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*NEWS UPDATE* Denton wins at Newmarket*
Today we head north to Haydock, where Lord Cornwall and Hill Tribe are set to run this evening. Lord Cornwall (pictured left, on the left) is first off at 6.20 in the maiden under Steve Drowne. OTI Racing's charge has been gelded since his last run and we hope to see some improvement from him. Steve also rides Hill Tribe at 8.30, in the handicap over one mile two. Tony Bloom's mare is in great form and we expect a good showing from her. In between the two Haydock runners, we have Denton racing at Newmarket. The Montjeu gelding (who is currently for sale for £25,000) is due off at 7.15 under a penalty, following on from his Haydock win last week. Simon Pearce, who has won twice on the horse, takes the ride. Simon also rides Royal Riviera for us at Newmarket tomorrow.
Tuesday 3rd August- Barbieri Makes Her Debut
Barbieri ran encouragingly last night at Windsor. She showed promising early pace before getting a bump mid-race and weakening late on. Steve Drowne was pleased with the filly and thought she'd improve vastly for the experience. We have no runners today but we were visited by Barry Taylor, who bred Medicean Man. Barry has visited the yard a few times to catch up with the laid-back chestnut and was particularly impressed with his Ascot win. It is always lovely to welcome breeders to the yard and we hope Medicean Man will be providing Barry, as well as his owner Stuart Dobb, with plenty more exciting days at the races. Our next runners will be out on Friday, when Denton could well be out under a penalty at Newmarket. We also have Hill Tribe and Lord Cornwall on track to go to Haydock.
Barbieri ran encouragingly last night at Windsor. She showed promising early pace before getting a bump mid-race and weakening late on. Steve Drowne was pleased with the filly and thought she'd improve vastly for the experience. We have no runners today but we were visited by Barry Taylor, who bred Medicean Man. Barry (pictured) has visited the yard a few times to catch up with the laid-back chestnut and was particularly impressed with his Ascot win. It is always lovely to welcome breeders to the yard and we hope Medicean Man will be providing Barry, as well as his owner Stuart Dobb, with plenty more exciting days at the races.
Our next runners will be out on Friday, when Denton could well be out under a penalty at Newmarket. We also have Hill Tribe and Lord Cornwall on track to go to Haydock.
Monday 2nd August- Barbieri Makes Her Debut
New Leyf ran a very good race on Saturday, finishing second at Newmarket. It was an encouraging return to form from the Kheleyf gelding, and The Racing Post commented "there are more races to be won with him". He provided an exciting finish for owner James Burdett, who watched the race and then had to quickly jump in a plane and fly off to a wedding. The horse has come home well and will be looking to go one better in the coming weeks. Barbieri makes her debut tonight at Windsor under Steve Drowne. The Encosta De Lago two-year-old (pictured) is a nice sort and will no doubt improve for getting a run under her belt. She lines up in the six furlong maiden at 6.10 for OTI Racing.
New Leyf ran a very good race on Saturday, finishing second at Newmarket. It was an encouraging return to form from the Kheleyf gelding, and The Racing Post commented "there are more races to be won with him". He provided an exciting finish for owner James Burdett, who watched the race and then had to quickly jump in a plane and fly off to a wedding. The horse has come home well and will be looking to go one better in the coming weeks. Barbieri makes her debut tonight at Windsor under Steve Drowne. The Encosta De Lago two-year-old (pictured) is a nice sort and will no doubt improve for getting a run under her belt. She lines up in the six furlong maiden at 6.10 for OTI Racing.
Saturday 31st July- Two Runners At Haydock
Denton won in emphatic style at Haydock last night, proving he is better than ever. The lightly-raced son of Montjeu was given a lovely ride by Simon Pearce and we look forward to the rest of the season with him. He is currently for sale for £25,000 to stay in the yard. For more information, email Kelly@horsesfirstracing.com. This evening we will be represented by the James Burdett-owned New Leyf at Newmarket (5:40pm). The son of Kheleyf progressed notably on the all-weather earlier in the year and while his most recent runs look disappointing on paper, we since diagnosed and treated some issues with him that were holding him back. He seems in good form at home and while he can be expected to come on from the run, he looks well handicapped on the turf and it wouldn't be a big surprise if he were to run well.
Friday 30th July- Two Runners At Haydock
We head north again today with Denton and Law Of Attraction set to run at Haydock. Denton is first off at 8.20 and looks to have an excellent chance in the handicap over one mile two. The son of Montjeu will make a fantastic dual purpose horse down the line. Law Of Attraction follows Denton at 8.55, running over an extended mile. He looks to have a tougher task on his hands and we'd ideally like to run him over a shorter trip, however there are limited options for him. The horse looks capable of picking up a couple of races and we are hoping for a good showing from him.
Denton won in emphatic style at Haydock last night, proving he is better than ever. The lightly-raced son of Montjeu was given a lovely ride by Simon Pearce and we look forward to the rest of the season with him. He is currently for sale for £25,000 to stay in the yard. For more information, email Kelly@horsesfirstracing.com.
This evening we will be represented by the James Burdett-owned New Leyf at Newmarket (5:40pm). The son of Kheleyf (pictured) progressed notably on the all-weather earlier in the year and while his most recent runs look disappointing on paper, we since diagnosed and treated some issues with him that were holding him back. He seems in good form at home and while he can be expected to come on from the run, he looks well handicapped on the turf and it wouldn't be a big surprise if he were to run well.
Friday 30th July- Two Runners At Haydock
We head north again today with Denton and Law Of Attraction set to run at Haydock. Denton is first off at 8.20 and looks to have an excellent chance in the handicap over one mile two. The son of Montjeu will make a fantastic dual purpose horse down the line. Law Of Attraction follows Denton at 8.55, running over an extended mile. He looks to have a tougher task on his hands and we'd ideally like to run him over a shorter trip, however there are limited options for him. The horse looks capable of picking up a couple of races and we are hoping for a good showing from him.
*NEWS UPDATE* Denton wins easily at Haydock tonight
We head north again today with Denton and Law Of Attraction set to run at Haydock. Denton (pictured left) is first off at 8.20 and looks to have an excellent chance in the handicap over one mile two. The son of Montjeu will make a fantastic dual purpose horse down the line and is currently for sale for £20,000 to stay in the yard. Law Of Attraction follows Denton at 8.55, running over an extended mile. He looks to have a tougher task on his hands and we'd ideally like to run him over a shorter trip, however there are limited options for him. The horse looks capable of picking up a couple of races and we are hoping for a good showing from him. He too is for sale at £9,500 to stay in the yard. For more information on either horse, email Kelly@horsesfirstracing.com.
Monday 26th July- Flying Silks Bids For A Double
Flying Silks will be bidding to follow up from his win last time out, when he lines up at Nottingham on Thursday. The Barathea gelding has gone up 9lb in his last two runs but we are hoping that won't be enough to prevent him running another good race for Trevor and Carol Coffen. Also heading to Nottingham is Hedonist, who represents OTI Racing. The Encosta De Lago gelding has proved to be frustrating to train, in that he often shows glimpses of ability but is very inconsistent. We hope that he will put his best foot forward in the maiden over a mile. Steve Drowne rides both horses.
Flying Silks (pictured left) will be bidding to follow up from his win last time out, when he lines up at Nottingham on Thursday. The Barathea gelding has gone up 9lb in his last two runs but we are hoping that won't be enough to prevent him running another good race for Trevor and Carol Coffen. Also heading to Nottingham is Hedonist, who represents OTI Racing. The Encosta De Lago gelding has proved to be frustrating to train, in that he often shows glimpses of ability but is very inconsistent. We hope that he will put his best foot forward in the maiden over a mile. Steve Drowne rides both horses.
Monday 19th July- Flying Silks Wins For The Coffens
Flying Silks became our latest winner, when he picked up the handicap over a mile at Pontefract on Friday night. The Barathea gelding made it his second win at the course for owners Trevor and Carol Coffen under a good ride from Jamie Spencer. The following day Sutton Veny put in a typical gutsy performance to finish fourth at Newmarket in a handy looking 0-95 sprint. The filly was beaten a neck, a neck and a nose and provided yet more excitement for the Sutton Veny Syndicate.
Flying Silks became our latest winner, when he picked up the handicap over a mile at Pontefract on Friday night. The Barathea gelding made it his second win at the course (he is pictured winning there last year under Rob Havlin) for owners Trevor and Carol Coffen under a good ride from Jamie Spencer. The following day Sutton Veny put in a typical gutsy performance to finish fourth at Newmarket in a handy looking 0-95 sprint. The filly was beaten a neck, a neck and a nose and provided yet more excitement for the Sutton Veny Syndicate.
Tuesday 15th July- North, East & Over The Irish Sea
We head to Ireland tonight to run Shahwardi at Leopardstown in the listed race over 14 furlongs. The Lando colt is still being targeted at The Melbourne Cup and we are hoping he can follow on from the career-best effort he produced at Newmarket last time out, when he placed third in a listed race, tying with Man Of Iron. He carries a 3lb penalty for an earlier listed win in France but we are hoping for a big run form him under Steve Drowne. The race is due off at 9.05.
Tomorrow we head up north with two runners. Sulis Minerva runs at Haydock for Richard Page. The filly lines up in the five furlong handicap under Jamie Spencer and we are hoping for a good run from her. The same can be said for Trevor & Carol Coffen's Flying Silks, who was desperately unlucky in a photo finish on his last run. He contests the one mile handicap at Pontefract, also under Jamie Spencer.
Saturday is firmly marked in the Sutton Veny Syndicate's diaries, as their lovely filly, Sutton Veny lines up at Newmarket. She will be partnered by Adam Kirby, who notched up a hat-trick on her before she had a short break. There will be plenty of supporters at the July course shouting for them to return to winning ways, following her promising third last time out at Lingfield.
We head to Ireland tonight to run Shahwardi (pictured left) at Leopardstown in the listed race over 14 furlongs. The Lando colt is still being targeted at The Melbourne Cup and we are hoping he can follow on from the career-best effort he produced at Newmarket last time out, when he placed third in a listed race, tying with Man Of Iron. He carries a 3lb penalty for an earlier listed win in France but we are hoping for a big run form him under Steve Drowne. The race is due off at 9.05.
Tomorrow we head up north with two runners. Sulis Minerva runs at Haydock for Richard Page. The filly lines up in the five furlong handicap under Jamie Spencer and we are hoping for a good run from her. The same can be said for Trevor & Carol Coffen's Flying Silks, who was desperately unlucky in a photo finish on his last run. He contests the one mile handicap at Pontefract, also under Jamie Spencer.
Saturday is firmly marked in the Sutton Veny Syndicate's diaries, as their lovely filly, Sutton Veny lines up at Newmarket. She will be partnered by Adam Kirby, who notched up a hat-trick on her before she had a short break. There will be plenty of supporters at the July course shouting for them to return to winning ways, following her promising third last time out at Lingfield.
Monday 12th July- Three Head To Wolverhampton
Tonight we head to Wolverhampton with three horses. None of them want fast ground and so the all-weather is providing us with a safe option for them while we wait for the turf to soften up a bit. Palindromic is first to run and Jamie Spencer takes the ride on him. The Chineur colt ran well on his debut for owner Steve Herbert and then found the ground too firm at Haydock on his next start. Although he has got a bad draw today, we hope he will run well and come on again for the experience.
After Palindromic we have a bit of a wait until the 8.50 when both Street Power and One Way Or Another line up in the seven furlong handicap. Although we don't like running horses against each other, the race is the best option for both of these nice horses and so we will see what they do.
