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I think some of you guys know that this summer Spectre Racing acquired two horses to be offered as a pair to race together in genuine syndicated ownership with Dan Skelton. As you'll read below, we've managed to secure two horses that are very exciting for the future. Far more so than even we expected to be able to do. As a racing fan I know you guys will appreciate just how well we've done to secure these two and then still maintain and entry level price point for full ownership that is accessible to most people. They are being offered at less than the price point that was fed back was the comfortable and affordable entry point for ownership when we were syndicating The King Of Ryhope.
The point of doing this is to make genuine ownership affordable for people like all of us. The cost for these two would usually buy you something that's either unraced that will never win a race, or something with miles on the clock that has done it's winning. And also with a low grade Trainer, and not a Trainer like Dan Skelton. The experience usually isn't great and put people off. Whereas with this there is a genuine ownership involvement with good horses, and the opportunity to spend time at the yard. Plus, it's hard to argue that Dan is the most progressive Trainer in the UK. He was the leading British Trainer last season, and he's already well ahead in this years Championship, having already amassed 50% more prize money than his nearest challenger. Something we've added to ourselves with both horses in their prep races for the season ahead.
The horses are:
Forever William. A very well bred 6 year old with proven talent, he has already won and placed 14 times in his career to date. Dan thinks there’s more to come from him by going up in trip over hurdles later, and he’s plenty big enough and ready to jump fences when the time comes. He’s a remarkably consistent horse that’s been operating from marks between 121 and 125, and running exclusively between two and two and a half miles since he went hurdling. He was a staying horse on the flat, and that suggests there’s still improvement to unlock, as generally stayers on the flat become stayers over jumps too, and the bigger robust types like him tend to continue to improve as they mature over time and stretch out in trip. Tiger Roll would be the outstanding recent example of what I mean. He’ll operate initially at two and half and then will move up to three miles as the season unfolds. Irrespective of trip, Dan likes what he sees so far, and he’s confident there’s more to come from him over the intermediate trip before we consider stretching out in trip later on. He settled easily into his new surroundings at Lodge Farm, and he’s worked as you’d expect a talented horse to. It’s usually the case that a new horse is given a bit of extra time to adapt to new surroundings, so he was given a short break after his initial training before being prepared for the new season ahead, and he came back in much later than most of the other horses came back into training. He already had a baseline level of fitness, so it was felt he’d benefit from the break, and then take him back up to fitness much quicker than the others. His race at Newton Abbot (20/9), was purely for fitness. He was several kilos overweight, so the race was to speed the process up so he is ready for his first target in mid-October. Finishing a close up third in that prep was unexpected, and a welcome bonus. He blew up at the back straight and was headed, but he was tough enough to come back on the bridle and finish his race well. He's have been no more than 75% for the race, so it was an excellent run given he was expected to come home in his own time, maybe passing one or two on the way home. I'd also spoken to connections of the winner before the race who were convinced they had a very well handicapped horse. His first seasonal target is The Silver Trophy, the feature race on the Saturday at the Chepstow season opening Persian War Meeting in October. Given it's sufficient recovery time, we then hope to take him to The Paddy Power Meeting in November. As time goes by, he’ll then tell us how much room there is in his hurdles mark as we push out in trip. He’ll have a big end of season target too. We've discussed both the Martin Pipe over two and half miles, and The Pertemps over three miles which really is very exciting. Obviously, we’re very fortunate to have secured a horse that can immediately take us to these big races. The key though is Dan Skelton. Dan is so good at improving horses, and extracting the maximum potential out of his horses. As such Forever William is likely to reach his ceiling over hurdles this season, so we’ll then go novice chasing with him next season as 7 year old.
Absolutely Fine. You wouldn’t have given his form a second glance initially. Prior to securing him he’d run in three novice hurdles and shown very little when running in the colours of his owner breeder. However, he was very backwards and green and needed time to grow into his frame. Those early runs though helped him to get an Official Rating of 83, and he has the potential to be a considerably better horse than that. He also underwent a procedure to sort his wind out, which had been holding him back in his training and on the racecourse. Since buying him in the spring and having his wind done, he’s really grown and started to fill his frame out, and now he is clean-winded he has improved significantly in his training, coming forward leaps and bounds. He looks an absolute picture, and he’s shown there’s a nice enough engine under the bonnet. And now it’s firing he’ll be doing so from a very lenient handicap mark. When buying horses at this end of the scale it’s important to find both value and potential, and he fitted both criteria perfectly. Knowing how to unlock that potential before someone else does is the key to buying well. Dan is obviously a great help in that regard, and because of that we have a horse that has the potential to run up a sequence of wins this season. His first run for us at Worcester was full of promise and very much educational. Help up off what turned out to be a slow pace, as a stayer that didn’t suit him at all. When they went for home he was caught flat footed, and he took his time to understand what he needed to do. Nevertheless, he ran on very nicely into 3rd when the penny dropped, and most important of all he showed he’d left his previous form a long way behind. That education won’t be lost on him next time. It was a race full of promise for the future, and now it's expected he’ll get off the mark quickly. His half-brother Hidden Heroics, also trained by Dan Skelton, reached an official rating of 135 over fences. Absolutely Fine has plenty of ability, and it’s hoped he can emulate Hidden Heroics in time. If he can get anywhere close to that I don't think it takes too much figuring out that we could have a very productive season with him. We'll make hay with him over hurdles first, but he’s built to be a chaser in the future, and expectations are that he can be even better when he goes novice chasing the following season.
