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One runner at Wetherby tomorrow

By |2024-03-18T17:33:15+00:00March 18th, 2024|

A fine day, mild with a drying breeze.  One runner at Wetherby tomorrow; Donny Boy in the 3.45 - the ground is currently soft, hopefully not too tacky.  He's been ready to run for a few weeks now and several plans have been thwarted by the weather but he still seems in very good order and [...]

Newcastle, Uttoxeter, a Hexham winner and Cheltenham thoughts…

By |2024-03-15T18:28:53+00:00March 15th, 2024|

A bright and cold evening after a very wet 24 hours, saturation point has returned here at Kinneston as it has at most of the racecourses.  Attritional conditions at Hexham yesterday but Cream of the West toughed it out in good style to win his second race of the season, Boolamore Classic was still in contention [...]

Another great day at Ayr and on to Kelso tomorrow

By |2024-03-09T18:52:22+00:00March 9th, 2024|

Another cold day at Ayr and another great day for the team with two winners, a second and a third. Delighted with Dubai Days winning again as his participation was far from certain earlier in the week, Better Be Definite was a wonderful homebred winner for Liz Fletcher, Artic Mann was unlucky to just be denied [...]

A treble at Ayr and back again there tomorrow with six runners

By |2024-03-08T19:21:24+00:00March 8th, 2024|

Cold and dull but a great day for the team at Ayr with three winners and 2 seconds. Great to see this lovely young homebred of the Hodges, Hombre De Guerra, get his head in front.   And just wonderful to watch Cancan win on her final start before heading to stud in [...]

Ayr tomorrow – a busy day!

By |2024-03-07T17:57:14+00:00March 7th, 2024|

Another fine day and a lovely stable debut for So Ladylike at Carlisle this afternoon, should be plenty more to come from her.  On to Ayr tomorrow where I'd expect the ground to be generally good to soft, we have 10 declared runners starting with Hombre de Guerra in the first race at 2pm. This is a [...]

Gipsy wins at Newcastle and a stable debutant at Carlisle

By |2024-03-06T17:19:51+00:00March 6th, 2024|

Quiet day weather wise, happy with that and the farm and the racecourses are drying out, for the moment at least.  A lovely win at Newcastle yesterday for Gipsy Lee Rose, an opportunistic entry that paid off, she's a wonderfully consistent mare who always runs her race and that's her third win over fences, Scalloway Bay's [...]

Kelso reflections and Newcastle tomorrow.

By |2024-03-04T18:10:19+00:00March 4th, 2024|

A fine day and time to reflect on a wonderful afternoon at Kelso on Saturday, no winners but I was thrilled with Ginger Mail finishing 2nd in the most valuable hurdle race ever run in Scotland and Elvis Mail finishing 3rd in the Listed Premier Chase. Ginger Mail running a huge race to be second [...]

Kelso tomorrow for Morebattle Hurdle Day

By |2024-03-01T18:57:05+00:00March 1st, 2024|

A beautiful crisp morning but dull now and looks like being cold and wet overnight. Elvis heading to the gallops this morning Kelso tomorrow; what a fantastic day's racing they have lined up for Morebattle Hurdle Day, £310k total prize money, the feature race is worth more than any of the handicaps at the [...]

Ayr and Catterick coming up and the Debate of course…

By |2024-02-25T17:46:20+00:00February 25th, 2024|

A fine day, dry and quiet and the long range forecast looks reasonably benign - things should start to dry up, not too much please (never happy!).  Happy at Murrayfield yesterday, a great day for Scottish rugby fans and on to Ayr tomorrow where we have a slightly depleted team of three runners due to the [...]

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