Who is Maliqui?
Maliqui is an Irish-bred two-year-old, owned by Laurence Bellman and partners and trained by Charlie Fellowes in Newmarket, the home of British flat racing. Every morning strings of racehorses cross the heath on their way to the gallops, and Maliqui is one of them.
Newmarket is a short drive from our office at Endeavour House in Stansted. Racing is part of life in this corner of East Anglia, and we are proud to be behind a young horse from our part of the world. It follows our first race day with the Fellowes yard, when the Homes & Floors name was carried on the silks.
This week’s update from the yard
This week Maliqui went over to the Al Bahathri, a mile-long all-weather gallop on Newmarket’s Bury side, and did a nice piece of work alongside an unraced filly by Starspangledbanner. Every time he goes out to work, he seems to take another step forward, and the update from Charlie Fellowes Racing afterwards was a happy one.
Watch the update
The full update from the yard, with subtitles: the gallops in the autumn light, and Maliqui himself.
Why cheekpieces are next
In his races, Maliqui sometimes stargazes: racing slang for a horse that lifts his head and looks around instead of concentrating on the job. To help him focus, his team will now work him at home in cheekpieces.
What comes next
His team is clearly pleased with him. In the words of the yard, Maliqui is “a horse that’s ready to go and win”, and has just been a little unlucky not to have done it yet. We will share his next run and the next update from Newmarket as soon as we have them, here and on our social channels.
We are behind Maliqui for the journey, from the gallops in Newmarket to the racecourse.
From Newmarket to your floor
Back at Endeavour House it is business as usual: real oak floors in plank, herringbone and chevron, cut samples from £1.99 so you can see the colour in your own light, and delivery across the UK.
