Hello from J.Vassallo Stables.

This afternoon everything was going to normal, cleaning of stables, horses etc. until Carmela called me in a panicky way asking me to rush to help Fredu who was struggling with Hulot.

I was cleaning Cocos when Fredu decided to take Hulot to eat some grass inside the farm. Hulot was extremely happy and wanted to run towards the green grass leaving Fredu in trouble holding him. Fredu ended up flying on the grass and Hulot running freely towards his destination that is the grass next to Baron's paddock.

I rushed to give help and luckily Hulot was too busy munching grass and stayed put in his place. We managed to catch him easily and thankfully Fredu was unhurt, but it could have been worst. Fredu was obviously upset and spoke some hard (maltese) words to Hulot who off course was not bothered.

After all had calm down and both Fredu and Hulot where fine, jokingly Fredu told me, I took Hulot to eat grass and ended up eating the grass myself.

This morning Hulot, Cocos and Mint all went in the walker. Fredu took them all to the paddock. Lemon was in the walker this afternoon, while Cool was giving rides to the girls who in turns rode him inside the farm.

Baron looks to be over his problem, infact when Hulot was going trough his adventure, he was running around with his tail high up enjoying the action.

Alin had the day off today and stayed out the whole day inside her paddock.

That's all for today, Hope you have a nice weekend.

ETIENNE

J.VASSALLO STABLES

Hello from J.Vassallo Stables.

This afternoon the Vet was due to come up at the farm to check out Baron and to decide for us if Baron was ok to go down to the track for a workout.

I agreed with him to meet around 16:00 but when I called him he told me he is not coming because he could not determine if he would be ok to train.

Jason called him and agreed with him to come up around 17:00, but we stayed waiting for him for nothing. He decided not to come since, in his opinion he could do nothing for Baron. Unbelievable attitude by this VET.

Well what about today. Cocos, Baron, Mint and Hulot all went into the walker this morning where they stayed for 45 minutes. All of them went out in their paddocks where they stayed until it was cleaning and brushing time for all.

Lemon and Alin went into the walker this afternoon here they stayed for an hour. They were cleaned and inside their stables they went.

Cool and Mystic had the day off today.

That's all folks. Goodnight.

ETIENNE

J.VASSALLO STABLES

Hello from J.Vassallo Stables.

Early tomorrow morning Jason is leaving Malta and heading to Paris, where he will be watching the biggest race in trotting, the Prix D'Amerique.

He will be meeting some friends at Paris and will certainly enjoy his stay.

Today at the farm, Cocos, Hulot and Mint all went into the walker in the morning, where they all stayed for 45 minutes. After the walker they all went outside in their paddocks.

Lemon was in the walker this afternoon. He stayed for 5 minutes. He was cleaned and inside his box he went.

Alin was in the walker for an hour today while Cool and Mystic went out for a walk with the girls.

That's all for tonight.

ETIENNE

J.VASSALLO STABLES

Hello from J.Vassallo Stables.

After yesterdays race Hulot had a recovery day today. I must say that he looks pretty good and not much looking like he was racing yesterday. This is a very good sign and shows that he is in top form at the moment. He went into the walker this morning, where he stayed for an hour.

BARONELLO; Baron had the day off today. He stayed out in his paddock the whole day until Jason was up at the farm late this afternoon and took care of him.

LEMON SOLO; Lemon was in his paddock this morning. In the afternoon I put the equipment on him and sulky. Lemon was jogging for 45 minutes around the track inside the farm. He was then cleaned and inside his stable he went.

COCOS KAOS; Cocos was in the walker this morning. He stayed for and hour. Yesterday he was working slowly inside the farm and everything went good and he had no problems with legs.

MINT CONDITION; Mint was in the walker this morning. She stayed out walking slowly for an hour and then straight to her paddock. Edmond was up at lunch time and took her inside the stable. This evening Joe was up and took care of her.

Alin was in the walker for an hour this afternoon while Cool was working heavily with the twins. They where riding him in turns and stayed out for over an hour, walking, trotting and also cantering at times.

That's all for today. Goodnight.

ETIENNE

J.VASSALLO STABLES

Hi from J.vassallo stables

This afternoon Hulot was participating in a race down at the track. As all gold races, this was a very tough race and we had doubts about the horse since he had a small accident in his last race.

Hulot did a splendid race finishing a very close 2nd and with more luck surely he would have been winning.

Jason took him easy at the start and thankfully managed without a gallopp. With 500 metres gone, Jason pushed to go to the lead but the leader would not let go. Jason managed to squize behind the leader in the inner lane. The leader was the race favorite and I said to myself that he would take him to the end.

With 300 metres to go Jason was looking for a way out, unfortunately the leader was stopping and Jason had to hold Hulot, nearly stopping him, to move out. With 100 metres to go Jason managed to find some space and pushed Hulot who finished in a brilliant 2nd place.

