Owners Spotlight - Graham & Alison Jelley.

The views expressed in this profile are generally those of the enthusiastic member of the partnership(Graham)not the realistic one(Alison).

How long suffering?
Not too long. We’ve had horses with Nigel since 2004. Before that we were involved with horses with Kim Bailey & Robin Dicken.

The Horses.(Majestic Beasts, Nags, Rogues, Cripples & Pets?)

Lord Brock:- 1st horse with nigel, lovely horse who sadly never reach his potential due to his fragility.
Nikola:- Also known as Knickers, Poppet, Mr 2nd place & Jo Collinson’s favourite(in front of the Commander?! Perhaps not). He’s a joy to own.
Ouragan de Praire(Orange):- Unbelievably did win a race once, now lives the life of a goat.
On Spec(Speckles):- Too intelligent to be a racehorse, now being retrained as a Nuclear Physicist!
Original Prankster(Ginger):- Our little pony, bless him. Hints of ability, hopefull.
Ash High:- Oh dear.

The 3 best things about having horses at Grange Hill Farm.
1.Its far enough away from home so not to get involved with the madness too often.
2.Fergals text jokes!
3.Still National Hunt’s great underdogs even though the yard wins virtually everything.

The3 worst things about having horses at Grange Hill farm.
1.Being told you can’t have any of those goodies(coffee,port,sausage rolls,donuts ,cake, bacon sandwiches ,champagne,caviar)Those are all for the “Million in Mind”hords that are coming 3rd lot!
2.Fergals text jokes!
3.That light coloured Cotswold Mud!

Best moments on a Racecourse.
1.The Rare winners.
2.Gold Cup day 2010.
3.Liverpool 2005 Topham Trophy.
A lads day out on Ladies Day, picking out the horse Cregg House in the paddock before the race. Having a large beer induced bet on him on the Tote (couldn't get to the Bookies). Watched race in the packed old Red Rum Bar on the telly with no commentary, couldn't see the horse in the race because it ran in different colours to what was in the racecard. Only realized it had won when it flashed up on the screen: "1st number 25 Cregg House, 50/1". It paid 125/1 on the Tote!

Worst moments on a Racecourse.
1.Coming 2nd. It happen quite a lot to us.(We regard 2nd as the new 1st.)
2.Coming into contact with snotty racecourse officials.
3.Coming into contact with any racecorse parking attendants!

The Race we would most like to win.
Now that the 2010 Grand Annual has slipped through the net (Won by a well handicapped, well trained, well ridden Grey horse - That wouldn't be Pigeon Island Graham, would it? - Ed.) we turn our hopes to the Charity Flat race at the Quorn point to point at Garthorpe,where On Spec will use his superior intelligence to avoid running very fast.