A Year Is A Long Time in Horse Racing
If you read the first post again here you'll see what I wanted to experience by joining the Gordon Elliott Racing Club - "I'm looking forward to seeing the horses in training, seeing them race and hopefully getting in the winners enclosure a few times". The Cullentra Stables Tour just before Cheltenham was one of my highlights. I really wanted to see close hand how one of the most successful trainers in the world operated. There were two tours in the year - one in February and one in November. You get to meet the horses in their stables and then see them out on the gallops. Also you might bump in to a three-in-a-row Gold Cup winning trainer like Henrietta Knight. I really wanted to bring my son along but thought I'd check it out the first time myself and bring him later on in the year. Unfortunately, we couldn't get to the next one but he's been to the races a few times with me. I've counted 54 runners in races this year and I've probabl