Tonight we head to Wolverhampton with three horses. None of them want fast ground and so the all-weather is providing us with a safe option for them while we wait for the turf to soften up a bit. Palindromic is first to run and Jamie Spencer takes the ride on him. The Chineur colt (pictured left on the right) ran well on his debut for owner Steve Herbert and then found the ground too firm at Haydock on his next start. Although he has got a bad draw today, we hope he will run well and come on again for the experience.
After Palindromic we have a bit of a wait until the 8.50 when both Street Power and One Way Or Another line up in the seven furlong handicap. Although we don't like running horses against each other, the race is the best option for both of these nice horses and so we will see what they do.
Wednesday 7th July- Denton Runs Tonight
Today Denton heads to Kempton to contest the 11 furlong handicap at 8.10. The Montjeu gelding will have come on from his Haydock run last time out, although we are still waiting for him to show that the breathing operation he underwent earlier in the year has been successful. Simon Pearce will take the ride and he knows the horse well, having won on him at Nottingham (see photo left).
Saturday 3rd July- Rahya Cass Makes Yard Debut
Today the JSC Kasandros Grupe's Rahya Cass makes her debut for the yard at Haydock. The Rahy filly (pictured left, working at home with Sutton Veny) has good form in Ireland and is off an official mark of 91. This will be her first race for the yard and her first start since October, so she is entitled to need the run, however she is a nice filly and we like her. Steve Drowne takes the ride and the race is due off at 4pm.
Today Denton heads to Kempton to contest the 11 furlong handicap at 8.10. The Montjeu gelding will have come on from his Haydock run last time out, although we are still waiting for him to show that the breathing operation he underwent earlier in the year has been successful. Simon Pearce will take the ride and he knows the horse well, having won on him at Nottingham (see photo left).
Saturday 3rd July- Rahya Cass Makes Yard Debut
Today the JSC Kasandros Grupe's Rahya Cass makes her debut for the yard at Haydock. The Rahy filly (pictured left, working at home with Sutton Veny) has good form in Ireland and is off an official mark of 91. This will be her first race for the yard and her first start since October, so she is entitled to need the run, however she is a nice filly and we like her. Steve Drowne takes the ride and the race is due off at 4pm.
Tuesday 29th June- Royal Riviera Runs At Kempton
We are excited about running Royal Riviera again tomorrow, when he lines up at Kempton in the maiden over one mile four. Tony Bloom's gelding made an encouraging debut on the flat at Chepstow recently and he will no doubt come on for that run. The Kempton race looks to be competitive but we are confident of a good effort from the son of Nayef.
Today the JSC Kasandros Grupe's Rahya Cass makes her debut for the yard at Haydock. The Rahy filly (pictured left, working at home with Sutton Veny) has good form in Ireland and is off an official mark of 91. This will be her first race for the yard and her first start since October, so she is entitled to need the run, however she is a nice filly and we like her. Steve Drowne takes the ride and the race is due off at 4pm.
Tuesday 29th June- Royal Riviera Runs At Kempton
We are excited about running Royal Riviera again tomorrow, when he lines up at Kempton in the maiden over one mile four. Tony Bloom's gelding made an encouraging debut on the flat at Chepstow recently and he will no doubt come on for that run. The Kempton race looks to be competitive but we are confident of a good effort from the son of Nayef.
Saturday 26th June- Shahwardi And Mrs Penny Run Today
Today we Send Sharwardi to Newmarket to run in the listed race at 2.45. The Lando colt does tend to get worked up before his races and the hot weather isn't going to do him any favours but he will take his chance in the five runner field and we hope he will go well under Steve Drowne. Mrs Penny heads north to Doncaster tonight. The mare is due a bit of luck and we hope for a good showing from her under Luke Morris.
We are excited about running Royal Riviera again tomorrow, when he lines up at Kempton in the maiden over one mile four. Tony Bloom's gelding made an encouraging debut on the flat at Chepstow recently and he will no doubt come on for that run. The Kempton race looks to be competitive but we are confident of a good effort from the son of Nayef (pictured left, working at home).
Saturday 26th June- Shahwardi And Mrs Penny Run Today
Today we Send Sharwardi to Newmarket to run in the listed race at 2.45. The Lando colt does tend to get worked up before his races and the hot weather isn't going to do him any favours but he will take his chance in the five runner field and we hope he will go well under Steve Drowne. Mrs Penny heads north to Doncaster tonight. The mare is due a bit of luck and we hope for a good showing from her under Luke Morris.
Wednesday 23rd June- Off To Kempton
Sulis Minerva and Law Of Attraction represent us at Kempton tonight. Sulis, who will be running for owner Richard Page, was badly hampered on her last start but still managed to run a good race. The filly is undoubtedly tough and we expect her to go very well in the fillies' handicap at 8.20. Law Of Attraction can be forgiven his poor last run as the ground was too firm for him and it will be interesting to see if he can put his best foot forward in the 6.50 handicap.
Today we Send Sharwardi (pictured left) to Newmarket to run in the listed race at 2.45. The Lando colt does tend to get worked up before his races and the hot weather isn't going to do him any favours but he will take his chance in the five runner field and we hope he will go well under Steve Drowne. Mrs Penny heads north to Doncaster tonight. The mare is due a bit of luck and we hope for a good showing from her under Luke Morris.
Wednesday 23rd June- Next Stop The Wokingham
Sulis Minerva and Law Of Attraction represent us at Kempton tonight. Sulis, who will be running for owner Richard Page, was badly hampered on her last start but still managed to run a good race. The filly is undoubtedly tough and we expect her to go very well in the fillies' handicap at 8.20. Law Of Attraction can be forgiven his poor last run as the ground was too firm for him and it will be interesting to see if he can put his best foot forward in the 6.50 handicap.
Monday 14th June- Next Stop The Wokingham
This week is all about Royal Ascot, as we head towards the eagerly anticipated Wokingham on Saturday with two runners. Stuart & Kate Dobb's Medicean Man and Tony Bloom's Able Master are both set to line up in the handicap and we are very much looking forward to having our first runners at the Royal meeting. Both horses enjoyed a gallop on turf this morning and will now be kept ticking over ahead of Saturday's race.
Sulis Minerva and Law Of Attraction represent us at Kempton tonight. Sulis (pictured left), who will be running for owner Richard Page, was badly hampered on her last start but still managed to run a good race. The filly is undoubtedly tough and we expect her to go very well in the fillies' handicap at 8.20. Law Of Attraction can be forgiven his poor last run as the ground was too firm for him and it will be interesting to see if he can put his best foot forward in the 6.50 handicap.
Monday 14th June- Next Stop The Wokingham
This week is all about Royal Ascot, as we head towards the eagerly anticipated Wokingham on Saturday with two runners. Stuart & Kate Dobb's Medicean Man and Tony Bloom's Able Master are both set to line up in the handicap and we are very much looking forward to having our first runners at the Royal meeting. Both horses enjoyed a gallop on turf this morning and will now be kept ticking over ahead of Saturday's race.
Friday 11th June- Golden Ratio Runs At Haydock
Today we head back up to Haydock with Golden Ratio (pictured left), who contests the ten furlong handicap due off at 9.20. The daughter of Noverre should appreciate the step up in trip and Franny Norton is booked for the ride. We had a frustrating day yesterday, with Flying Silks getting beaten in an incredibly close photo finish at Haydock. Trevor and Carol Coffen's horse ran a grave race and looks to be heading in the right direction again. Edition didn't seem to handle the rain-softened ground. Street Power ran a good third at Yarmouth and Adam Kirby reported that he wasn't entirely comfortable on the track. He has come home well and will be back out soon. Sulis Minerva was badly hampered at Kempton last night but ran a very good race to finish fifth. She will undoubtedly win races.
This week is all about Royal Ascot, as we head towards the eagerly anticipated Wokingham on Saturday with two runners. Stuart & Kate Dobb's Medicean Man (pictured left, winning at Ascot under Jimmy Quinn on his latest start) and Tony Bloom's Able Master are both set to line up in the handicap and we are very much looking forward to having our first runners at the Royal meeting. Both horses enjoyed a gallop on turf this morning and will now be kept ticking over ahead of Saturday's race.
Friday 11th June- Golden Ratio Runs At Haydock
Today we head back up to Haydock with Golden Ratio (pictured left), who contests the ten furlong handicap due off at 9.20. The daughter of Noverre should appreciate the step up in trip and Franny Norton is booked for the ride. We had a frustrating day yesterday, with Flying Silks getting beaten in an incredibly close photo finish at Haydock. Trevor and Carol Coffen's horse ran a grave race and looks to be heading in the right direction again. Edition didn't seem to handle the rain-softened ground. Street Power ran a good third at Yarmouth and Adam Kirby reported that he wasn't entirely comfortable on the track. He has come home well and will be back out soon. Sulis Minerva was badly hampered at Kempton last night but ran a very good race to finish fifth. She will undoubtedly win races.
Today we head back up to Haydock with Golden Ratio (pictured left), who contests the ten furlong handicap due off at 9.20. The daughter of Noverre should appreciate the step up in trip and Franny Norton is booked for the ride.
We had a frustrating day yesterday, with Flying Silks getting beaten in an incredibly close photo finish at Haydock. Trevor and Carol Coffen's horse ran a grave race and looks to be heading in the right direction again. Edition didn't seem to handle the rain-softened ground. Street Power ran a good third at Yarmouth and Adam Kirby reported that he wasn't entirely comfortable on the track. He has come home well and will be back out soon. Sulis Minerva was badly hampered at Kempton last night but ran a very good race to finish fifth. She will undoubtedly win races.
Thursday 10th June- A Hectic Afternoon
It's another busy day for the yard, with runners at three different meetings. First to line up will be Edition who is all set to run in the 3.50 at Haydock. The Bahamian Bounty colt ran with obvious promise at Windsor last time, when he came second despite being denied a clear run. He is currently for sale either outright, or possibly as part of a syndicate (we already have people interested in taking shares in him). For more information please contact Kelly Baker. Also running at Haydock is Flying Silks who will run for Trevor and Carol Coffen in the handicap over one mile due off at 4.20. Betwen the two, Street Power runs at Yarmouth in the six furlong handicap at 4.10. The horse is aiming to win his seventh race for us and the ground should suit him. Finally, this evening we run Richard Page's Sulis Minerva in the 7.20 at Kempton. Dever Dream looks fairly unbeatable but we hope Sulis will go well and run a decent race on her handicap debut.
It's another busy day for the yard, with runners at three different meetings. First to line up will be Edition who is all set to run in the 3.50 at Haydock. The Bahamian Bounty colt ran with obvious promise at Windsor last time, when he came second despite being denied a clear run. He is currently for sale either outright, or possibly as part of a syndicate (we already have people interested in taking shares in him). For more information please contact Kelly Baker. Also running at Haydock is Flying Silks who will run for Trevor and Carol Coffen in the handicap over one mile due off at 4.20. Betwen the two, Street Power (pictured above) runs at Yarmouth in the six furlong handicap at 4.10. The horse is aiming to win his seventh race for us and the ground should suit him. Finally, this evening we run Richard Page's Sulis Minerva in the 7.20 at Kempton. Dever Dream looks fairly unbeatable but we hope Sulis will go well and run a decent race on her handicap debut.
Tuesday 8th June- Correlandie Runs At Salisbury
We head just down the road to Salisbury today, where we are represented in the 3.55 by Correlandie . The David Cox-owned filly is having her second start and we hope that she will improve from her debut, when she missed the break badly. The filly is a half-sister to the top sprinter Nuclear Debate and we are looking forward to seeing how she goes.
