Not A Total Washout, It Was Fine For Some!

Linda's four horse raid on Plumpton's New Year's Raceday was almost washed away as the rain kept falling, sending rivers down the track and forecourts to form lakes in the home straight, before racing was abandoned after race three.  However there was time for Fine Tune to make the frame for the first time when finishing third in the opening Novices' hurdle.  Ridden by Tom Garner he was kept in midfield early on before moving into 4th going out on the final circuit.  However he seemed to have done his running when dropping back to 6th on the bottom bend.  But as others cried "enough" in the testing conditions he seemed to enjoy slopping through the mud and he plugged on past tired horses to finish third and earn some prize money for his much deserving owner, Rosemary Watson.

A bedraggled Fine Tune and connections after the race.