The Romney Marsh PartnershipROMNEY MARSH
9 year old brown mare by Glacial Storm, out of Mirador
The Romney Marsh Partnership
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An older Romney Marsh picture at Plumpton, where she ignores a heavily disguised Roy Keane in the crowd.
Feb10: She had retained her form well since the December win, but several attempts to exploit it had come a cropper due to the weather, and abandoned meetings even when we could work in full at home. Eventually she got a run in a hands and heels race at Plumpton, with Danny on board again, and won quite convincingly, with the "stalk the leaders, dash for home in the straight" plan working a treat.
Dec09: Finally got everything together in the way that had been on the cards at Uttoxeter. Danny Burton, brother of Wayne, rode, and he kicked on early, as expected, and Romney Marsh really stuck her head down and saw it out all the way to the line, with her superior stamina eliminating the opposition one by one.
Feb09: She has run a couple of much better races lately over hurdles, but unfortunately she raised twelve pounds for coming second, having raced from out of the handicap. The next time, in the extreme conditions at Plumpton, Romney Marsh was beaten two lengths. It is hard to argue that the harsh rating rise did not cost her victory.
Jul08: She has been a bit of a nightmare in the last year, as she has suffered from the virus as badly as any, but she can also have her cantankerous days, which made it tricky on occasions to know whether she was suffering or sulking. Romney Marsh seemed to be on the way back when third at Plumpton, but then was back to square one after her next race. She appears to be more healthy at the moment, and will have a confidence boosting hurdle run before her summer break. Prior to running again in the autumn, she will have the reschooling routine mentioned below, and the one, scant consolation from recent months is that she is handicapped on that form and not the higher level we know that she is capable of.
Mar08: She is another that has been suffering from the delayed action post-race stiffness. The treatment should help, but Romney Marsh is also due to have some intensive schooling before she runs again. Basically, she is a sound jumper, but every now and then she gets one horribly wrong, usually without warning, and the mistakes are proving expensive.
2007: Got some experience under her belt, and gained a handicap mark in the process, but as early as March, she made her chase debut in a handicap at Towcester, winning in quite amazing style, by being well out of contention in the middle of the far side, effortlessly cruising into, through and beyond the pack at the side of the course and sweeping past the leader before the final fence. Glorious stuff but not perhaps ideal for those with a dodgy ticker. The follow up run at Worcester was tougher as there was no hill and she was left with top weight. Romney Marsh eventually took a tumble two out, but she seemed to suffer no harm done as a result.
Jan07: Needed her last run at Taunton but ran satisfactorily over a trip that will probably turn out to be a touch on the sharp side and will now switch to handicaps.
2006: On her second run, Romney Marsh showed up much more in the vein that we expected, leading into the home straight until a little panic struck with the expanse of hill and crowd in front of her, eventually being fourth. Different tactics did not work at Southwell afterwards, and in her final bumper, she displaced a pelvis, which was corrected by the chiropractor. In May, she went over hurdles, ruining the experience by trying to go as fast as possible for as long as possible ( a mile and a half or so) but she knew more about the task afterwards and was easier to settle with the fizz run out of her on that occasion. Due to being a bit stiff in late Spring, as a consequence of the pelvic injury, Romney Marsh started her summer break earlier than planned, and therefore was back in slightly ahead of the rest as well. She took some work to get fit and ready to reappear in late October. It was expected to be very disappointing if she cannot get off the mark this season, and the regularity with which Andrew Tinkler suggested that he was keen to keep the ride suggests that he had the same opinion.
2005: Her debut bumper run was disappointing, but she became rather over-excited in the preliminaries and was bemused by churned up, gluepot ground which she had never encountered at home. Perhaps Romney Marsh is not the most suitable of names?
The second daughter we have from the former stable star Mirador, who won over flat and jumps and was a length runner-up in the Ascot Stakes at Royal Ascot. Glacial Storm's biggest wins came in the Horris Hill Stakes (Gr. 3) at Newbury and Longchamp's Prix de Barbeville (Gr. 3). He was runner-up in The Derby (Gr. 1), the Jockey Club Stakes (Gr. 2), September Stakes (Gr. 3) and Classic Trial (Gr. 3). He made the frame on several other occasions, including the Irish Derby (Gr. 1) and Dante Stakes (Gr. 2). Offspring of Glacial Storm have won over 400 races, flat, hurdling and chasing, with prize money of nearly £3½ million pounds.
Romney Marsh, after making her hurdling debut at Plumpton, decides that whilst it was not the worst thing that she has ever come across, breakfast and dinner still have the edge in enjoyment