Friday 4th June- Goodwood, Wolves & Bath
We have a busy day today, with runners at Wolverhampton, Bath and Goodwood. We kick off the action with Winifred Jo, who runs at 2pm at Wolverhampton. Frank Lisewski's filly should appreciate the drop back to five furlongs and we are hopeful that she will improve from her last run. Following her is Thaliwarru who runs for Tony Bloom at Wolverhampton. The son of Barathea is in good form and we expect him to go well. Tony also has a runner at Goodwood today in the shape of Hill Tribe. She runs in the 7.35, just five minutes after Mrs Penny lines up at Bath. The ex-Australian import ran a promising fourth last time out and it wouldn't surprise us to see her go well again today.
We head just down the road to Salisbury today, where we are represented in the 3.55 by Correlandie (pictured left). The David Cox-owned filly is having her second start and we hope that she will improve from her debut, when she missed the break badly. The filly is a half-sister to the top sprinter Nuclear Debate and we are looking forward to seeing how she goes.
Friday 4th June- Goodwood, Wolves & Bath
We have a busy day today, with runners at Wolverhampton, Bath and Goodwood. We kick off the action with Winifred Jo, who runs at 2pm at Wolverhampton. Frank Lisewski's filly should appreciate the drop back to five furlongs and we are hopeful that she will improve from her last run. Following her is Thaliwarru who runs for Tony Bloom at Wolverhampton. The son of Barathea is in good form and we expect him to go well. Tony also has a runner at Goodwood today in the shape of Hill Tribe. She runs in the 7.35, just five minutes after Mrs Penny lines up at Bath. The ex-Australian import ran a promising fourth last time out and it wouldn't surprise us to see her go well again today.
Palindromic ran a very good race for owner Steve Herbert on Wednesday night. The two-year-old came fourth on his debut, despite missing the break and running green. He looks to be a horse that Steve can have some fun with.
We have a busy day today, with runners at Wolverhampton, Bath and Goodwood. We kick off the action with Winifred Jo (pictured left), who runs at 2pm at Wolverhampton. Frank Lisewski's filly should appreciate the drop back to five furlongs and we are hopeful that she will improve from her last run. Following her is Thaliwarru who runs for Tony Bloom at Wolverhampton. The son of Barathea is in good form and we expect him to go well. Tony also has a runner at Goodwood today in the shape of Hill Tribe. She runs in the 7.35, just five minutes after Mrs Penny lines up at Bath. The ex-Australian import ran a promising fourth last time out and it wouldn't surprise us to see her go well again today.
Palindromic ran a very good race for owner Steve Herbert on Wednesday night. The two-year-old came fourth on his debut, despite missing the break and running green. He looks to be a horse that Steve can have some fun with.
Tuesday 1st June- Anne Of Kiev Runs Tonight
Tonight we send Anne Of Kiev up to Yarmouth where she lines up in the six furlong handicap for owner Philip Bamford. We expect another good run from the daughter of Oasis Dream who will be bidding to follow up from her win at Windsor last time out. Steve Drowne takes the ride.
Saturday 29th May- Flying Silks Goes To Beverley
Today we send Flying Silks (pictured left) up to Beverley. The son of Barathea has been ready to go for several weeks now but the rain that we have been waiting for has remained elusive and so we will let him take his chance on good to firm ground this afternoon. The horse is in great form and if the ground doesn't trouble him he should go well for owners Trevor and Carol Coffen.
Tonight we send Anne Of Kiev (pictured left) up to Yarmouth where she lines up in the six furlong handicap for owner Philip Bamford. We expect another good run from the daughter of Oasis Dream who will be bidding to follow up from her win at Windsor last time out. Steve Drowne takes the ride.
Saturday 29th May- Flying Silks Goes To Beverley
Today we send Flying Silks (pictured left) up to Beverley. The son of Barathea has been ready to go for several weeks now but the rain that we have been waiting for has remained elusive and so we will let him take his chance on good to firm ground this afternoon. The horse is in great form and if the ground doesn't trouble him he should go well for owners Trevor and Carol Coffen.
Friday 28th May- RATS Invade Newmarket
Rowley and the Sectionals (the RATS) to their friends, are heading to Newmarket this afternoon to cheer on One Way Or Another in the valuable seven furlong handicap. The Carnegie gelding is bidding to prove he deserves a chance at Royal Ascot and we are hoping for a big run from him, although the going may be a little firmer than he would ideally like.
Today we send Flying Silks (pictured left) up to Beverley. The son of Barathea has been ready to go for several weeks now but the rain that we have been waiting for has remained elusive and so we will let him take his chance on good to firm ground this afternoon. The horse is in great form and if the ground doesn't trouble him he should go well for owners Trevor and Carol Coffen.
Friday 28th May- RATS Invade Newmarket
Rowley and the Sectionals (the RATS) to their friends, are heading to Newmarket this afternoon to cheer on One Way Or Another in the valuable seven furlong handicap. The Carnegie gelding is bidding to prove he deserves a chance at Royal Ascot and we are hoping for a big run from him, although the going may be a little firmer than he would ideally like.
Thursday 24th May- Two Runners At Wolverhampton
We have two runners at Wolverhampton today. Lord Cornwall became our first two-year-old runner of the year earlier this afternoon, when he ran in the five furlong maiden. The Encosta De Lago colt shaped with more promise than the result suggests. Having dwelt in the stalls, he was on the back foot from the outset, having to contend with the kickback as he tried to get back into the race. Those exertions told in the closing stages and Steve Drowne let him come home in his own time. He is sure to improve from the experience and will more than likely have his next start on the turf.
At 5.30 our attentions will be focused on Golden Ratio when she lines up in the handicap over an extended mile. We feel the Noverre filly should handle the step up in trip and hope for a good showing from her.
Rowley and the Sectionals (the RATS) to their friends, are heading to Newmarket this afternoon to cheer on One Way Or Another in the valuable seven furlong handicap. The Carnegie gelding (pictured left) is bidding to prove he deserves a chance at Royal Ascot and we are hoping for a big run from him, although the going may be a little firmer than he would ideally like.
Thursday 24th May- Two Runners At Wolverhampton
We have two runners at Wolverhampton today. Lord Cornwall became our first two-year-old runner of the year earlier this afternoon, when he ran in the five furlong maiden. The Encosta De Lago colt shaped with more promise than the result suggests. Having dwelt in the stalls, he was on the back foot from the outset, having to contend with the kickback as he tried to get back into the race. Those exertions told in the closing stages and Steve Drowne let him come home in his own time. He is sure to improve from the experience and will more than likely have his next start on the turf.
At 5.30 our attentions will be focused on Golden Ratio when she lines up in the handicap over an extended mile. We feel the Noverre filly should handle the step up in trip and hope for a good showing from her.
We have two runners at Wolverhampton today. Lord Cornwall (pictured left, on the left) became our first two-year-old runner of the year earlier this afternoon, when he ran in the five furlong maiden. The Encosta De Lago colt shaped with more promise than the result suggests. Having dwelt in the stalls, he was on the back foot from the outset, having to contend with the kickback as he tried to get back into the race. Those exertions told in the closing stages and Steve Drowne let him come home in his own time. He is sure to improve from the experience and will more than likely have his next start on the turf.
At 5.30 our attentions will be focused on Golden Ratio when she lines up in the handicap over an extended mile. We feel the Noverre filly should handle the step up in trip and hope for a good showing from her.
Tuesday 25th May- Redemption Day For Anne Of Kiev
Yesterday was redemption day at Windsor, with Luke Morris and the seemingly now famous Anne Of Kiev reuniting to claim the six furlong handicap in emphatic style. Luke had come in for much criticism for his ride on the mare at the course on her penultimate start and, with Jamie Spencer suffering equally poor luck on the mare on her latest start at Doncaster, the pressure was on Luke to deliver the goods last night. He proved more than up to the task and produced the mare with a winning run up the inside, much to the delight of new owner Philip Bamford. The win was the cause of much celebration and Anne Of Kiev, who is a lovely laid-back character at the track, looks capable of progressing further.
Another cause for celebration last night was the run of Edition, who finished second on his handicap debut, despite not getting the clearest of runs. The Bahamian Bounty colt showed that he is clearly progressive and will certainly be a fun horse to get involved with. He is currently for sale at £15,000. For more information contact Kelly Baker.
Yesterday was redemption day at Windsor, with Luke Morris and the seemingly now famous Anne Of Kiev (pictured left with Head Girl Amy Jones) reuniting to claim the six furlong handicap in emphatic style. Luke had come in for much criticism for his ride on the mare at the course on her penultimate start and, with Jamie Spencer suffering equally poor luck on the mare on her latest start at Doncaster, the pressure was on Luke to deliver the goods last night. He proved more than up to the task and produced the mare with a winning run up the inside, much to the delight of new owner Philip Bamford. The win was the cause of much celebration and Anne Of Kiev, who is a lovely laid-back character at the track, looks capable of progressing further.
Another cause for celebration last night was the run of Edition, who finished second on his handicap debut, despite not getting the clearest of runs. The Bahamian Bounty colt showed that he is clearly progressive and will certainly be a fun horse to get involved with. He is currently for sale at £15,000. For more information contact Kelly Baker.
Saturday 22nd May- Runners At Haydock And York
Our two main runners of the day come on the high-profile card at York and are both owned by Tony Bloom, with Able Master lining up in a red-hot conditions race over 7f and Shahwardi having his first start for us in a similarly competitive 14f listed race. Able Master has taken time to adjust to his new routine since joining us, but he has run better than the result suggests in both his starts for us and with this longer trip likely to suit, it would be no surprise to us if he shows up well. Shahwardi has settled in well since joining us last month, but as is always the case, it will take him time to adjust to his new training regime. This race is a nice starting point for him and while the longer trip and firmer going are unknowns for him, we feel that neither will be a problem. It is a hot race for the grade and whatever he does, he will build on it.
Less than an hour later over at Haydock, Mrs Penny will line up in the 6f handicap. An Australian-import, she has long promised to be at her best on turf and following a very pleasing return to action at Ripon last time, we would be hopeful of a forward showing from her under Neil Callan.
Our two main runners of the day come on the high-profile card at York and are both owned by Tony Bloom, with Able Master lining up in a red-hot conditions race over 7f and Shahwardi having his first start for us in a similarly competitive 14f listed race. Able Master has taken time to adjust to his new routine since joining us, but he has run better than the result suggests in both his starts for us and with this longer trip likely to suit, it would be no surprise to us if he shows up well. Shahwardi (pictured left) has settled in well since joining us last month, but as is always the case, it will take him time to adjust to his new training regime. This race is a nice starting point for him and while the longer trip and firmer going are unknowns for him, we feel that neither will be a problem. It is a hot race for the grade and whatever he does, he will build on it.
Less than an hour later over at Haydock, Mrs Penny will line up in the 6f handicap. An Australian-import, she has long promised to be at her best on turf and following a very pleasing return to action at Ripon last time, we would be hopeful of a forward showing from her under Neil Callan.
Friday 21st May- El Diego Runs At Haydock
Jesse James crosses the border and heads to Chepstow today, where he will line up in the handicap over a mile due off at 5.10. Steve Drowne takes the ride on the King's Best gelding who runs in the colours of Tony Bloom. We feel he should appreciate the good to firm ground, as he has previously gone well on it, and we are hoping for a good run from him.
Thursday 20th May- El Diego Runs At Haydock
Today we head north to Haydock with El Diego on board. He is running in the handicap over 12 furlongs and we are hoping that he copes with the good to firm ground. We would ideally prefer slightly softer going but the rain doesn't appear to be coming and so he will take his chance.
Jesse James (pictured left) crosses the border and heads to Chepstow today, where he will line up in the handicap over a mile due off at 5.10. Steve Drowne takes the ride on the King's Best gelding who runs in the colours of Tony Bloom. We feel he should appreciate the good to firm ground, as he has previously gone well on it, and we are hoping for a good run from him.
