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Thank you all for the congratulations:) It makes the winning feel even better and so much more worth.

Congratulations for the win with Bigglues Coquet.

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Congratulations Jane Jason and Biggles, and Sankta Lusia parad. Giv Bigg a karot from oss.

Congratulations for the win with Bigglues Coquet !!

Very well done for a nice win by Biggles, he really did a good 700m attack. A well done also goes to your participation in the Santa Lucia race. Helped creating a nice atmosphere.

Congrets for the win with Biggles Coquet.Well done to Vassallo Stables

congratulations to jason and jane well done

many many congratulations - don't celebrate too hard!!!!

Tack Tack Bosse o Yvonne

We Want your all luck with the horses.
Bosse o Yvonne

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From Vassallo Stables we would like to thank everyone for their congrats on our behalf....thank you all! /wow that did not sound like me :)/Jane

well done to Cometa and her team

crongrats for the win of baronello

Congrat to Baronellos victory!

Congrats to Gary the owner and Marco the driver for the winning with Vision Star.

Hi
Your former horse Vision Star had a good race today and he won with ease. Full results are at the forum of Malta Trot Racing website, while next race in Gozo would be 15 days more.

Hi Johnny! Thank you, you are the sweetest:) and yes maybe I should get my license. I had the best time ever driving at Gozo.

Thank you for the wishes and we will sure be back, and hopefully I drive then:)/Jane

Hi Jane

I think it's your chance now to drive in Malta. At the Gozo race track you did well....now why not try in Malta?? Good Luck to you and Vassallo stables and thanks for comming to Gozo

Good evening (or late night) Anton!

The discussion between us is never closed Anton:) and I think you know that, the subject just change and I think it is great to have a forum like this for people like us and others (no matter if you write or just read:) to express their opinions like you said without swearing or bad manners. How it is suposed to be! We at Vassallo Stables welcome any discussion here on the site and invite more people to join in.

You said you have been approached with responses to this discussion, and so have I, and how great. Then we keep our interest and passion living, the horses, and the friendships developed from our common interest:)

And I don't think we will close this discussion we just postpone it untill further news are comming, like after the races on sunday. Just joking! I have seen the work being done this week and I know how hard MRC are working at the moment to present a good (better) track on sunday, and that effort is gold worth for us racing.

So please keep discussing, interact and enjoy the exchanges of ideas and opinions...I know I do. See you soon for that drink:D Anton and more discussions:)/Jane

Good morning Jane.

Yes this discussion is in fact being followed .... I have many people approaching me about it. I'm very glad that it happened!

Now this guest book is yours and you opted to end this discussion. Your decision in this regard is my command.

I hope that readers understood that even on the most hot of topics one can share ideas without the need to shout, swear, fight etc.

We will have occasions to pay drinks to eachother and we will both do it with great pleasure. Agreed or not agreed, I admire your honesty and I thank you and all at Vassallo Stables for giving the opportunity to those genuinely interested in the progess of our beloved sport to progress.

Whatever we do .... let's always keep it horses!!

Hi again Anton!

I will just give a very short response to a couple of things you have stated, since I think this discussion seems to be more of "I said" and "you said" right now:)

First of all when you say I should know better (hmmmm??) of the perfomance of the horses, well I did not say that the performance should be the same, I stated that the horses were well prepared which they showed on Gozo. And well prepared they have to be no matter if they race on a hard or soft track.

You have chosen to qoute me several times and a sentence taken out of its context can be interpreted in many ways. This has unfortunatly happened a couple of times in this discussion. But hey I can take that since the whole discussion is here for the readers to follow, just wanted to point it out.

Now we both know that alot of actions have been taken to make the track better for this meeting and I know that MRC will do its outmost to give a good product at the end. I just hope that the discussions about everything around our trotting world here on Malta will continue so that the development will continue.

And if you are every sick again, I be glad to discuss another subject with you. For me this discussion is over for this time:)/Jane

Dear Jane,

If these exchange of ideas were being held with someone else not you, I would have quitted much before. With you I tend to continue because I am sure that we can compromise.

Would you please read again what I have written about the track in these pages? Let me quote: "Both me and you concluded that the track is not ready yet for races". I hope that when you read this statement again you would understand that I am not defending the track's present condition. Contrary to that I believe that the track still has to undergo more preparation to be adequate for racing. I wrote this as well in Maltese, on another Website, with my name in full as I always do and as I appreciate that you always do as well.

