Thanks for the wishes everyone, I hope I didnt sway anyone to put their house on him!

Unfortunately as you most likely saw things didnt go quite as well as we hoped. I don't think the rain helped too much, as well as the weight first up. Maxie is getting the old chop today to try to help him settle down, he almost jumped out of the barrier!

He jumped out very well and led round the turn but was racing very erratically. Larry Cassidy told us that he wont win a race until they give him the chop so that is what is happening today. Interesting thing is that in every private trial Maxie has beaten all of Rogerson's other horses, including Subreilly and Svenska so hopefully the chop will settle him down come race day. Best case scenario is to run Maxie again in 3 weeks, i'll keep you posted.

Anyway it wasnt all bad, watching Maxie come last didnt put me in the mood to punt for the rest of the day, and looking at the results I'm glad I didnt! Also watching a horse you have a share in, even getting pipped on the post to miss the $900 5th place prize, is unbelievable nonetheless!

Cheers
ShoeIn