Thursday 20th May- El Diego Runs At Haydock
Today we head north to Haydock with El Diego on board. He is running in the handicap over 12 furlongs and we are hoping that he copes with the good to firm ground. We would ideally prefer slightly softer going but the rain doesn't appear to be coming and so he will take his chance.
Wednesday 19th May- Lingfield Run For Catalan Bay
Today we send the unpredictable Catalan Bay to Lingfield where she will be given a chance to redeem her previous poor runs. The daughter of Rock Of Gibraltar lines up in the ten furlong handicap due off at 3.35 to see if stepping up in trip will encourage her to produce the effort we know she is capable of. We are hopeful rather than confident of a good run from her.
Today we head north to Haydock with El Diego (pictured left) on board. He is running in the handicap over 12 furlongs and we are hoping that he copes with the good to firm ground. We would ideally prefer slightly softer going but the rain doesn't appear to be coming and so he will take his chance.
Wednesday 19th May- Lingfield Run For Catalan Bay
Today we send the unpredictable Catalan Bay to Lingfield where she will be given a chance to redeem her previous poor runs. The daughter of Rock Of Gibraltar lines up in the ten furlong handicap due off at 3.35 to see if stepping up in trip will encourage her to produce the effort we know she is capable of. We are hopeful rather than confident of a good run from her.
Tuesday 18th May- Thaliwarru Bids For His Hat-trick
Today we head to Nottingham with Tony Bloom's Thaliwarru. The Barathea gelding is due to line up in the six furlong handicap at 2pm. It will be the first time that the horse has tackled faster ground but if he handles it he should go close.
Yesterday Winifred Jo ran at Wolverhampton and looked the winner turning for home. Franny Norton felt that the race was his for the taking before the filly weakened in the closing stages. She will be dropped back in trip next time.
Today we send the unpredictable Catalan Bay (pictured left) to Lingfield where she will be given a chance to redeem her previous poor runs. The daughter of Rock Of Gibraltar lines up in the ten furlong handicap due off at 3.35 to see if stepping up in trip will encourage her to produce the effort we know she is capable of. We are hopeful rather than confident of a good run from her.
Tuesday 18th May- Thaliwarru Bids For His Hat-trick
Today we head to Nottingham with Tony Bloom's Thaliwarru. The Barathea gelding is due to line up in the six furlong handicap at 2pm. It will be the first time that the horse has tackled faster ground but if he handles it he should go close.
Yesterday Winifred Jo ran at Wolverhampton and looked the winner turning for home. Franny Norton felt that the race was his for the taking before the filly weakened in the closing stages. She will be dropped back in trip next time.
Friday 14th May- Anne Of Kiev Heads North
Anne Of Kiev aims to seek retribution for her unlucky run at Windsor last time out, when she heads to Doncaster tomorrow. The Oasis Dream mare was denied a clear run at Windsor but hopefully things will pan out for her in tomorrow's six furlong handicap, due off at 8.10. Jamie Spencer takes the ride and the mare heads there in good form. She is still available to buy for just £20,000, which is a fantastic price for a well-bred mare that has only been out of the money in three races and looks sure to win again. Anyone interested in purchasing her before tomorrow's race should contact Kelly Baker.
Today we head to Nottingham with Tony Bloom's Thaliwarru. The Barathea gelding (pictured left) is due to line up in the six furlong handicap at 2pm. It will be the first time that the horse has tackled faster ground but if he handles it he should go close.
Yesterday Winifred Jo ran at Wolverhampton and looked the winner turning for home. Franny Norton felt that the race was his for the taking before the filly weakened in the closing stages. She will be dropped back in trip next time.
Friday 14th May- Anne Of Kiev Heads North
Anne Of Kiev aims to seek retribution for her unlucky run at Windsor last time out, when she heads to Doncaster tomorrow. The Oasis Dream mare was denied a clear run at Windsor but hopefully things will pan out for her in tomorrow's six furlong handicap, due off at 8.10. Jamie Spencer takes the ride and the mare heads there in good form. She is still available to buy for just £20,000, which is a fantastic price for a well-bred mare that has only been out of the money in three races and looks sure to win again. Anyone interested in purchasing her before tomorrow's race should contact Kelly Baker.
Anne Of Kiev (pictured left) aims to seek retribution for her unlucky run at Windsor last time out, when she heads to Doncaster tomorrow. The Oasis Dream mare was denied a clear run at Windsor but hopefully things will pan out for her in tomorrow's six furlong handicap, due off at 8.10. Jamie Spencer takes the ride and the mare heads there in good form. She is still available to buy for just £20,000, which is a fantastic price for a well-bred mare that has only been out of the money in three races and looks sure to win again. Anyone interested in purchasing her before tomorrow's race should contact Kelly Baker.
Monday 10th May- Medicean Man Wins At Ascot
Medicean Man (pictured left) ran out the impressive winner of the six furlong handicap at Ascot on Saturday. The son of Medicean put in an eye-catching performance under a confident ride from Jimmy Quinn, who sat quietly throughout the race before asking the horse to quicken away from the field in the closing stages. Medicean Man took the race easily by a length and a half, despite wandering around in front. The success was celebrated by Kate Dobb and her friends who were there to cheer the horse, owned by Kate and her father Stuart, across the line.
Medicean Man is a vey laid-back character and took the race in his stride. He has come home as usual looking like he hasn't had a run and we will send him out again in the next couple of weeks. He's undoubtedly a smart prospect and the Wokingham Stakes would be a possible target for him if all goes to plan.
Medicean Man (pictured left) ran out the impressive winner of the six furlong handicap at Ascot on Saturday. The son of Medicean put in an eye-catching performance under a confident ride from Jimmy Quinn, who sat quietly throughout the race before asking the horse to quicken away from the field in the closing stages. Medicean Man took the race easily by a length and a half, despite wandering around in front. The success was celebrated by Kate Dobb and her friends who were there to cheer the horse, owned by Kate and her father Stuart, across the line.
Medicean Man is a vey laid-back character and took the race in his stride. He has come home as usual looking like he hasn't had a run and we will send him out again in the next couple of weeks. He's undoubtedly a smart prospect and the Wokingham Stakes would be a possible target for him if all goes to plan.
Friday 7th May- Ascot Bound
The excitement is building ahead of tomorrow's busy day at Ascot. One Way Or Another (pictured, left) is set to line up for Rowley and the Sectionals (the RATS to their friends) in The Victoria Cup, due off at 3.25. Street Power has also been declared to take his chance in the £85,000 contest and will be supported on the day by one of his owners, Godfrey Buckland along with his vocal fan club. We go into the six furlong handicap later in the day with two runners, New Leyf running for James Burdett (who will be represented by his brother Ed on the day) and Medicean Man, for owner Kate Dobb. We have got a box at the course and are looking forward to an exciting afternoon.
*NEWS UPDATE. Medicean Man wins at Ascot on Saturday. Full report this afternoon*
The excitement is building ahead of tomorrow's busy day at Ascot. One Way Or Another (pictured, left) is set to line up for Rowley and the Sectionals (the RATS to their friends) in The Victoria Cup, due off at 3.25. Street Power has also been declared to take his chance in the £85,000 contest and will be supported on the day by one of his owners, Godfrey Buckland along with his vocal fan club. We go into the six furlong handicap later in the day with two runners, New Leyf running for James Burdett (who will be represented by his brother Ed on the day) and Medicean Man, for owner Kate Dobb. We have got a box at the course and are looking forward to an exciting afternoon.
Thursday 6th May- Jesse James Runs At Ffos Las
Just the one runner today and it comes at Ffos Las in Wales in the shape of the Tony Bloom-owned Jesse James. The son of King's Best improved from his first start for the yard when finishing fifth at Pontefract last time and this track promises to suit him better. With Steve Drowne again in the saddle, we are hopeful he will give a good account of himself.
Tuesday 4th May- A Win For Thaliwarru
We had an extremely busy day's racing yesterday with runners in all directions. Thaliwarru was last up at Chepstow in the 5.05 6f handicap and managed to make it a winning day for us under jockey Seb Sanders. Simla Sunset ran a good race under Eddie Ahern at Warwick to finish 4th in the 7f handicap. El Diego had his first outing of the season at Windsor in the 1m3 1/2f handicap. He was slowly into stride but soon in touch, just weakening over the final 2f. He will improve from this run and we look forward to his next outing.
Just the one runner today and it comes at Ffos Las in Wales in the shape of the Tony Bloom-owned Jesse James. The son of King's Best improved from his first start for the yard when finishing fifth at Pontefract last time and this track promises to suit him better. With Steve Drowne again in the saddle, we are hopeful he will give a good account of himself.
Tuesday 4th May- A Win For Thaliwarru
We had an extremely busy day's racing yesterday with runners in all directions. Thaliwarru was last up at Chepstow in the 5.05 6f handicap and managed to make it a winning day for us under jockey Seb Sanders. He is pictured right winning his previous race at Leicester on 8th April. The other horses racing were Simla Sunset at Warwick. Simla ran a good race under Eddie Ahern to finish 4th in the 7f handicap. At one point she looked a possible winner but couldn't quite find enough in the final furlong. El Diego had his first outing of the season at Windsor in the 1m3 1/2f handicap. He was slowly into stride but soon in touch, just weakening over the final 2f. He will improve from this run and we look forward to his next outing. Our other 2 runners were British Sea Power and Edition at Kempton. Edition ran a good race under Liam Keniry to finish 5th in the 1m maiden (div1), staying on well in the final furlong. It's only his 3rd outing and we look forward to exciting times ahead with him.
We had an extremely busy day's racing yesterday with runners in all directions. Thaliwarru was last up at Chepstow in the 5.05 6f handicap and managed to make it a winning day for us under jockey Seb Sanders. He is pictured right winning his previous race at Leicester on 8th April. The other horses racing were Simla Sunset at Warwick. Simla ran a good race under Eddie Ahern to finish 4th in the 7f handicap. At one point she looked a possible winner but couldn't quite find enough in the final furlong. El Diego had his first outing of the season at Windsor in the 1m3 1/2f handicap. He was slowly into stride but soon in touch, just weakening over the final 2f. He will improve from this run and we look forward to his next outing. Our other 2 runners were British Sea Power and Edition at Kempton. Edition ran a good race under Liam Keniry to finish 5th in the 1m maiden (div1), staying on well in the final furlong. It's only his 3rd outing and we look forward to exciting times ahead with him.
Thursday 26th April- Anne Of Kiev Runs Tonight
Anne of Kiev (pictured left) runs tonight at Windsor in the 6.40 handicap over 6 furlongs. She ran extremely well for us last time out at Wolverhampton, finishing a close 2nd to Mo Mhuirnin. This will be Anne Of Kiev's 3rd outing on the turf and so it will be interesting to see how she handles the ground. With her both looking and feeling very well we are hopeful for a big run.
Anne of Kiev (pictured left) runs tonight at Windsor in the 6.40 handicap over 6 furlongs. She ran extremely well for us last time out at Wolverhampton, finishing a close 2nd to Mo Mhuirnin. This will be Anne Of Kiev's 3rd outing on the turf and so it will be interesting to see how she handles the ground. With her both looking and feeling very well we are hopeful for a big run.
Thursday 22nd April- A Huge Effort From New Leyf
Last night saw New Leyf produce a huge effort at Kempton, just being beaten a neck by the smart-looking Crown Choice. The two horses pulled over three lengths clear of the rest of the field and it looks to have been a great run, although there's nothing that Jeremy hates more than being narrowly beaten into 2nd. James Burdett's horse has come home without a problem and is enjoying an easy day on the Seawalker and in the paddock. He could be out again at Ascot on May 8th.
