Very mild all of a sudden, windy with heavy squally showers, ground conditions easing again. No joy at Doncaster, So Ladylike didn't really enjoy being taken on for the lead and whilst Lucky Soldier travelled into the race well he again found nothing for pressure, hmm, and an M6 puncture on the way home made for [...]
Cold again today and the same sleety showers on a bitter easterly, change due later this week. Cold down at Doncaster as well and there is a 7.30am inspection for tomorrow's fixture. If it goes ahead, which I hope it will, I'd expect loose sort of good to soft and we have two declared runners; unfortunately [...]
Cold and drizzly (again) but a heart warming win from Dubai Days down at Haydock this afternoon; this was such a tough performance on seasonal debut having seriously injured himself back in September, and an ITV1 Premier Fixture as well, absolutely delighted, a serious team effort to get him back to his best again - many [...]
Cold again tonight, sleety showers around. A good day at Newcastle today with My Kiwi Girl improving again but unfortunately being beaten by a Willie Mullins raider and Ozzy Cosmo coming back to form to finish third. On to Kelso tomorrow where the ground is likely to be soft, hopefully not too holding, and we have [...]
Cold again today, a bitter east wind, same everywhere and free of frost and snow so shouldn't complain. On to Newcastle tomorrow where we have two runners on ground that will be mostly soft. We start with My Kiwi Girl in the Mares Maiden 1.40; she has been progressing nicely over hurdles and seems in very [...]
Cold tonight, heavy sleet showers, February weather! Ayr in our sights tomorrow where we have six declared runners on ground that is soft but is likely to be tacky after a few nights of frost. First up is Ballyfort in the 1.10, he ran a lovely race to be 2nd last time at the track shaping [...]
Quiet weather still, a bit grey and cold but grand for the time of year. On to Carlisle tomorrow where we have four runners on ground that will be soft, hoping they caught some rain today to prevent it being too holding. We start with Gipsy Lee Rose dropping back in trip in the Mares Chase [...]
A fine day, cold and bright. At Newcastle on Tuesday Spectress took a nice step forward as did Atlantic Alfie though the latter still has plenty to find; Lucky Soldier ran and jumped well for a long way though was ultimately a little disappointing, however the race wasn't run to suit and he maybe wasn't quite [...]
Cold and damp today, power off again tonight. Two very solid runs at Wetherby on Thursday with Boolamore Classic finishing 3rd and So Ladylike 4th. Since then we've been battered by Storm Unpronounceable which inflicted a fair amount of damage, and much of the weekend was spent in the darkness which has resumed this evening. My [...]
Cold and grey this afternoon after a bright and frosty start to the day. Time to catch breath after a good few days for the yard, Ned Tanner's fine 2nd at Haydock on Saturday was followed by a day to treasure at the Jedforest point-to-point on Sunday with both Jess and Jesika riding their first winners. [...]