After a yr out recovering from a paralysed face, six-year-old mare Southfield Lily made a successful return to the racetrack when touchdown the restricted race on the Portman Hunt point-to-point at Badbury Rings in Dorset (13 November). The mare by Yeats was ridden by Lily Bradstock for coach Sara Bradstock and proprietor/breeder Angela Yeoman.
“She’s pretty quirky and didn’t begin at her final assembly beneath Guidelines final yr. So we ran her in a few point-to-points at Charing and Barbury this time final yr, and she or he completed second and first,” stated Lily.
“Then she was kicked within the face at dwelling, and was off the observe for almost a yr, so it was good to see her try this immediately. She feels higher than ever.”
The kick paralysed Southfield Lily’s nostril, leading to her left nostril not working.
“The nerve on the facet of her face went to sleep so we needed to look ahead to the bruising to go down and let the nerve heal,” added Lily. “We have been suggested to proceed cantering her to assist the circulation, and we labored with a physio, and now it’s tremendous.
“She additionally had a month within the subject as a result of consuming the brief grass helped get her nostril working once more, and she or he got here again into full work in August. She’s been actually good since.”
Lily defined the mare wants selection in her routine to maintain her eager.
“She will get bored, so we take her cross-country education,” she stated. “She loves leaping and generally is a little daring at instances. She’ll both run in one other point-to-point or return beneath Guidelines.”
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