Point number two, and I will quote you this time: "And I am sorry to say but no, we can not just blame horseowners if the racing conditions aren't what they are supposed to be". That sentence in itself is an admission by you that yes, horse owners are partly to blame if racing conditions aren't what they are supposed to be! (We cannot just blame them means of course that we can partly blame them.) So again, my dear friend, we are saying the same thing.

One big disappointment though .... I totally disagree with you that since horses were performing well on a very hard track they must perform well on a very soft one. Hey Jane, you know better than that, don't you? Let's not go through all the technicalities because one such explanation would need a lot of lines to develop; still I believe that you need no explanation.

I have read as well that this discussion tends to get more and more personal. Honestly, this did not ever occur to me. With the people I respect and with those who share my interests, oh no I can't even see the slightest of possibilities that we may end up discussing each other on a personal basis. In this case and with you I will surely not do it because I have a lot to loose ..... my hair may not be very well set and you may tease me, my lameness is many times evident and you can detect that at once, etc. etc. etc.!!

Bye the way, I must thank you for one thing. This discussion seems to be taking my illness away. I have long discovered what my best medicine is and thanks to you I confirmed that it still holds.

Hi again Anton!
Great to see such an activity here, but sad to see some comments. What I write on the news is a blogg with opinions, jokes, ironi and facts. What that has to do with the guestbook I can't see. Your proposal of us closing down the guestbook for what I write on the news makes me a bit surprised, the news is as I said a blogg, and when I was referring to the bad english it was on the blogg, not here...hmmm as I think everyone can see.

And I am sorry to say but no, we can not just blame horseowners if the racing conditions aren't what they are supposed to be. There have been times in other countries (read Sweden) when tracks have been poorly prepared and not given the optimal conditons for horses, but I have never heard staff at a track say that they blame the horseowners or trainers for bad performance and for racing with poorly prepared horses. They have just admitted that at that time the track was not in great condition. This actually happened at Solvalla, our main track in Sweden and the track of Elitloppet, and it happens, but the greatness is to admit and not blame.

And of course the trainers are responsible for bringing their horses to the race in good condition. And since many of us have seen horses racing on sunday the 15th when they raced at Gozo before and then did great, we know they were well prepared. So this is not the point, and I can't actually see why the discussion is taken further. We all know that the track was not totally finished, so why defend it; we all know that MRC will do it outmost to try to fix it, so why argue about that; we all know that all horses that raced were not poorly prepared, so why state that; so why this fuzz. It tends to get more and more personal for no reason what so ever.

And yes we will race on sunday Anton, this is the track we have, we have paid and signed up horse to race, so yes we will. Especially since we have swedish guests coming and Vassallo Stables has put two horses in that race.

So now I hope that any further discussions about the track will be held on a nicer level, just keeping it to facts./Jane

Hi again Jane.

Thanks for your reactions and sorry for not writing in English all the time. We must keep in mind that we're in Malta and therefore I try to meet everyone's needs.

Well if you referred to bad English when you said that you decided to leave the post there to give us all a good laugh ..... sorry but then you can stop this guest book altogether! Here I am referring to both messages in English and in Maltese. About Swedish posts I will not comment since I never try to swim out of my own depths.

I would like to tell you that in my opinion the owners and trainers are those responsible for their horses and they are the only ones to blame if horses will perform poorly in the circumstances. My appeal to you is very, very simple: if your opinion should be that the track won't be in a good condition next Sunday, if you should really believe that it will contribute to injuries, then I am once again waiting to see what your own decision will be!

Keep in mind that the responsiblity of the MRC Administrative Council, once again in my opinion which could be mistaken, is to ascertain that the finished product will be one which we Maltese had been dreaming about for many long years. I think that they are in the right direction.

Thanks for wishing me to get well soon and wishing you always a very sincere good luck.

Hi again!
I say it is to bad you guys write in maltese cause I can't quite follow it yet, but I will get it translated, bet I will:D

As of your quote on me, hmmm, it was right, yes, but not the intention with the saying (hmm as I think you know:)....I also wrote that I am surprised I didn't write it in swedish, so when I wrote about giving you a good laugh it was considering my spelling and my bad english, NOT the meaning of what I wrote.

