Cool and sunny again today and time to reflect on a wonderful Aintree Festival; tremendously competitive racing to follow up an excellent Cheltenham. And what about Mr Mullins, having bagged the four Grade Ones on Thursday he trains the 1-2-3 in the Grand National with the winner ridden by his son Patrick. Patrick & Willie [...]
Another beautiful spring morning and a dry and settled forecast for the next 10 days. Rainfall for March very low and all the jumps tracks are watering to avoid firm ground including Newcastle where we will be today with one runner, So Ladylike in the 3.30pm. She ran a nice race on seasonal debut at Wetherby [...]
Another lovely spring day but dry spell definitely a challenge from a racing perspective. Enjoy the nice mornings I say, rain will come! Ground was spot on at Carlisle yesterday and we were delighted with Bel Amigo following up in good style under his 7lb penalty, he looks a lovely prospect to look forward to. Artic [...]
A fine afternoon at Kelso today and on to Carlisle tomorrow where we have three runners on ground that I hope will ease a little from the current good, a bit of rain forecast tonight, badly needed everywhere. We start with recent course and distance winner Bel Amigo in the 2.10, he carries a 7lb penalty [...]
Warm and sunny here in London where I am for the NTF AGM, a few fireworks, hopefully we made our point and that will be reflected in the racing media in the next couple of days. Go North Weekend is upon us again and we plan to have 11 runners across the three days starting with [...]
A slight frost this morning here in Cumbria after an absurdly warm weekend, 18 degrees at Ayr on Saturday, 19 at Carlisle yesterday. Delighted with Bel Amigo finding his form to win in tough style at Carlisle yesterday, a great ride from Bruce and a lovely surprise as I wasn't sure we had found the key. [...]
Lovely day at Ayr, 18 degrees, warm and sunny. Delighted to come away from the fixture with three excellent winners - a fuller debrief to follow. Ballyfort gets a well deserved win under Bruce On to Carlisle tomorrow where Bel Amigo drops back in trip to 2 miles following a minor wind operation. We [...]
Warm and sunny, a glorious spring day to lift everyone's spirits. Time now for Ayr's two day March meeting, always an important fixture for the yard and we have six runners declared for tomorrow where we hope the ground will be soft. We start with My Kiwi Girl in the 15.00; she's been running well in [...]
Bright and cold today, a drying phase and it is off to Kelso tomorrow for Morebattle Hurdle day. The ground should be good to soft and we have three declared runners on an ultra competitive card starting with Gaillimh a Stor in the 14.20; he has been running very well over hurdles this season finishing a [...]
A bit blowy this morning, a stormy day ahead for our trip to Alnwick. Will be on to Ayr for the team tomorrow where the ground may well have eased further from the current soft as it is raining heavily at the track this morning. Orkney Blue We have two runners starting with Orkney [...]