JONJO O'NEILL RACING
NEWSLETTER
MAY 2019

JONJO'S SEASON REVIEW

Jonjo's season review by Mike Cattermole or Jonjo....

MEET THE OWNER
MARTIN TEDHAM

How did I get into horse-racing?

I went to Tattersalls in Newmarket: I knew absolutely nothing about horse-racing or horses. A grey horse named High Kick came into the ring. Every time he came round the ring he stopped in front of me. The man in the ring would move him on but he would stop in front of me. So, I bought him. I was asked what the vet had said about the horse: I didn’t even know that you were supposed to have a horse vetted.

I gave the horse to Richard Fahey to train. We ran him first at Musselburgh where he won at 33 to 1: first horse, first race, first winner and first big bet! That started the journey.....

I had horses with Andy Turnell and other trainers but due to illness five years ago (I broke my neck and was told I would never walk again) I gave all the horses away. Following surgery I have regained strength in my body and decided I would once again get into racing. I had always wanted to have horses with Jonjo, having found him to be kind and polite when I met him at the races. I sent him a couple of horses and then asked him to find me another. Several months passed until one day he ‘phoned me and asked if we could go to Ireland to look at some. We went over and back in the one day and saw about fifty, but only two of them really impressed me. We bought one of them that day (Wasdell Dundalk) and successfully bid on the other (Papa Tango Charley) at the recent Grand National sale at Aintree. I have a 50pence bet with Jonjo that Wasdell Dundalk will prove the better of the two. We will wait and see for the outcome at the end of next season. 

Tedham, Wasdell Dundalk and Papa Tango Charley will be my three horses for the 2019/20 campaign. I am looking forward to the new season with renewed optimism for all the innovations Jonjo is implementing. 

I use my horses to get my companies’ names out there and to entertain my customers. I have great times at Jackdaws Castle and enjoy meeting all the friendly people who, like me, have been attracted there. I admire the attention to detail, the friendliness of the staff, the immaculate way the place is presented and the very high level of stable management.

Yes, I will be buying more horses and Jonjo will be training them.

PS: it was only many years later that I discovered why High Kick kept coming back to me in the ring .............

ENJOY THE SALES WITH JONJO

The buzz of the sales is like nothing else.

We invite existing and new owners to enjoy the sales with the team here at Jackdaws Castle.

Enjoy a glass of champagne while viewing the equine entries, before travelling to the sales ring to view the horses for sale with Jonjo

Upcoming Tattersalls Ireland Sales at Cheltenham Racecourse

​30th May 2019
15th  November 2019
13th December 2019

HORSES ON THEIR HOLIDAYS

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