No matter how tired I am my mind is sharp as a knife on that part with facts and my opinion. So no, considering the discussion of the track and what is around it, to say that I am messy about the reasoning about that is not fair, but hey, a good try to undermine my opinions and thoughts:) And I think you know I don't say anything if I don't have enough to back me up.

Sorry to hear you are not well. Really hope you get better soon so you can enjoy the races on sunday/Jane

Hello Jane!

As you very well said in your last post, a response was anticipated.

My reply to your reaction is very simple and first I will quote what you wrote yourself: "I was actually thinking of editing it but then I thought I could give you all a good laugh when you see how messy my mind is when I get so tired".

For me that is enough and I will take no advantage!

Good luck for Sunday to all of you and hey, maybe you should thank me for raising discussions and giving more and more popularity to your website!

I posted these two messages from home today as I am very sick but promise that I will recover in time for the races.

L-ghodwa t-tajba lil kulhadd speccjalment lil min isegwi dan is-sit hekk interessanti.

Twegiba qasira lil Anthony. Dak il-hin li semmejtlek jien sar fil-hdax il-tigrija, fil-korsa ta' Ostersund gewwa l-Izvezja u gie rregistrat minn Smaragd Eye, debba ta' hames snin li kienet misjuqa mill-professjonali Robert Bergh. Dak il-hin li semmejt int li gie registrat minn ziemel ta sentejn ukoll huwa skorrett ghax fil-fatt irregistra hin ta' 1'23.2"/Km u mhux kif ghidt int 1'23.3"/Km. Jien ma semmejtx dak il-hin ghax dak kien mohor ta sentejn.

Jekk l-anqas dwar l-iswed fuq l-abjad m'int kapaci titkellem, jekk l-anqas il-fatti li graw ma qed tgharaf, ma nifhimx kif thossok kompetenti biex tiddiskuti materji ta natura ferm aktar difficli minn hekk!

Ovvjament fl-isfond ta dan kollu, din hija l-ahhar twegiba li se ntik ghax il-hin prezzjuz habib!

Rigward li niehdu birra flimkien, meta trid ghax billi wiehed ma jaqbilx dwar suggett partikolari ma jfissirx li ma jkun jaqbel f'xejn. Jista jkun li flimkien ghall-birra naqblu hafna u jiehu pjacir bina tal-bar!

sur Anton jekk qed tghid ghalija li jien limitat fl gharfien tieghi fuq iz zwiemel (peress li jin ikkwotajt dik l frazi li kitbet Jane fuq is site ta orland) nghidlek li sejjer zball ghax dak il hin li semmejt int l ewwel net ma sibtu imkien fil programm tal hadd imma sibt wiehed vicin tieghu dak ta 23,3 u int taf minn ghamlu ziemel ghadu fit tieni derha tieghu ghadu kif gej mill kwalifier u ghad ghandhom biss sentejn u li gera maghhom dejjem grew f dak l ilma hux perres li ghadhom zghar u mhux xebba jigri medjiet taz 17 u wara jtella ghaxar sekondi f daqqa fil medja imkien ma tezisti ta u sweden jekk ivarjaw il hinijiet minhabba t temp u mhux habba l art korsa issa jek int daqshekk bravu kif qieghed tghid mur fittex din it tigrija u ejdli jekk ghandiex ragun u jekk tridna immoru niehdu flixkun birra tidejaq xejn ta jin mux ha nigi boat party ghax ghandi z zmien imma ghal flixkun birra imorru u nibqaw nidiskutu ghax inti tal qalba hemm gew allura zgur li taf izjed minni

Hi there Anton! I knew I would get a respons to what I wrote and that is good I think. Keeps the discussion about our racing world alive. But I do not take back what I said about the times and the track...everyone that saw the races also saw that well-prepared horses stopped. Plenty of owners and trainers were standing in the paddock with watches...

Now to compare our horses down here (alltough I think ours are the champs:) with a performance of Commander Crowe is like comparing me riding the bike with Armstrong. Hmmm, in Sweden the tracks depends mainly on the weather, sunny dry day means faster tracks...here we had a sunny, dry day soooo...it means the track is not prepared for races...I would gladly have waited another month for you all at MRC to be able to conclude your task cause you all have done a great job...splendid job...I just feel a bit sad that you could not hang in there to fulfill it to the end and had to rush it...cause give the track some time and work (a bit sand off) and it would be great.

And hmm, yeah, still say that when half the start field falls out it does not depend on preparation...the people in Malta are good trainers, very devoted, that has been proven time after time so it has depend on something else right...