Today we send two runners and Assistant Trainer Coops up to Southwell. British Sea Power contests the maiden over seven furlongs for The Resurrection Partners. The horse ran green and as if a step up in trip would be of benefit on his debut at Ffos Las. We're not totally sure that the course will suit him but, providing he copes with it, he should come on from his last run. Confuchias races for Stuart and Kate Dobb in the claimer and we hope he will leave his poor last run behind him to put in the performance we feel he is capable of.
Tomorrow Flying Silks goes to Wolverhampton. Trevor and Carol Coffen's horse (pictured above) is in good form and we really wanted to run him on the turf but with him needing an ease in the ground, we were going to be waiting a while and he therefore takes his chance on the all-weather.
Last night saw New Leyf produce a huge effort at Kempton, just being beaten a neck by the smart-looking Crown Choice. The two horses pulled over three lengths clear of the rest of the field and it looks to have been a great run, although there's nothing that Jeremy hates more than being narrowly beaten into 2nd. James Burdett's horse has come home without a problem and is enjoying an easy day on the Seawalker and in the paddock. He could be out again at Ascot on May 8th.
Today we send two runners and Assistant Trainer Coops up to Southwell. British Sea Power contests the maiden over seven furlongs for The Resurrection Partners. The horse ran green and as if a step up in trip would be of benefit on his debut at Ffos Las. We're not totally sure that the course will suit him but, providing he copes with it, he should come on from his last run. Confuchias races for Stuart and Kate Dobb in the claimer and we hope he will leave his poor last run behind him to put in the performance we feel he is capable of.
Tomorrow Flying Silks goes to Wolverhampton. Trevor and Carol Coffen's horse (pictured above) is in good form and we really wanted to run him on the turf but with him needing an ease in the ground, we were going to be waiting a while and he therefore takes his chance on the all-weather.
Thursday 22nd April- New Leyf Runs Tonight
New Leyf (pictured) has his first run for new owner Hong Kong-based James Burdett at Kempton tonight. The son of Kheleyf pairs up again with Steve Drowne (fresh from his win on Street Power last Friday) who has already won two races on him. The pair are bidding to add another win to that tally in the seven furlong handicap due off at 8.50. James' brother Edward will be there to cheer the horse home and he looks to have a good chance of christening the colours with a win.
Rock With You ran well yesterday for the Rock & Rollers. She found herself in a hot-looking maiden and just got caught for a turn of foot when they sprinted for the finish. She now qualifies for her mark and will be back out in a few weeks. Dominium also ran well, coming third under Luke Morris, despite concentrating more on the fillies than his racing. The E Dubai colt undoubtedly has ability and he will be gelded before his next run to help him figure out how to use it!
British Sea Power and Confuchias both head to Southwell tomorrow for the Resurrection Partners and Stuart and Kate Dobb.
New Leyf (pictured) has his first run for new owner Hong Kong-based James Burdett at Kempton tonight. The son of Kheleyf pairs up again with Steve Drowne (fresh from his win on Street Power last Friday) who has already won two races on him. The pair are bidding to add another win to that tally in the seven furlong handicap due off at 8.50. James' brother Edward will be there to cheer the horse home and he looks to have a good chance of christening the colours with a win.
Rock With You ran well yesterday for the Rock & Rollers. She found herself in a hot-looking maiden and just got caught for a turn of foot when they sprinted for the finish. She now qualifies for her mark and will be back out in a few weeks. Dominium also ran well, coming third under Luke Morris, despite concentrating more on the fillies than his racing. The E Dubai colt undoubtedly has ability and he will be gelded before his next run to help him figure out how to use it!
British Sea Power and Confuchias both head to Southwell tomorrow for the Resurrection Partners and Stuart and Kate Dobb.
Wednesday 21st April- Kempton Bound
We head to Kempton tomorrow with two exciting runners. First up is Rock With You running for The Rock & Rollers for the first time. The Rock Of Gibraltar filly contests the one mile maiden due off at 2.50 and will be looking to improve again following her promising last run at the course. The majority of her owners will be there to cheer her on and quite a few of them will be joining us for lunch first. At 4.25 Dominium has his second run in a handicap for owner Richard Page. The E Dubai colt (pictured after winning his maiden at Kempton) will have come on from his handicap debut last time out. The race looks to have plenty of unexposed contenders in it but we are hoping for another good showing from the horse.
We head to Kempton tomorrow with two exciting runners. First up is Rock With You running for The Rock & Rollers for the first time. The Rock Of Gibraltar filly contests the one mile maiden due off at 2.50 and will be looking to improve again following her promising last run at the course. The majority of her owners will be there to cheer her on and quite a few of them will be joining us for lunch first. At 4.25 Dominium has his second run in a handicap for owner Richard Page. The E Dubai colt (pictured after winning his maiden at Kempton) will have come on from his handicap debut last time out. The race looks to have plenty of unexposed contenders in it but we are hoping for another good showing from the horse.
Saturday 17th April- A Winning Return For Street Power
Street Power (pictured) made a winning start to his season last night, taking the six furlong handicap at Kempton under Steve Drowne and making it five wins from six runs at the course. The horse is a firm favourite at the yard and has received some fan mail this morning from some of his many followers. Steve and Jeremy were delighted with the run, as were the horse's owners, Godfrey, Karen and Tanya, and he looks set to give us some fun days out this summer.
Jeremy is featured in The Sun today, on a big centre page spread. In the interview he picks out One Way Or Another as a horse to follow for the season. Some of One Way's owners, Mervyn and Sandy, called in to watch the horse gallop this morning and he went very well, impressing Gerg, his regular rider. There are still shares left in One Way ahead of his tilt at The Victoria Cup at Ascot on May 8th. You can take a 1/8 share in him for just
Street Power (pictured) made a winning start to his season last night, taking the six furlong handicap at Kempton under Steve Drowne and making it five wins from six runs at the course. The horse is a firm favourite at the yard and has received some fan mail this morning from some of his many followers. Steve and Jeremy were delighted with the run, as were the horse's owners, Godfrey, Karen and Tanya, and he looks set to give us some fun days out this summer.
Jeremy is featured in The Sun today, on a big centre page spread. In the interview he picks out One Way Or Another as a horse to follow for the season. Some of One Way's owners, Mervyn and Sandy, called in to watch the horse gallop this morning and he went very well, impressing Gerg, his regular rider. There are still shares left in One Way ahead of his tilt at The Victoria Cup at Ascot on May 8th. You can take a 1/8 share in him for just
Able Master and Mrs Penny both ran today and neither disgraced themselves. Mrs Penny looked unsuited by the undulating track at Ripon and found herself in the slower group on the nearside rail. She ran on well at the end and will come on for the run. Able Master lined up in the Listed race over six furlongs at Newmarket, coming 7th but finishing off well. He will also improve for the outing.
Tomorrow we have Catalan Bay and Street Power (pictured above) both having their first runs of the season. The former has been very frustrating to train, as she has plenty of ability but tends to be too aggressive in her races. She tackles a seven furlong handicap at Thirsk, due off at 3.05. Street Power heads to Kempton at 8.30 where he will be partnered by Steve Drowne in the six furlong handicap. Some of his owners, Godfrey and Karen, will be there to cheer the powerful son of Street Cry home.
Wednesday 14th April- Medicean Man Runs At Beverley
Our sole representative today is the Stuart and Kate Dobb-owned Medicean Man in the 5f handicap at Beverley (3:10pm). Following his highly-impressive winning reappearance at Wolverhampton, we felt this was a suitable next step up the ladder for the son of Medicean. We harbour hopes of him being competitive in some of the season's biggest sprint handicaps, but he has limited experience in big, tightly-grouped fields. He will get his first real taste of that in today's contest and while we would have minor reservations about how he will handle the hustle and bustle of such a contest, we are confident that he has the raw ability to win the race granted a bit of luck in running that a horse always needs over 5f at Beverley. Jeremy has already walked the track and reports conditions to be suitable for our charge, so we are looking forward to an exciting 60 seconds or so.
Our sole representative today is the Stuart and Kate Dobb-owned Medicean Man in the 5f handicap at Beverley (3:10pm). Following his highly-impressive winning reappearance at Wolverhampton, we felt this was a suitable next step up the ladder for the son of Medicean. We harbour hopes of him being competitive in some of the season's biggest sprint handicaps, but he has limited experience in big, tightly-grouped fields. He will get his first real taste of that in today's contest and while we would have minor reservations about how he will handle the hustle and bustle of such a contest, we are confident that he has the raw ability to win the race granted a bit of luck in running that a horse always needs over 5f at Beverley. Jeremy has already walked the track and reports conditions to be suitable for our charge, so we are looking forward to an exciting 60 seconds or so.
Tuesday 13th April- A Busy Few Days
We have had a hectic few days, with our open morning going well and attracting over three hundred people on Sunday and four horses running yesterday. We were delighted with the response to the open morning and are delighted to welcome plenty of new owners to the yard. There will be a full report in this month's newsletter which you can sign up for on this page.
Yesterday we enjoyed several good runs. Sulis Minerva ran an excellent race to finish second at Folkestone on what was only her second ever outing. She was bought by Richard Page at the open morning and looks to be a very exciting prospect for him in the coming months. We also got two thirds at the course, courtesy of Simla Sunset and Edition. It was Simla's first race of the season and she ran very well, despite her wide draw and will definitely come on for it. Edition is a horse that Jeremy has always liked and he was convinced his poor first showing at Lingfield was down to him not handling the track. Yesterday's vastly improved performance is an indication that Jeremy's faith is justified and he should turn into a nice horse. Ivory Silk was our fourth runer yesterday but things didn't really pan out for her at Windsor and she came sixth. She will be back out in a few weeks.
Today we head up to Pontefract with Jesse James (pictured above) who runs in the one mile handicap at 3.20
We have had a hectic few days, with our open morning going well and attracting over three hundred people on Sunday and four horses running yesterday. We were delighted with the response to the open morning and are delighted to welcome plenty of new owners to the yard. There will be a full report in this month's newsletter which you can sign up for on this page.
Yesterday we enjoyed several good runs. Sulis Minerva ran an excellent race to finish second at Folkestone on what was only her second ever outing. She was bought by Richard Page at the open morning and looks to be a very exciting prospect for him in the coming months. We also got two thirds at the course, courtesy of Simla Sunset and Edition. It was Simla's first race of the season and she ran very well, despite her wide draw and will definitely come on for it. Edition is a horse that Jeremy has always liked and he was convinced his poor first showing at Lingfield was down to him not handling the track. Yesterday's vastly improved performance is an indication that Jeremy's faith is justified and he should turn into a nice horse. Ivory Silk was our fourth runer yesterday but things didn't really pan out for her at Windsor and she came sixth. She will be back out in a few weeks.
Today we head up to Pontefract with Jesse James (pictured above) who runs in the one mile handicap at 3.20
Saturday 10th April- Thaliwarru Wins At Leicester
The yard's run of good form has continued this week with Thaliwarru winning at Leicester and Anne Of Kiev coming second at Wolverhampton on Thursday, just missing out on the top spot after being denied a clear run. Yesterday Golden Ratio came third back at Wolves. The daughter of Noverre has now picked up her handicap mark and will hopefully run on turf next time out.
Today we send Frank Lisewski's Winifred Jo (pictured above) to Lingfield for her first run of the season. She is contesting the six furlong maiden at 3.50 under Luke Morris. We also head back to Wolverhampton with Stuart Dobb's Chief Exec tonight before trying to get a good night's sleep before our open morning tomorrow.
The yard's run of good form has continued this week with Thaliwarru winning at Leicester and Anne Of Kiev coming second at Wolverhampton on Thursday, just missing out on the top spot after being denied a clear run. Yesterday Golden Ratio came third back at Wolves. The daughter of Noverre has now picked up her handicap mark and will hopefully run on turf next time out.
