Very mild this afternoon, extraordinarily so for November. Another busy weekend looming, just one runner in the end at Hexham tomorrow then eight at Kelso on Saturday and hopefully two at Carlisle on Monday. Will be hoping for some better results as didn't have the best time last weekend, hopefully just a series of unfortunate coincidences [...]
Milder today, showery, and Ayr have certainly had some rain as the ground for their opening jumps fixture is soft with good to soft places - much wetter than usual for this fixture. This will suit some of our runners better than others but being fresh ground it shouldn't be too testing and we have 8 [...]
Light frost this morning, bright and quiet and a useful schooling morning. Plenty of horses ready to run now and we are planning a busy weekend, that will kick off at 4.45am tomorrow when Becca and Jess will head off to Wetherby, where we start with Beat the Retreat running in the Charity Race at 11.50 [...]
Cold again today, north wind, brighter now after a soggy morning. A tough and perhaps fortuitous win from Ballyfort at Kelso yesterday, battling back after being headed on the run in - delighted as he isn't straightforward, hopefully more to come. My Lady Elektra made a very satisfactory start to her chasing career, finishing 4th only [...]
Cold wind today, showery, and we will be hoping for some rain at Kelso for our five runners tomorrow. Spirits are high after a 125-1 winner at Perth on Tuesday in the form of Just an Artist, a lovely surprise! We have always thought she was a nice filly but didn't really expect her to be [...]
Misty and autumnal today after a wet night and the ground at Perth has eased for tomorrow's fixture. The first October fixture at the track for many decades and probably the last as it has been dropped for 2026, a shame as it has attracted 72 runners for a competitive 8 race card including 6 from [...]
After a spell of dull and misty days the sun has broken through to give us more beautiful autumnal weather. Dry conditions are certainly having an impact on field sizes for the early jumps fixtures though Carlisle tomorrow hasn't fared badly at all with 55 runners lining up for a seven race card including our own [...]
Bright and sunny, quite cold, beautiful autumnal weather. The Team have been doing a fabulous job preparing the horses and we are now ready to run our "advance party" at Perth's September meeting which is always a special gathering at the end of summer as thoughts turn to our winter sport. We have three runners declared [...]
Mild and breezy down here on south Tyneside this afternoon. A tremendous effort from Kit in the Great North Run, completed in 1h 33.38mins despite being held up for over an hour at the start and hence meeting significant trouble in running - 1850th of the 60,000 runners. Slightly frustrating, I sense he may be back [...]
A fine day, definitely cooler and we seem to be missing the heavier rain affecting the South. Horses seem in a good place, only two race fit at this stage - Everyday Champagne and Artic Mann who both hold entries at Perth on Monday. Have to see what the weather is going to do and meantime [...]