Now as you said Anton, we can discuss it in eternity, but the fact is...either close for races a bit more, no training on the track (please) or do some other changes cause as it is right now...hmmm no!

But hey I gladly join you on a partyboat after the discussion hahaha/Jane

And yes another party boat would be great hahahah

Hello to everyone at Vassallo Stables.

Hi Jane, that our horses can't run better then coldbloods from Sweden you can dream, dream, dream!

Last week the great gelding Commander Crowe won a race in the kilometer rate of 1'16.6" due to circumstances. We both know that this superb trotter has covered the same distance in 1'12.1"/Km in different circumstances more than once. Just because in certain circumstances our horses in even the Bronze Division had covered the distance in similar kilometric rates, of beating Commander with these horses we can dream, dream, dream!!

As well, yesterday was race day in Malta and in Sweden. In Malta we had a winner's kilometer rate of 1'22.3" in one race and in Sweden they had a winner's kilometer rate of 1'22.8" in another race (no, they were not coldbloods!)

Well Jane, since this is my subject and your subject we can keep on writing and discussing till who knows when! Since I had the opportunity to discuss this subject with you more than once, I am fully aware of your excellent skills and knowledge.

I only wish that you allow me to make one appeal to you.

Since you are a foreign trainer with a lot of experience and had a lot of opportunities to learn in a country were horse racing is very developed, please keep in mind that your comments have a lot of weight especially when read by people whose knowledge is much more limited.

Both me and you will never conclude that although in Germany and in Denmark they have "heavy" tracks, this does not mean that they are bad tracks.

Both me and you concluded that the track is not ready yet for races. Both me and you concluded that horses were not well prepared. Well, telling owners to bug off is not the nice way to go about it I think, but I understand you when you say it. One thing is sure. Nobody was obliged to register horses for racing and sometimes even the most experienced and knowledged fall into traps!

Good luck for the horses from your stables racing next Sunday.

Hope we'll soon find the time to drink a night away on a boat once more!

jin naqbel ma li qalet Jane li zball ma jitrangax bi zball iehor fejn domna daqshekk stajna nibqaw naqa ohra xorta wahda wiehed seta ihaddem iz ziemel u f temp ta xghar johorgu preparati kollha l bhejjem good luck sir

Next Sunday (1-11-09)another meeting will be held at the Ta Xhajma Racing Track Gozo, and the distance will be 2600mts.Then the following Sunday (8-11-09)will be held the Heats on a 2100mts

Hey just wanted to wish good luck with the horses and I missing Malta, hope I can come and visit soon again

Thanks for all the arrangements around our visit and the race. It was fun, except the warm up, and a real experience.

It was nice to meet you :)

Good luck with the faily and all the horses.

Thank you guys for the information....and yes, yes, yes...hahaha...made my day :)

Your much preferred training grounds, the straight 1000m of the old track are now open Jane. Enjoy the facility and good work.

www.mtr.orlandev.com

Hi Peter you can see our contact list and ask there or come to our farm it would be our pleaseur to meet you.
Thanks.

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Next Sunday another meeting is being held at the Gozo race track. The distance is going to be 2100 mts again.

he was infront and gallopped in the last 700metres

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Yes another race is going to be held next sunday at ta' Xhajma race track Gozo.Be prepared because harses are making good time here...(-26 and even -28)Good luck

Tack Bosse o Yvonne.

Hello Jason Congratuletion till er familj för ditt barn. Vi önskar er alla lycka till.

Thanks for your congrats.

Congratulations to Jason and his family for the baby new-commer. We are sure that this baby will bring with him a lot joy and serenity to all the family.

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Johnny!

We really appreciate that you give us this information. I have been nagging the boss about it, so now we will see:)

/Jane

Hi
Next sunday a race is being held at the Gozo racing track. The horse registration date is closing by tomorrow. Maybe you will come over again with your horses...and better luck....

Hi Mats,
Its nice to see you here cruising on my site,may be we will see you here on our island to do some Amatormatch :)

Hi, Vasallo! I have just find your website. Nice!
Best regards
Mats Falk
Solvalla Amateur Club

Hey guys! Sweden is freezing :( I miss Malta and of course all of you on thge farm! Hope your ear gets better, Jane, and please look after my little unpolished diamond Kemma! Jason, thanks for all your help, Dorte and Price send their best regards as well!

