earth and approachable, like Mark. I'm looking forward to growing our northern string at both.
You can find everything you need to know at the link below. There are a couple of videos from myself, talking through his last Point run, his breeding, his physical etc.
He's very exciting and you won't have to wait long, as he'll be ready to run in February. Strap yourselves in!