Today we send Frank Lisewski's Winifred Jo (pictured above) to Lingfield for her first run of the season. She is contesting the six furlong maiden at 3.50 under Luke Morris. We also head back to Wolverhampton with Stuart Dobb's Chief Exec tonight before trying to get a good night's sleep before our open morning tomorrow.
The open morning starts at 10am and everyone is invited to come along, watch the horses work, meet Jeremy, Steve Drowne and Luke Morris, tour the facilitites and watch a horse parade.
Thursday 8th April- Thaliwarru Wins At Leicester
Thaliwarru became our latest winner, taking the seller at Leicester this afternoon for owner Tony Bloom. The Barathea gelding clearly relished the soft ground and was given a strong ride by Steve Drowne. Visitors to our open morning on Sunday will be able to see both Thaliwarru and Steve, as well as plenty of other horses working and in our horse parade. Luke Morris will be riding out alongside Steve. The morning starts at 10am and admission is free.
Wednesday 7th April- Ground Denies Flying Silks A Run
Flying Silks was all set to run at Nottingham this afternoon, but having inspected the track and spoken to a number of jockeys that had ridden in earlier races, Jeremy had a difficult decision to make regarding the horses participation. The worry was that the increasingly testing going would result in the horse having a very hard race on what was his seasonal reappearance, thus running the risk of bottoming him for the season. With the horse, our staff and Jeremy already at the track, the easy call would have been to take a chance and run him, but Jeremy made the right decision by the horse and pulled him out. He has a number of options in the coming weeks and we will keep you posted as to which we are favouring.
Tomorrow we have two runners declared, with Thaliwarru lining up in the 6f seller for three-year-olds at Leicester and Anne Of Kiev set to run in the 6f handicap at Wolverhampton. Thaliwarru should appreciate the prevailing going and run well, whilst Anne Of Kiev should appreciate the step up in trip and go close.
Thaliwarru became our latest winner, taking the seller at Leicester this afternoon for owner Tony Bloom. The Barathea gelding (pictured left) clearly relished the soft ground and was given a strong ride by Steve Drowne. Visitors to our open morning on Sunday will be able to see both Thaliwarru and Steve, as well as plenty of other horses working and in our horse parade. Luke Morris will be riding out alongside Steve. The morning starts at 10am and admission is free.
Wednesday 7th April- Ground Denies Flying Silks A Run
Flying Silks was all set to run at Nottingham this afternoon, but having inspected the track and spoken to a number of jockeys that had ridden in earlier races, Jeremy had a difficult decision to make regarding the horses participation. The worry was that the increasingly testing going would result in the horse having a very hard race on what was his seasonal reappearance, thus running the risk of bottoming him for the season. With the horse, our staff and Jeremy already at the track, the easy call would have been to take a chance and run him, but Jeremy made the right decision by the horse and pulled him out. He has a number of options in the coming weeks and we will keep you posted as to which we are favouring.
Tomorrow we have two runners declared, with Thaliwarru lining up in the 6f seller for three-year-olds at Leicester and Anne Of Kiev set to run in the 6f handicap at Wolverhampton. Thaliwarru should appreciate the prevailing going and run well, whilst Anne Of Kiev should appreciate the step up in trip and go close.
Tuesday 6th April- Two Debutants At Ffos Las
British Sea Power and Hedonist head over into Wales today to make their racing debuts at Ffos Las. British Sea Power (pictured left), by Barathea, will run in the colours of the Resurrection Partners and Hedonist is representing OTI Management. Both geldings will no doubt come on for the experience and it will be interesting to see how they handle their first races.
Tomorrow we take Flying Silks to Nottingham where he will be contesting the handicap over an extended mile for his owners, Trevor and Carol Coffen. It is the Barathea gelding's first run of the season and he is in great form at home so finger are crossed for a big run.
Flying Silks was all set to run at Nottingham this afternoon, but having inspected the track and spoken to a number of jockeys that had ridden in earlier races, Jeremy had a difficult decision to make regarding the horses participation. The worry was that the increasingly testing going would result in the horse having a very hard race on what was his seasonal reappearance, thus running the risk of bottoming him for the season. With the horse, our staff and Jeremy already at the track, the easy call would have been to take a chance and run him, but Jeremy made the right decision by the horse and pulled him out. He has a number of options in the coming weeks and we will keep you posted as to which we are favouring.
Tomorrow we have two runners declared, with Thaliwarru lining up in the 6f seller for three-year-olds at Leicester and Anne Of Kiev set to run in the 6f handicap at Wolverhampton. Thaliwarru should appreciate the prevailing going and run well, whilst Anne Of Kiev should appreciate the step up in trip and go close.
Tuesday 7th April- Two Debutants At Ffos Las
British Sea Power and Hedonist head over into Wales today to make their racing debuts at Ffos Las. British Sea Power (pictured left), by Barathea, will run in the colours of the Resurrection Partners and Hedonist is representing OTI Management. Both geldings will no doubt come on for the experience and it will be interesting to see how they handle their first races.
Tomorrow we take Flying Silks to Nottingham where he will be contesting the handicap over an extended mile for his owners, Trevor and Carol Coffen. It is the Barathea gelding's first run of the season and he is in great form at home so finger are crossed for a big run.
Just a reminder that our Open Monring is fast approaching. It starts at 10am on Sunday 11th April and we would love you to join us for it. Steve Drowne (pictured left, on New Leyf) and Luke Morris will be riding out and there will be the chance to tour the facilities and see the stable's equine stars close-up in a horse parade.
Friday 2nd April- Dominium Runs Tomorrow
Dominium has his first run in a handicap tomorrow at Kempton. The son of E Dubai was very impressive when taking a six furlong maiden at the course on his second start and we feel he will appreciate the step up to seven furlongs. The three-year-old colt will find tomorrow's race tougher but we feel he will come on again from his last run and hope for a big run from him for owner Richard Page.
British Sea Power and Hedonist head over into Wales today to make their racing debuts at Ffos Las. British Sea Power (pictured left), by Barathea, will run in the colours of the Resurrection Partners and Hedonist is representing OTI Management. Both geldings will no doubt come on for the experience and it will be interesting to see how they handle their first races.
Tomorrow we take Flying Silks to Nottingham where he will be contesting the handicap over an extended mile for his owners, Trevor and Carol Coffen. It is the Barathea gelding's first run of the season and he is in great form at home so finger are crossed for a big run.
Just a reminder that our Open Monring is fast approaching. It starts at 10am on Sunday 11th April and we would love you to join us for it. Steve Drowne (pictured left, on New Leyf) and Luke Morris will be riding out and there will be the chance to tour the facilities and see the stable's equine stars close-up in a horse parade.
Friday 2nd April- Dominium Runs Tomorrow
Dominium has his first run in a handicap tomorrow at Kempton. The son of E Dubai was very impressive when taking a six furlong maiden at the course on his second start and we feel he will appreciate the step up to seven furlongs. The three-year-old colt will find tomorrow's race tougher but we feel he will come on again from his last run and hope for a big run from him for owner Richard Page.
Tuesday 30th March- A Huge Run From One Way Or Another
Simon Rowlands' One Way Or Another (pictured) put in a huge effort at Doncaster on Sunday, finishing third in the six furlong handicap after being badly hampered. It was the Carnegie gelding's first outing of the season and if he hadn't been cracked across the nose by another jockey's whip in the closing stages of the race, the race could well have been his for the taking. As it was, he only finished third by a half length and a head. Having a break has clearly freshened One Way up well and he is now being aimed at the Victoria Cup on May 8th.
Tomorrow we have Chief Exec running at Kempton. The horse put in a good performance on his last start at Wolverhampton and we are hoping that he will carry on the stable's run of good form under Adam Kirby tomorrow.
Dominium has his first run in a handicap tomorrow at Kempton. The son of E Dubai was very impressive when taking a six furlong maiden at the course on his second start and we feel he will appreciate the step up to seven furlongs. The three-year-old colt will find tomorrow's race tougher but we feel he will come on again from his last run and hope for a big run from him for owner Richard Page.
Just a reminder that our Open Monring is fast approaching. It starts at 10am on Sunday 11th April and we would love you to join us for it. Steve Drowne (pictured left, on New Leyf) and Luke Morris (pictured above on Dominium) will be riding out and there will be the chance to tour the facilities and see the stable's equine stars close-up in a horse parade.
Tuesday 30th March- A Huge Run From One Way Or Another
Simon Rowlands' One Way Or Another (pictured) put in a huge effort at Doncaster on Sunday, finishing third in the six furlong handicap after being badly hampered. It was the Carnegie gelding's first outing of the season and if he hadn't been cracked across the nose by another jockey's whip in the closing stages of the race, the race could well have been his for the taking. As it was, he only finished third by a half length and a head. Having a break has clearly freshened One Way up well and he is now being aimed at the Victoria Cup on May 8th.
Tomorrow we have Chief Exec running at Kempton. The horse put in a good performance on his last start at Wolverhampton and we are hoping that he will carry on the stable's run of good form under Adam Kirby tomorrow.
Friday 26th March- A Win For Medicean Man
Despite running over a trip that was shorter than ideal, running on the all-weather for the first time, taking on a bend for the first time and having his first run after a break, Medicean Man proved himself too good for his rivals in the five furlong handicap at Wolverhampton tonight. The flying chestnut notched up another win for owners Stuart and Kate Dobb and is definitely a smart prospect for the coming turf season. He'll be back out at Ripon in a few weeks. It is great to have the horses in flying form! On Sunday we head up to Doncaster where Confuchias and One Way Or Another are set to run.
Simon Rowlands' One Way Or Another (pictured) put in a huge effort at Doncaster on Sunday, finishing third in the six furlong handicap after being badly hampered. It was the Carnegie gelding's first outing of the season and if he hadn't been cracked across the nose by another jockey's whip in the closing stages of the race, the race could well have been his for the taking. As it was, he only finished third by a half length and a head. Having a break has clearly freshened One Way up well and he is now being aimed at the Victoria Cup on May 8th.
Tomorrow we have Chief Exec running at Kempton. The horse put in a good performance on his last start at Wolverhampton and we are hoping that he will carry on the stable's run of good form under Adam Kirby tomorrow.
Friday 26th March- A Win For Medicean Man
Despite running over a trip that was shorter than ideal, running on the all-weather for the first time, taking on a bend for the first time and having his first run after a break, Medicean Man proved himself too good for his rivals in the five furlong handicap at Wolverhampton tonight. The flying chestnut notched up another win for owners Stuart and Kate Dobb and is definitely a smart prospect for the coming turf season. He'll be back out at Ripon in a few weeks. It is great to have the horses in flying form! On Sunday we head up to Doncaster where Confuchias and One Way Or Another are set to run.
Friday 26th March- Rock With You Impresses
Rock With You ran very well last night, finishing third in a competitive-looking maiden at Kempton. The two horses that finished ahead of her were both strongly fancied and look to be nice types and indeed a few behind our filly don't look bad either. Despite the filly still being a little green, as she was entitled to be on only her second start, she ran an honest race and looks sure to give her owners, Duncan, Sandra, Wayne, Lance, Gordon and Tanya some fun days out. There are still shares left in the filly at just
Despite running over a trip that was shorter than ideal, running on the all-weather for the first time, taking on a bend for the first time and having his first run after a break, Medicean Man proved himself too good for his rivals in the five furlong handicap at Wolverhampton tonight. The flying chestnut notched up another win for owners Stuart and Kate Dobb and is definitely a smart prospect for the coming turf season. He'll be back out at Ripon in a few weeks. It is great to have the horses in flying form!
On Sunday we head up to Doncaster where Confuchias and One Way Or Another are set to run.
