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Welcome to Red House Stables
This is Red House Stables, home of trainer Dr Jon Scargill.
Meet the horses, view the surroundings, learn the history and share the present.
Regular updates will keep your finger right on the pulse.
Views and Questions? E-mail and details can be found at the bottom of every page.
The Idiot's guide to breaking-in a yearling - see how our yearling purchases become fully
fledged racehorses.
Monday 12th April: A pedigree update from France this weekend. French 2000 Guineas runner-up Rio De La Plata shares the same fourth dam as our very own GREAT WHITE HOPE who is also bred very similarly.
This weekend also saw the beginning of our latest "how to" piece - this time it's the starting stalls.
Starting Stalls - Step One:
At some stage in race preparation flat horses need to become acquainted with the starting stalls. PAINTED SMILE and DEFECTIVEDETECTIVE are in full work so it's time to start the stalls practice.
Armed
with the necessary equipment - helmets, rope, hood, and a BIG bag of
grass the intrepid handlers meet their charges at the practice stalls near
the Rowley Mile racecourse.
Here are the Steril
ine
stalls, which caused some controversy
when introduced a couple of years ago.
The low pads at the back caused hock (rear knee) injuries
and they were subsequently redesigned.
Before commencing the handlers check the front doors function. They are closed
and sprung open.
Both horses are led up to an open stall and are walked through several times - successfully! After that the back gates are closed and then the front gates. The front gates are then opened to allow the horse to walk out.
All negotiated successfully - STOP AND QUIT WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD!
Thursday 15th May:
DEADLY SILENCE is entered for a 11-furlong maiden on the
all-weather at Southwell on Tuesday. Here he is completing a
piece of work on the Cambridge Road polytrack.
Deadly Silence (leading) completes
a workout Racecourse Side.
All horse and race information with kind permission
of the 
Dr Jon Scargill, Red House Stables, Hamilton Road, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 0TE
01638 663254
scargill@redhousestables.freeserve.co.uk
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