That is how the races are, if the leader did not stop and Jason could find a way before with Hulot it would have been a different story.

Hulot looked brilliant and he is capable of winning in this tough category that he is racing in.

That's all folks, wish you all a nice week.

ETIENNE

J.VASSALLO STABLES




That's it for today
Goodnight,
Etienne

Hello from J.Vassallo Stables.

Tomorrow Hulot will be going down to the track to race. He will be racing in the last race of the 3rd meeting of the season.

He has a very tough race, with a back number and his form is a question mark since he was having a small accident a week ago in his last race. We hope for a positive result, for sure he is capable of racing his opponents, but we have to see how the race evolves.

BARONELLO; Baron was out in his paddock this morning. In the afternoon he went into the walker for 30 minutes and then Jean put the equipment on him and was driving him inside the farm around the track. He was working with quite jog a he did not show any signs of pain from his previous accident.

LEMON SOLO; Finally Lemon was shoed today. He looks really nice on all 4 legs now. He stayed out in his paddock this morning and in the afternoon after Jason shoed him he went straight inside his box.

COCOS KAOS; Cocos was in the walker this morning. He stayed for 45 minutes and then straight out in his paddock, where he stayed until this afternoon when I cleaned him and inside his box he went. Tomorrow he will be doing some work inside the farm.

HULOT; Hulot was in the walker this morning. After the walker he went out in his paddock, where he stayed until Fredu was up and took care of him.

MINT CONDITION; Mint was also in the walker this morning. Joe was up this afternoon and took care of her.

Alin went in the walker togheter with the trotters. She stayed for 45 minutes working slowly and then she relaxed in her paddock. Cool was working inside the farm. Carmela was riding him for an hour, while the twins took care of Mystic. They stayed inside the paddock with her spending some precious time with the foal who enjoys every minute of it.

That's all for today. Goodnight.

ETIENNE

J.VASSALLO STABLES.

Hello from J.Vassallo stables

Today it was an easy day at the farm. It was business as usual with the normal things to do such as cleaning of boxes and cleaning of horses.

BARONELLO; Baron stayed out in his paddock the whole day. He was happy enjoying bright sunshine. Jason took care of him this evening.

LEMON SOLO; Lemon was also the whole day in his paddock until I came up this afternoon and took him inside. He was cleaned and then he went inside his box munching his hay.

COCOS KAOS; Cocos was in the walker this morning. He stayed for 45 minutes. In the afternoon I took him inside, cleaned him and into his box he went.

HULOT; Hulot was also in the walker this morning. He stayed walking slowly for 45 minutes. He went into his paddock where he stayed until Fredu came up at the farm and took care of him.

MINT CONDITION; Mint was in the walker with Cocos and Hulot. Edmond came up and got Mint from her paddock, she was cleaned and inside she went.

Cool spend some time with the girls as did Mystic the foal. It was nice to see Mystic playing with the girls in the paddock.

That\'s all for tonight, hope you have a nice weekend.

ETIENNE

J.VASSALLO STABLES

Hello from J.Vassallo Stables.

Hulot is the only one going to races (hopefully) this week. His participation is still a question since he was hit in his last race, but he look better.

The marks of the sulkies tyre are still evident on him, but he does not look to be in pain or laming. We keep our fingers crossed for him to make it to this upcoming race. Today Tano came up and took care of him.

Baron was in the walker today. He was walking in slow pace for 45 minutes. Jason took the plaster bandage of him today and we now wait to see is there is any swelling. Jason took care of him and inside his stable he went.

Lemon had the day off again today. He needs to be shoed and he cannot do anything before Jason shoes him. I cleaned him from the mud before letting him inside.

Cocos was shoed yesterday and this morning he went into the walker for 45 minutes. I cleaned him this afternoon and took him inside his stable.

Mint was in the walker this morning. Edmond gave her hay this afternoon and Joe took care of her this evening.

Cool and Alin both had the day off. They relaxed out in the paddock enjoying some nice and bright sunshine.

That's all folks, have a nice evening.

ETIENNE

J.VASSALLO STABLES.

Hello from J.Vassallo Stables.

Today Mint Condition and Hulot where recovering from the races they had yesterday. Both had tough time but unfortunately for different reasons.

Mint had a very tough race yesterday. She was pushed to the limited to finish 2nd, doing a very respectable time. She was in the walker for an hour this afternoon. Edmond decided not to sign her for the upcoming races and she will get a rest for a couple of weeks.

Hulot on the other side was not pushed but finished with a bad bruise just above his hoof, after he was hit by the horse next to him. He stayed in the paddock this morning to recover from his injury. Jason and Fredu took care of the damage caused and applied some cream and bandage. Hulot was signed but it is still to be decided if he will race.

