A fine day amidst an unsettled pattern, useful workday for the horses. Yorkshire the focus for the rest of the week with two runners at Wetherby tomorrow and two at Doncaster on Friday. The ground at Wetherby is soft with good to soft place, rain forecast overnight and my general feeling at this time of year [...]
Quiet weather today, chilly but settled. Delighted with Platin Moon winning at Ayr yesterday, wonderful for his owners and the team and hopefully he can go on from here. Plenty of encouragement from our other seven runners including pleasing placed efforts from Just an Artist, Jirko, Better be Definite, Kingsman Mail and Oor Wish who made [...]
Much milder today after a very cold week, lots of racing lost but conditions look much more promising again now. Ayr tomorrow and the ground is heavy with soft places, far from certain to suit all of our eight declared runners but they seem in good fettle so we should take the chance while we can [...]
Marginally milder this morning and due to turn colder again tonight. No problems anticpated for Ayr's New Year fixture tomorrow and we have 8 runners declared on ground currently described as soft, it is likely to have dried back a bit from that as they have had the frost covers on since Monday which is likely [...]
Cold and bright today, lovely winter weather. A memorable winner at Kelso on Monday with Cavalier du Luy getting off the mark in good style, plenty more to come from him I hope. Plenty of improvement from our other runners especially Lance les Des, Lester Mail and Suspected all putting up career bests and Eloi du [...]
Cold and grey this afternoon, dry and the cloud cover hopefully keeping the frost away. Kelso's Christmas fixture tomorrow, always a favourite and we have six lovely horses to run on ground that I expect to ride good to soft. A little annoying for some of our best young prospects to be taking each other on [...]
Happy Christmas! Season's Greetings everyone from a fittingly serene and peaceful Christmas Eve here at Kinneston. Tomorrow will be quiet but wheels will roll early on Boxing Day with Dubai Days heading to Aintree to run in the 3m handicap chase at 14.15. Bruce rides and 8 run. He seems in very good order [...]
Damp and dark this afternoon, the mizzle making the shortest day seem even shorter. Short days at this time of year are one of the few downsides of living in Scotland and whilst I hate wishing time away it is always nice to know when things are going to start to turn - albeit slowly. Musselburgh [...]
A lovely morning but wet and windy again this afternoon as another weather front sweeps through. Huge congratulations to our Barn Manager and Amateur Jockey Jesika Rennie who this afternoon came 1st & 2nd on her two Jockey Start rides for Will Ramsay at the Alnwick point to point - well deserved. Weather warning for rain [...]
Wet this morning, very, nature playing catch up after such a dry year and gales on their way. Winter in Scotland, Ayr abandoned today but it looks OK down at Hexham for tomorrow's fixture and the ground will be heavy. We have two runners starting with Whiskey on Ice making his stable debut in the maiden [...]