There's obviously been a lot of hard work gone on in the background to make this happen, and it's taken a lot of patience. Not least to do it at the price point that many of us said would make ownership accessible. It's therefore a huge bonus to be able to do this with not just one horse but two horses. I think we're well ahead in terms of value. Both will win races, and they have plenty of future scope. Not only that the syndicate will go to big Saturday races, and we hope to run at the end of season Festivals. I've looked long and hard at what is available in the market and I'm confident that we're doing something here that all of the others don't and haven't. It beats any alternative I can find hands down.
It would obviously be fantastic to get a really good Fat Jockey contingent involved, particularly as I know a number of you guys had expressed and interest at this level. The cost details are below, and there are options in terms of how to pay to try to make this accessible to everyone. I can't even begin to tell you just how much ownership adds to my own horse racing experience each season, and I hope what we've done here will make that possible for you too. These are a few of the key points, but if you want to ask any additional questions either send me a DM or Email me.
1. It's either a one-off payment of £899, or alternatively £299 and £76 per month to buy your share in both horses. This includes all costs for the season through to the end of May 2025. You will not be asked to pay anything else. There is no risk whatsoever.
2. You will receive your share of prizemoney, and any future re-sale value should either of the horses be sold.
3. This is genuine ownership with all the experience and benefits you’d expect. It isn’t the microshare type offering where you are essentially part of something with thousands of others.
4. You’ll get to spend time at the yard with Dan, and with your horses. Plus, access to the very many good horses in the Yard. The facilities are first class, as is the Trainer himself.
Communication is continual with regards your horses, which will be both in written and video format. There will also be some live video sessions through the year. And there will also be discussions about other horses in the yard. there's also an owners discussion group which is very lively and lot's of good information is shared.
So for those of you interested to find out more either send me a direct message or send an email to spectreracingsyndicate@gmail.com
And so you guys know, if you do enquire there is no pressure to buy. It has to be right for you and the timing has to be right too. My whole purpose for doing this was because of the feedback from a considerable number of people on here that if I could do something like this at this kind of amount, then it would make it possible for them to get involved in ownership. Hopefully what I've done here is exceed any expectations anyone could have?
Thanks Paul (Spectre)
The point of doing this is to make genuine ownership affordable for people like all of us. The cost for these two would usually buy you something that's either unraced that will never win a race, or something with miles on the clock that has done it's winning. And also with a low grade Trainer, and not a Trainer like Dan Skelton. The experience usually isn't great and put people off. Whereas with this there is a genuine ownership involvement with good horses, and the opportunity to spend time at the yard. Plus, it's hard to argue that Dan is the most progressive Trainer in the UK. He was the leading British Trainer last season, and he's already well ahead in this years Championship, having already amassed 50% more prize money than his nearest challenger. Something we've added to ourselves with both horses in their prep races for the season ahead.
The horses are:
Forever William. A very well bred 6 year old with proven talent, he has already won and placed 14 times in his career to date. Dan thinks there’s more to come from him by going up in trip over hurdles later, and he’s plenty big enough and ready to jump fences when the time comes. He’s a remarkably consistent horse that’s been operating from marks between 121 and 125, and running exclusively between two and two and a half miles since he went hurdling. He was a staying horse on the flat, and that suggests there’s still improvement to unlock, as generally stayers on the flat become stayers over jumps too, and the bigger robust types like him tend to continue to improve as they mature over time and stretch out in trip. Tiger Roll would be the outstanding recent example of what I mean. He’ll operate initially at two and half and then will move up to three miles as the season unfolds. Irrespective of trip, Dan likes what he sees so far, and he’s confident there’s more to come from him over the intermediate trip before we consider stretching out in trip later on. He settled easily into his new surroundings at Lodge Farm, and he’s worked as you’d expect a talented horse to. It’s usually the case that a new horse is given a bit of extra time to adapt to new surroundings, so he was given a short break after his initial training before being prepared for the new season ahead, and he came back in much later than most of the other horses came back into training. He already had a baseline level of fitness, so it was felt he’d benefit from the break, and then take him back up to fitness much quicker than the others. His race at Newton Abbot (20/9), was purely for fitness. He was several kilos overweight, so the race was to speed the process up so he is ready for his first target in mid-October. Finishing a close up third in that prep was unexpected, and a welcome bonus. He blew up at the back straight and was headed, but he was tough enough to come back on the bridle and finish his race well. He's have been no more than 75% for the race, so it was an excellent run given he was expected to come home in his own time, maybe passing one or two on the way home. I'd also spoken to connections of the winner before the race who were convinced they had a very well handicapped horse. His first seasonal target is The Silver Trophy, the feature race on the Saturday at the Chepstow season opening Persian War Meeting in October. Given it's sufficient recovery time, we then hope to take him to The Paddy Power Meeting in November. As time goes by, he’ll then tell us how much room there is in his hurdles mark as we push out in trip. He’ll have a big end of season target too. We've discussed both the Martin Pipe over two and half miles, and The Pertemps over three miles which really is very exciting. Obviously, we’re very fortunate to have secured a horse that can immediately take us to these big races. The key though is Dan Skelton. Dan is so good at improving horses, and extracting the maximum potential out of his horses. As such Forever William is likely to reach his ceiling over hurdles this season, so we’ll then go novice chasing with him next season as 7 year old.