Friday 26th March- Rock With You Impresses
Rock With You ran very well last night, finishing third in a competitive-looking maiden at Kempton. The two horses that finished ahead of her were both strongly fancied and look to be nice types and indeed a few behind our filly don't look bad either. Despite the filly still being a little green, as she was entitled to be on only her second start, she ran an honest race and looks sure to give her owners, Duncan, Sandra, Wayne, Lance, Gordon and Tanya some fun days out. There are still shares left in the filly at just
Rock With You ran very well last night, finishing third in a competitive-looking maiden at Kempton. The two horses that finished ahead of her were both strongly fancied and look to be nice types and indeed a few behind our filly don't look bad either. Despite the filly still being a little green, as she was entitled to be on only her second start, she ran an honest race and looks sure to give her owners, Duncan, Sandra, Wayne, Lance, Gordon and Tanya some fun days out. There are still shares left in the filly at just
Rock With You has been declared to run at Kempton on Thursday. The Rock Of Gibraltar filly (pictured left) ran 4th in her first start in a six furlong maiden at the course last time out. We feel that the step up to seven furlongs will suit her and Luke Morris retains the ride. We have a great group of people involved with the filly and we are hoping for her to progress further.
Ivory Silk ran her usual consistent race in The Hever Stakes on Saturday, just finding the pace a bit slick for her. The mare has come out of the race without a problem and we will look at the options for her next run.
Saturday 20th March- Ivory Silk Runs In Hever Stakes
Ivory Silk is lining up in the listed race at Lingfield this afternoon, where she look to have a very stiff task ahead of her. The strong field includes a number of well-established listed/Group race performers, however it looks like it will be run to suit the mare and we are hopeful that she will run above herself. Owners Richard Page and Stuart Dobb will be there to cheer their gutsy mare (pictured above) home.
Sulis Minerva and Anne of Kiev both finished 4th at Wolverhampton last night. Sulis Minerva was hampered quite badly in her debut and did well to finish as well as she did. Anne of Kiev didn't have the race run to suit and is better than the bare form suggests.
Friday 19th March- Two Runners at Wolverhampton
Tonight we head north to Wolverhampton with two runners. First up is Anne of Kiev who will be looking to follow up on her previous course and distance win at the track for us. The daughter of Oasis Dream runs in the five furlong handicap at 5.50 and we are hopeful of a good run from her. Lining up in the 6.20 is Sulis Minerva who is having her first race start. The Arakan filly is bred and owned by our Racing Manager, Kevin Blake, who will be at the races with Jeremy to cheer her on.
Ivory Silk is lining up in the listed race at Lingfield this afternoon, where she look to have a very stiff task ahead of her. The strong field includes a number of well-established listed/Group race performers, however it looks like it will be run to suit the mare and we are hopeful that she will run above herself. Owners Richard Page and Stuart Dobb will be there to cheer their gutsy mare (pictured above) home.
Sulis Minerva and Anne of Kiev both finished 4th at Wolverhampton last night. Sulis Minerva was hampered quite badly in her debut and did well to finish as well as she did. Anne of Kiev didn't have the race run to suit and is better than the bare form suggests.
Friday 19th March- Two Runners at Wolverhampton
Tonight we head north to Wolverhampton with two runners. First up is Anne of Kiev who will be looking to follow up on her previous course and distance win at the track for us. The daughter of Oasis Dream runs in the five furlong handicap at 5.50 and we are hopeful of a good run from her. Lining up in the 6.20 is Sulis Minerva who is having her first race start. The Arakan filly is bred and owned by our Racing Manager, Kevin Blake, who will be at the races with Jeremy to cheer her on.
Thursday 18th March- A Double At Kempton
We had a night to remember last night when both of our runners emerged victorious from their races at Kempton. Dominium was having his first run for new owner Richard Page and put in an impressive performance to win the six furlong maiden under Luke Morris. It was only the E Dubai colt's second start and he was still obviously green throughout the race. He should come on again for the experience and looks as though he will get further too. New Leyf (pictured above) completed our double, taking the six furlong handicap under Steve Drowne in eye-catching style. This was his second course and distance win and there looks to be stoll more to come from the progressive son of Kheleyf.
Tonight we head north to Wolverhampton with two runners. First up is Anne of Kiev who will be looking to follow up on her previous course and distance win at the track for us. The daughter of Oasis Dream runs in the five furlong handicap at 5.50 and we are hopeful of a good run from her. Lining up in the 6.20 is Sulis Minerva who is having her first race start. The Arakan filly is bred and owned by our Racing Manager, Kevin Blake, who will be at the races with Jeremy to cheer her on.
Thursday 18th March- A Double At Kempton
We had a night to remember last night when both of our runners emerged victorious from their races at Kempton. Dominium was having his first run for new owner Richard Page and put in an impressive performance to win the six furlong maiden under Luke Morris. It was only the E Dubai colt's second start and he was still obviously green throughout the race. He should come on again for the experience and looks as though he will get further too. New Leyf (pictured above) completed our double, taking the six furlong handicap under Steve Drowne in eye-catching style. This was his second course and distance win and there looks to be stoll more to come from the progressive son of Kheleyf.
Tuesday 16th March- Kempton Bound
We have two runners declared to run at Kempton on Wednesday evening. The first is the Richard Page-owned Dominium (pictured left), who finishing a promising second on his debut earlier this year. The athletic-looking E Dubai colt lines up in the median auction maiden over six furlongs and Luke Morris retains the ride. Also running at the meeting is New Leyf, who will be returning to the same course and distance that he won so impressively over on his penultimate start. Steve Drowne will be back in the saddle and we hope he can run another big race.
We had a night to remember last night when both of our runners emerged victorious from their races at Kempton. Dominium was having his first run for new owner Richard Page and put in an impressive performance to win the six furlong maiden under Luke Morris. It was only the E Dubai colt's second start and he was still obviously green throughout the race. He should come on again for the experience and looks as though he will get further too. New Leyf (pictured above) completed our double, taking the six furlong handicap under Steve Drowne in eye-catching style. This was his second course and distance win and there looks to be stoll more to come from the progressive son of Kheleyf.
Tuesday 16th March- Kempton Bound
We have two runners declared to run at Kempton on Wednesday evening. The first is the Richard Page-owned Dominium (pictured left), who finishing a promising second on his debut earlier this year. The athletic-looking E Dubai colt lines up in the median auction maiden over six furlongs and Luke Morris retains the ride. Also running at the meeting is New Leyf, who will be returning to the same course and distance that he won so impressively over on his penultimate start. Steve Drowne will be back in the saddle and we hope he can run another big race.
Saturday 13th March- Confuchias Runs Tonight
We have made Wolverhampton our second home this week and have picked up a second, courtesy of Golden Ratio, and a third, thanks to Chief Exec. Today we head back up the M5 with Stuart and Kate Dobb's Confuchias (pictured left) on board. The son of Cape Cross has found himself in a tough-looking handicap and has also managed to draw the outside stall, however he is in good form and enjoyed a quiet hack through the forest yesterday to freshen him up. We are trying him in blinkers and Luke Morris, who knows him well, is back in the saddle.
We have two runners declared to run at Kempton on Wednesday evening. The first is the Richard Page-owned Dominium (pictured left), who finishing a promising second on his debut earlier this year. The athletic-looking E Dubai colt lines up in the median auction maiden over six furlongs and Luke Morris retains the ride. Also running at the meeting is New Leyf, who will be returning to the same course and distance that he won so impressively over on his penultimate start. Steve Drowne will be back in the saddle and we hope he can run another big race.
Saturday 13th March- Confuchias Runs Tonight
We have made Wolverhampton our second home this week and have picked up a second, courtesy of Golden Ratio, and a third, thanks to Chief Exec. Today we head back up the M5 with Stuart and Kate Dobb's Confuchias (pictured left) on board. The son of Cape Cross has found himself in a tough-looking handicap and has also managed to draw the outside stall, however he is in good form and enjoyed a quiet hack through the forest yesterday to freshen him up. We are trying him in blinkers and Luke Morris, who knows him well, is back in the saddle.
Thursday 11th March- Clocking Up The Miles
We have a busy day at the yard today. Jeremy is off to Kempton to have a look at the breeze up horses. Coops, just back from Australia, is heading to Southwell to saddle Tony Bloom's Thaliwarru. The horse runs in the seven furlong apprentice handicap under John Fahy and we expect a good run from him. Tonight we also send out Acrosstheuniverse (pictured left) and Chief Exec at Wolverhampton. You can read more about them in Jeremy's blog. Golden Ratio ran very well at Wolverhampton last night, coming second in just her second start.
We have made Wolverhampton our second home this week and have picked up a second, courtesy of Golden Ratio, and a third, thanks to Chief Exec. Today we head back up the M5 with Stuart and Kate Dobb's Confuchias (pictured left) on board. The son of Cape Cross has found himself in a tough-looking handicap and has also managed to draw the outside stall, however he is in good form and enjoyed a quiet hack through the forest yesterday to freshen him up. We are trying him in blinkers and Luke Morris, who knows him well, is back in the saddle.
Thursday 11th March- Clocking Up The Miles
We have a busy day at the yard today. Jeremy is off to Kempton to have a look at the breeze up horses. Coops, just back from Australia, is heading to Southwell to saddle Tony Bloom's Thaliwarru. The horse runs in the seven furlong apprentice handicap under John Fahy and we expect a good run from him. Tonight we also send out Acrosstheuniverse (pictured left) and Chief Exec at Wolverhampton. You can read more about them in Jeremy's blog. Golden Ratio ran very well at Wolverhampton last night, coming second in just her second start.
Wednesday 10th March- Golden Ratio Runs Tonight
Golden Ratio is all set to run at Wolverhampton tomorrow night in the maiden over six furlongs. The three-year-old Noverre filly put in an encouraging performance on her debut, running on late to finish fifth at the same course. She is sure to come on for that experience and, although she will probably appreciate further in time, we are hopeful of another good run from her. Luke Morris takes the ride and the race is due off at 6pm.
We have a busy day at the yard today. Jeremy is off to Kempton to have a look at the breeze up horses. Coops, just back from Australia, is heading to Southwell to saddle Tony Bloom's Thaliwarru. The horse runs in the seven furlong apprentice handicap under John Fahy and we expect a good run from him. Tonight we also send out Acrosstheuniverse (pictured left) and Chief Exec at Wolverhampton. You can read more about them in Jeremy's blog. Golden Ratio ran very well at Wolverhampton last night, coming second in just her second start.
Wednesday 10th March- Golden Ratio Runs Tonight
Golden Ratio is all set to run at Wolverhampton tomorrow night in the maiden over six furlongs. The three-year-old Noverre filly put in an encouraging performance on her debut, running on late to finish fifth at the same course. She is sure to come on for that experience and, although she will probably appreciate further in time, we are hopeful of another good run from her. Luke Morris takes the ride and the race is due off at 6pm.
Friday 5th March- Jesse James Runs Well
Jesse James (pictured left) ran fifth at Kempton on Wednesday night. He ran in the handicap over a mile and put up a satisfactory performance, considering he has had nearly six months off the track. The Racing Post commented that he "should be all the better for this debut for his new connections and is one to keep an eye on". Our next runners will be out next week, with Confuchias and Golden Ratio due to run at Wolverhampton on Wednesday night.
Golden Ratio is all set to run at Wolverhampton tomorrow night in the maiden over six furlongs. The three-year-old Noverre filly put in an encouraging performance on her debut, running on late to finish fifth at the same course. She is sure to come on for that experience and, although she will probably appreciate further in time, we are hopeful of another good run from her. Luke Morris takes the ride and the race is due off at 6pm.
