May 2023

​It’s always a funny time of year. The seasons are changing, both weather-wise and in the horse racing world and lots of our winter horses are off enjoying their summer holidays, either in the fields here at Jackdaws Castle or back home with their owners.

It’s also holiday time for some of our brilliant staff. We are very lucky that they arrange their time off around each other, and get a well-deserved break while it’s a bit quieter in the yard.

Last season couldn’t have finished any better for us, with Crebilly clinching the last possible win in the season finale at Sandown. The next season, bizarrely, started just two days later, paused for a week, and then started again! After that great ending with Crebilly, the new season has begun with some very pleasing performances from our horses, scoring five wins and seven placings from sixteen runners. I haven’t done the maths, but they tell me that’s a 32% strike rate and pretty impressive!

The Summer might be quiet in some ways, but it’s busy in others, as horses move on and make space for new ones to move in. We have several really interesting sales coming up, with the Tattersall’s Cheltenham May Sale taking place this Friday and two up at Doncaster next week, including the Goffs Spring Horse In Training/Point-to-Point sale where Constitution Hill was purchased!

If you would like to get involved in ownership or would like any further information on how to get involved, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us on pa@jonjooneillracing.com.

Thank you to you all for your continued support, fingers crossed it warms up a bit soon!

Stay healthy and best wishes,

Jonjo