He has always been a special horse but he hates Addington for some reason, which is why he misbehaves there sometimes.Sam SmolenskiSam Smolenski has had about as much baby excitement as he can handle in one week.
On Saturday the Canterbury horseman landed his second Harness Jewels win behind Royal Aspirations, who took a scarcely believable two full seconds off the previous national mile record for a juvenile.
But even though Smolenski is Royal Aspirations' biggest fan it was another baby who was on his mind as he trotted back in the Cambridge sunshine.
Because he had been through a rugged week at home after his wife, Maree, gave birth to their son Jonty, 10 weeks ahead of schedule.
"We had no indication, it happened really quickly and things were a bit touch and go there for a while with both Maree and the little fella," said Smolenski.