Hi Jane

On the 13th September in Gozo at Ta' Xhajma race track is going to be a race. Maybe you bring your horses here...

Thanks for the greetings! You guys are so sweet thinking of me far away from home:)

But Mike I gave you guys another name since you wrote as you did. It made me think of one of my favourite movies....Blues Brothers...:) Love it! Ha ha...

We wish you a pleasant Birthday Day, with less health hassles and lots of satisfactory work (cos with horses that still has to be done).

Happy Birthday Jane

Happy birthday then Jane

Thank you Mike! It is always so warming your comments:) We all appreciate it at the farm, gives us an extra push. And we will try presenting horses in good condition and with the capicity to show good results at the race tracks/J.Vassallo.Stables

Lazume Simoni showed he had good ground work as usual from your farm. The fact that he had so little time to prepare and still showed a good preparation is a certificate to your work at the farm. Well done to all the team.

Kien hemm hafna tibdil kienu hafna li scracjaw Anthony.

Flok minn dahal lazume simoni pls

No Biggles Coquet, my baby Big, is not for sale:) Don't think he will ever be... Good luck to find another horse!

trid tbieghu lil biggils cocquet

Hi Anthony
Today in the afternoon they they drove in Amal.Tony Tanti,Mark Tanti,Shoun Formosa,joe debattista and Julian Farrugia.

And this evening in Romme the drivers are Darren Mizzi,Renne Zammit,Joe Debattista,Shoun Formosa,Alex Magro,brian Hilli and Charlo Debono.

They will drive aswell on Sunday at orebro the drivers are Charlo Debono,julian Farrugia,Tony Tanti,Mark Tanti,Darren Mizzi and Anton Pace.

Who are the maltese drivers driving against the swedes and when and where is the race going to be held ? thank you

Thank you guys! It is always nice to get positive feed-back and as long someone like to follow the site I will be there sharing our doings and of course my sometimes messy life:)

And yes, I think the only way to get a break is to ask Josef to fix a "break-down" like this. Hmmm, maybe it wasn't anything wrong but him giving me some rest;) Just kidding!!!!

Well, take care, keep reading and thanks again:)/Jane

Its nice to follow your diaries from my side too Jane. Well done. In fact most probably that fault was the only way how to get a break. Its like us with www.mtr.orlandev.com, If the races do not stop there is no rest :-).

Keep it up and enjoy the few weeks left before training schedules will be back in hand.

Hi
I enter your site about 3 times a day and I was going like crazy when I couldn't enter.I don't know either of you but I should enter everyday cause it's like I am hearing a friend talking and seeing new pictures.... For me it's like I am missing something not opening your site (maybe sometimes a hussle for you, have to write everyday) but it's very interesting.Very updated site and keep it up.

mill gibson rebah is sannat ic challenge cup ax gold bowler eleb bil bit.
mistoqsija wahda mill gibson x qatt amel and vassallo stables. u min u l owner ta mill gibson issa u min kin please

sorry Jane Mill Gibson won at the Sannat Challing Cup as the other one was disqualified you were right and given the right information

Then I apologize. I was given the wrong information then about the race and that Gibs had beaten Gold Bowler. Thank's for given the correct information.

not to be sarcastic mill gibson who was driven by Claudio Refalo did not beat Gold Bowler who was driven by Shanu Portelli in the challing cup. for the street races gibson is a very good horse as he goes fast from the car gates.

Hey Jane....

you have an easy job now no races in malta...i have to drive 8 hours to berlin with 3 horses this friday there is a derby meeting, and im sure you are enjoying the sun in malta a the beaches.....

have a great week....

kemm hi it talba a debba ace of cometa?

Oh, I guess you guys love it now! I wouldn't for sure:) Take care and see you soon with all reports how you have been.

Hi Jane here is beutiful the weather no sun

Hello Jane,
I went through a book I bought recently about the flora in Malta. Put your mind at rest, that plant is no UFO :o) It's the Ripe fruit of a plant called Italian Lords and Ladies, in Maltese it is "Garni" and the scientific name is Arum Italicum. It blooms between March and May. Sorry don;t have much more info about it. What is funny is that i spotted this plant last Monday at Chadwick lakes and it caught my eye as well :o) Have a good day dear.

aw jas jien michael trid elf ?

Thanks for your congrats to us!! Wish you good luck in the coming races:)

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