A lovely warm afternoon, what a summer we have had, so many beautiful days up here, wonderful mornings for exercising horses and we've escaped the severity of the heat waves. No runners since the first week end in June, hence no blog, a record three months of silence on this channel - a relief for many [...]
Wet and windy down here near Epsom where I am greatly looking forward to going to the Derby for the first time this afternoon. Back up the road tomorrow morning for Perth’s Gold Cup fixture. The ground looks like being on the soft side of good and we have one runner - Maillot Blanc in the [...]
A fine day but still on the cool side, heatwave yet to reach this far North but forecast promising for next week as high pressure extends it's reach. Ladies Day at Kelso tomorrow where extensive watering will hopefully have held the ground at good and we have one runner, Gorvennec in the 15.37. He hasn't run [...]
Still on the chilly side and with it remaining dry the grass growth appears to be grinding to a halt, no sign of any change from current weather pattern. We were delighted to get the 2026/27 Season off to a winning start with Maillot Blanc dead-heating for first place at Kelso last week, we were also [...]
Colder today but dry, very dry up and down the country now and it's beginning to look like a replay of 2025 which wasn't great for farmers. Our 2025/26 ended up with a lovely day at the Fife Point to Point; glorious weather and a huge crowd enjoying themselves. Runners will always be an issue given [...]
Lovely morning, some useful schooling with jockey coach Brian Harding, the horses seem in good form and we were thrilled with Suspected getting off the mark in good style at Perth yesterday in the first division of the Amateur rider's hurdle. It was 13th time lucky for Kit who has been trying to win this race [...]
Cold again this morning, dry but not much sign of the grass moving yet. Will be back up to Perth tomorrow with 5 runners and I expect the ground to have dried, hopefully to no faster than good to soft otherwise we may have to reconsider re one or two of the declarations. We start with [...]
Cold today, bright and dry with a chilly easterly wind. On to Perth tomorrow where the final chapter of the 2025/26 Jumps Season will be written over the next three days. We hope to have eleven runners in total and then finish up by taking Not the Chablis to the Fife point to point at Pusk [...]
Lovely warm spring Sunday afternoon, drying up fast after a changeable week. On to Kelso tomorrow where the ground is likely to be good and we have two declared runners starting with Ozzy Cosmo in the 16.00. He was disappointing last time over fences at Newcastle and we just want to give him one more run [...]
Lovely mild spring day, showers about. A big lump in my throat this morning as we bade farewell to one of the best; Elvis Mail moved on to his new home after nearly nine years at Kinneston. He's been an absolute favourite since the first day I saw him at a hot and sunny Arqana in [...]