Lemon and Cocos had the day off today. They stayed out in the paddock the whole day. Both filled with mud, they where cleaned some help from the girls.

Cool was in the walker for a while but was taken out when the rin started coming down heavily. Alin had the day off.

That's all for today, goodnight

ETIENNE.

J.VASSALLO STABLES

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Training.

Star Horse Quarcio You Chene was tested in a monté races for the first time.

The result: A fourth place.

- The rider Matthieu Abrivard did it well, "says Anders Ekberg, who commented on the race of the ATG Live.

On Thursday tested Stall Goop tested Star Quarcio du Chene in a monté races in France for the very first time. And the first 1000 meters the horse tried to get the rider off or just break. But the jockey said with sligth changes in the equipement the horse will be good..

In the saddle sat monté star Matthieu Abrivard. The upload could start better then it was several restarts.

When the race went well Quarcio du Chene came on inside and ended up third last.

The horse advanced and was in fifth externally after 1000 meters. Matthieu Abrivard turned out in the third lane with about 700 meters left and ran quickly past many of its competitors. But the last bit was too hard for Quarcio and he finally ended fourth in the race.

The rider Matthieu Abrivard was very happy with the horse and would like to continue to ride him.

- The horse was much better today than when I rode him in the job last Saturday. He got a little heated after reboot limits and therefore I had to move a bit too early. If Quarcio du Chene been a little calmer, I think he was second in the race, "said Matthieu Abrivard to Travnet.

Won the race did Pinson.

This was the 4 th year,that we had this kind of race and its always nice to have this drivers espacialy from this track of Sundbyholm here with us.

The drivers for this year was Mikael Bergquist, Robert Eriksson, Roland Jansson and Cay Makinen.Another driver was coming from, the track of Visby and this was Stig Nilsson.

This was the results of the race.
1 Izor Rick 11 Karl Debono 1\'18\"4 2140m €0
2 Cocos Kaos 4 Roland Jansson (SE) 1\'18\"4 2140m €0
3 Kalifant de Jemma 3 Anton Pace 1\'18\"5 2140m €0
4 Arragon Crown 1 Cay Makinen (SE) 1\'18\"8 2140m €0
5 Cool Kemp 7 Joseph Micallef 1\'18\"9 2140m
6 Lemon Solo 5 Stig Nilsson (SE) 1\'19\"7 2140m
7 Hardy Frontline 10 Michael Ghigo 1\'20\"2 2140m
8 The Womanizer 9 Mikael Bergquist (SE) 1\'22\"4 2140m
DIS Lutfi Simoni 2 Charles Farrugia (gowler) 2140m
DIS Negus de Fleur 6 Alan Agius 2140m
DIS Meilleur du Houlme 8 Robert Eriksson (SE) 2140m
DIS Jewel Magic 12 Ludvig Ghigo 2140m

SCR Rocky Briljant 6 2140m
SCR Kaellna Fido 9 2140m

You are always Welcome guys.

I am happy to say that Åke Svanstedt was cleared on all charges in the case of giving electric shocks to horses in training. The judges voted 5/0 on not guilty. A very important thing for the clearing was the visit to the farm were the witnesses could not see if the person that was driving the horse held something in their hand or not, from a distance they had claimed they had seen it!!!!! Which was the actual accusation from the beginning from a "reliable" witness.

Now I am happy Åke was cleared but the sad part is that the trotting sport and its credibility has been badly damaged in the public's eyes. I really hope that the media will be a bit more resonable following up news like this the next time and won't start a witch hunt relying their facts on rumours and from people seeking revenge for being rejected. The every day reader that has not clue of how the training of horses and the trotting works will just believe in these tabloid stories.

Today at Åby Stora Pris it was the italion mare that gave a wonderfull show in both races espiecialy in the second heat when Lisa was in the death position and with does horses she sprinted up in the last 200 meters and clocked 10'1.

When they interwiew the trainer and he was questioned that why he think that Lisa liked Sweden he answered that every body like Sweden because its the best tracks and the races are in the spirit of sport and i agree whit him 100 percent.

Grattis Lisa
Jason Vassallo

I know I shouldn't comment it but since they are always saying to me to keep in shape...hmmm guys isn't it time for some excersize soon :D

Will post another one tomorrow if this works :)

At the races at Rättvik today there was another bad accident. Örjan Kihlström's horse tumble and fell and the two horses after him had no chance to avoid the crash. Per Lennartsson and Hans R Strömberg went down too. All drivers were on the ground and stayed there. Per Lennartsson managed to get up and had pain in a leg and a foot but didn't need to go to hospital. Kihlström and Strömberg had to wait 20 minutes for the ambulance and were taken to the hospital. Both complained about back-and neckpains

Strömberg had a couple of broken ribs and it seems like his lungs and kiddneys have taken a hit. No news yet about Örjan Kihlström!