Absolutely Fine. You wouldn’t have given his form a second glance initially. Prior to securing him he’d run in three novice hurdles and shown very little when running in the colours of his owner breeder. However, he was very backwards and green and needed time to grow into his frame. Those early runs though helped him to get an Official Rating of 83, and he has the potential to be a considerably better horse than that. He also underwent a procedure to sort his wind out, which had been holding him back in his training and on the racecourse. Since buying him in the spring and having his wind done, he’s really grown and started to fill his frame out, and now he is clean-winded he has improved significantly in his training, coming forward leaps and bounds. He looks an absolute picture, and he’s shown there’s a nice enough engine under the bonnet. And now it’s firing he’ll be doing so from a very lenient handicap mark. When buying horses at this end of the scale it’s important to find both value and potential, and he fitted both criteria perfectly. Knowing how to unlock that potential before someone else does is the key to buying well. Dan is obviously a great help in that regard, and because of that we have a horse that has the potential to run up a sequence of wins this season. His first run for us at Worcester was full of promise and very much educational. Help up off what turned out to be a slow pace, as a stayer that didn’t suit him at all. When they went for home he was caught flat footed, and he took his time to understand what he needed to do. Nevertheless, he ran on very nicely into 3rd when the penny dropped, and most important of all he showed he’d left his previous form a long way behind. That education won’t be lost on him next time. It was a race full of promise for the future, and now it's expected he’ll get off the mark quickly. His half-brother Hidden Heroics, also trained by Dan Skelton, reached an official rating of 135 over fences. Absolutely Fine has plenty of ability, and it’s hoped he can emulate Hidden Heroics in time. If he can get anywhere close to that I don't think it takes too much figuring out that we could have a very productive season with him. We'll make hay with him over hurdles first, but he’s built to be a chaser in the future, and expectations are that he can be even better when he goes novice chasing the following season.
There's obviously been a lot of hard work gone on in the background to make this happen, and it's taken a lot of patience. Not least to do it at the price point that many of us said would make ownership accessible. It's therefore a huge bonus to be able to do this with not just one horse but two horses. I think we're well ahead in terms of value. Both will win races, and they have plenty of future scope. Not only that the syndicate will go to big Saturday races, and we hope to run at the end of season Festivals. I've looked long and hard at what is available in the market and I'm confident that we're doing something here that all of the others don't and haven't. It beats any alternative I can find hands down.
It would obviously be fantastic to get a really good Fat Jockey contingent involved, particularly as I know a number of you guys had expressed and interest at this level. The cost details are below, and there are options in terms of how to pay to try to make this accessible to everyone. I can't even begin to tell you just how much ownership adds to my own horse racing experience each season, and I hope what we've done here will make that possible for you too. These are a few of the key points, but if you want to ask any additional questions either send me a DM or Email me.
1. It's either a one-off payment of £899, or alternatively £299 and £76 per month to buy your share in both horses. This includes all costs for the season through to the end of May 2025. You will not be asked to pay anything else. There is no risk whatsoever.
2. You will receive your share of prizemoney, and any future re-sale value should either of the horses be sold.
3. This is genuine ownership with all the experience and benefits you’d expect. It isn’t the microshare type offering where you are essentially part of something with thousands of others.
4. You’ll get to spend time at the yard with Dan, and with your horses. Plus, access to the very many good horses in the Yard. The facilities are first class, as is the Trainer himself.
Communication is continual with regards your horses, which will be both in written and video format. There will also be some live video sessions through the year. And there will also be discussions about other horses in the yard. there's also an owners discussion group which is very lively and lot's of good information is shared.
So for those of you interested to find out more either send me a direct message or send an email to spectreracingsyndicate@gmail.com
And so you guys know, if you do enquire there is no pressure to buy. It has to be right for you and the timing has to be right too. My whole purpose for doing this was because of the feedback from a considerable number of people on here that if I could do something like this at this kind of amount, then it would make it possible for them to get involved in ownership. Hopefully what I've done here is exceed any expectations anyone could have?
Thanks Paul (Spectre)
I came in more excited about Absolutely Fine than Forever William but that performance by FW and knowing what should be there moving forwards is just incredible for the price so hopefully they both stay sound now and we can just enjoy the season 
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