Friday 5th March- Jesse James Runs Well
Jesse James (pictured left) ran fifth at Kempton on Wednesday night. He ran in the handicap over a mile and put up a satisfactory performance, considering he has had nearly six months off the track. The Racing Post commented that he "should be all the better for this debut for his new connections and is one to keep an eye on". Our next runners will be out next week, with Confuchias and Golden Ratio due to run at Wolverhampton on Wednesday night.
Monday 1st March- A Good Run From Rock With You
Rock With You put in a good performance on her debut yesterday, finishing fourth in a competitive maiden over six furlongs at Kempton. The Rock Of Gibraltar filly ran green, as we expected her to, but she ran on well at the end and will benefit from an extra furlong on her next start. We are syndicating the filly and you can get involved with her on a try-before-you-buy basis for just
Jesse James (pictured left) ran fifth at Kempton on Wednesday night. He ran in the handicap over a mile and put up a satisfactory performance, considering he has had nearly six months off the track. The Racing Post commented that he "should be all the better for this debut for his new connections and is one to keep an eye on". Our next runners will be out next week, with Confuchias and Golden Ratio due to run at Wolverhampton on Wednesday night.
Monday 1st March- A Good Run From Rock With You
Rock With You put in a good performance on her debut yesterday, finishing fourth in a competitive maiden over six furlongs at Kempton. The Rock Of Gibraltar filly ran green, as we expected her to, but she ran on well at the end and will benefit from an extra furlong on her next start. We are syndicating the filly and you can get involved with her on a try-before-you-buy basis for just
Jesse James (pictured left) makes his debut for the yard tonight at Kempton. He runs in the handicap over a mile and Steve Drowne takes the ride. Jesse is owned by Tony Bloom and, if he put his best foot forward tonight, he could well find himself being aimed at The Lincoln, for which he holds an entry.
Monday 1st March- A Good Run From Rock With You
Rock With You put in a good performance on her debut yesterday, finishing fourth in a competitive maiden over six furlongs at Kempton. The Rock Of Gibraltar filly ran green, as we expected her to, but she ran on well at the end and will benefit from an extra furlong on her next start. We are syndicating the filly and you can get involved with her on a try-before-you-buy basis for just
Rock With You (pictured left) put in a good performance on her debut yesterday, finishing fourth in a competitive maiden over six furlongs at Kempton. The Rock Of Gibraltar filly ran green, as we expected her to, but she ran on well at the end and will benefit from an extra furlong on her next start. We are syndicating the filly and you can get involved with her on a try-before-you-buy basis for just
New Leyf (pictured left) finished a credible fourth in the valuable six furlong handicap at Wolverhampton yesterday afternoon. It was a significant step up in class for the son of Kheleyf and was also the first time he has raced left-handed on an all-weather track, therefore we were satisfied with how he aquitted himself. Rock With You makes her debut tomorrow afternoon at Kempton for owner Duncan Goodwin. The Rock Of Gibraltar filly will come on for the experience in what looks to be a competitive maiden.
Friday 26th February- Sutton Veny Gets Her Hat-Trick
Sutton Veny made it three from three under Adam Kirby at Kempton on Wednesday night, maintaining the partnership's unbeaten record. The filly dictated things from the front again and Adam gave her another perfect ride, much to the delight of her rather vocal followers, the Sutton Veny Syndicate. Jeremy and Adam feel there is still more to come from the daughter of Acclamation and we are very much looking forward to running her on the turf in the coming months. Thaliwarru ran a pleasing second at Southwell yesterday in Tony Bloom's colours and Chief Exec also put in a good run after a lay-off at Kempton last night, coming fifth for Stuart and Kate Dobb.
Wednesday 24th February- Sutton Veny Runs Tonight
Sutton Veny heads to Kempton to bid for her hat-trick tonight. The progressive daughter of Acclamation will again be partnered by Adam Kirby as the pair try to extend their unbeaten partnership. The Sutton Veny Syndicate will be making their way to the course and will no doubt be heard cheering their charge on. The race is due off at 7pm and is a handicap over six furlongs for horses rated 0-85. There are only five runners and we are hopeful for another memorable night courtesy of the galloping grey.
Sutton Veny made it three from three under Adam Kirby at Kempton on Wednesday night, maintaining the partnership's unbeaten record. The filly dictated things from the front again and Adam gave her another perfect ride, much to the delight of her rather vocal followers, the Sutton Veny Syndicate. Jeremy and Adam feel there is still more to come from the daughter of Acclamation and we are very much looking forward to running her on the turf in the coming months. Thaliwarru ran a pleasing second at Southwell yesterday in Tony Bloom's colours and Chief Exec also put in a good run after a lay-off at Kempton last night, coming fifth for Stuart and Kate Dobb.
Wednesday 24th February- Sutton Veny Runs Tonight
Sutton Veny heads to Kempton to bid for her hat-trick tonight. The progressive daughter of Acclamation will again be partnered by Adam Kirby as the pair try to extend their unbeaten partnership. The Sutton Veny Syndicate will be making their way to the course and will no doubt be heard cheering their charge on. The race is due off at 7pm and is a handicap over six furlongs for horses rated 0-85. There are only five runners and we are hopeful for another memorable night courtesy of the galloping grey.
Tuesday 23rd February- Another Good Run From Ivory Silk
Ivory Silk ran a decent race to finish second in the five furlong handicap at Lingfield on Saturday, picking up the
Sutton Veny heads to Kempton to bid for her hat-trick tonight. The progressive daughter of Acclamation will again be partnered by Adam Kirby as the pair try to extend their unbeaten partnership. The Sutton Veny Syndicate will be making their way to the course and will no doubt be heard cheering their charge on. The race is due off at 7pm and is a handicap over six furlongs for horses rated 0-85. There are only five runners and we are hopeful for another memorable night courtesy of the galloping grey.
Tuesday 23rd February- Another Good Run From Ivor Silk
Ivory Silk ran a decent race to finish second in the five furlong handicap at Lingfield on Saturday, picking up the
Ivory Silk ran a decent race to finish second in the five furlong handicap at Lingfield on Saturday, picking up the
Ivory Silk is representing The Resurrection Partners, Richard Page and Stuart Dobb, at Lingfield tomorrow. The tough mare is set to contest the 0-100 handicap over five furlongs, due off at 5.05. Ivory (pictured left) put in a lifetime best performance on her last start and she continues in good form at home. There are only four runners in tomorrow's race and, providing there is enough pace for the mare and she handles the track, we are hopeful of a very good run from her.
Thursday 18th February- A Mixed Bag
We had a mixed night at Kempton last night, with Confuchias and Anne Of Kiev putting in good performances and Bertie Buckle telling us rather clearly that he doesn
We had a mixed night at Kempton last night, with Confuchias and Anne Of Kiev putting in good performances and Bertie Buckle telling us rather clearly that he doesn
We have a busy day on Wednesday, with us likely to have three runners on the card at Kempton. Our first representative will be Anne Of Kiev (pictured left) in the 5f handicap (6:10pm). Luke Morris will take the ride and it wouldn
New Leyf was an impressive winner last night at Kempton, taking the six furlong handicap in a style that suggested there is plenty more to come from this son of Kheleyf. The horse was given a confident ride from Steve Drowne, who managed to settle him behind the pace before unleashing him to run home the 1 1/4 length winner. Steve's post-race comments can be heard in Jeremy's Blog.
Tonight we run Golden Ratio and Acrosstheuniverse at Wolverhampton. It is Golden Ratio's debut and we expect this daughter of Noverre to come on for the experience. Acrosstheuniverse is well-handicapped on her homework and we are hopeful that she will leave her poor handicap debut behind her tonight and deliver on the promise of her maiden runs.
Thursday 12th February- New Leyf Runs Tonight
We are looking forward to running New Leyf tonight at Kempton. He runs in the six furlong handicap for horses rated 0-80, due off at 8.30 and is the Racing Post's tip of the day. The son of Kheleyf was impressive in his last start and has been going well at home, so we are hoping for a good performance from him.Tomorrow we look to have three runners at Wolverhampton. Acrosstheuniverse is entered in the six furlong handicap and Golden Ratio and Falcon Six are due to line up in the six furlong maiden in the Golden Ratio Syndicate's and Lady Cobham's colours respectively.
Monday 9th February- Two-year-olds Progressing Well
Our two-year-olds are all progressing nicely and enjoyed a canter together this morning. Jeremy is happy with how they are all going and is looking forward to seeing how they develop in the coming months.
We are looking forward to running New Leyf tonight at Kempton. He runs in the six furlong handicap for horses rated 0-80, due off at 8.30 and is the Racing Post's tip of the day. The son of Kheleyf was impressive in his last start and has been going well at home, so we are hoping for a good performance from him. He is pictured, left, with work rider Janny Benner.Tomorrow we look to have three runners at Wolverhampton. Acrosstheuniverse is entered in the six furlong handicap and Golden Ratio and Falcon Six are due to line up in the six furlong maiden in the Golden Ratio Syndicate's and Lady Cobham's colours respectively.
Monday 9th February- Two-year-olds Progressing Well
Our two-year-olds are all progressing nicely and enjoyed a canter together this morning. Jeremy is happy with how they are all going and is looking forward to seeing how they develop in the coming months.
Sunday 7th February- Bertie Buckle Flies The Flag
Bertie Buckle is our sole representative of the weekend at Southwell today, with the son of Bertolini set to be one of the leading fancies for the 7f handicap for three-year-olds. The gelding produced a career-best effort on his first outing at Southwell on his latest start and with the return to this longer trip likely to help his cause, it would be no surprise to us if he were to get off the mark. Hayley Turner takes the ride for owners Iain and Mary Hebbard.
Our two-year-olds are all progressing nicely and enjoyed a canter together this morning. The photo shows Terry Henderson's Duchy Of Cornwall colt and Steve Herbert's Palindromic leading the string.
On Friday we look to have three runners at Wolverhampton and one at Southwell. Acrosstheuniverse, Golden Ratio and Falcon Six are all Wolverhampton-bound, with Acrosstheuniverse entered in the six furlong handicap and Golden Ratio and Falcon Six due to line up in the six furlong maiden in the Golden Ratio Syndicate's and Lady Cobham's colours respectively. At Southwell, Tony Bloom's Thaliwarru is a likely runner in the six furlong handicap.
Sunday 7th February- Bertie Buckle Flies The Flag
Bertie Buckle is our sole representative of the weekend at Southwell today, with the son of Bertolini set to be one of the leading fancies for the 7f handicap for three-year-olds. The gelding produced a career-best effort on his first outing at Southwell on his latest start and with the return to this longer trip likely to help his cause, it would be no surprise to us if he were to get off the mark. Hayley Turner takes the ride for owners Iain and Mary Hebbard.
Monday 1st February- Dominium Impresses
Dominium put up an impressive display on his racecourse debut yesterday, coming second despite his obvious inexperience in a 5f maiden at Kempton. The Racing Post commented:
Bertie Buckle (pictured left) is our sole representative of the weekend at Southwell today, with the son of Bertolini set to be one of the leading fancies for the 7f handicap for three-year-olds. The gelding produced a career-best effort on his first outing at Southwell on his latest start and with the return to this longer trip likely to help his cause, it would be no surprise to us if he were to get off the mark. Hayley Turner takes the ride for owners Iain and Mary Hebbard.
Monday 1st February- Dominium Impresses
Dominium put up an impressive display on his racecourse debut yesterday, coming second despite his obvious inexperience in a 5f maiden at Kempton. The Racing Post commented:
Dominium put up an impressive display on his racecourse debut yesterday, coming second despite his obvious inexperience in a 5f maiden at Kempton. The Racing Post commented:
Without question the highlight of our week was the win of the progressive Sutton Veny in the 6f 0-70 handicap at Kempton on Sunday. The penny has really dropped with the daughter of Acclamation in recent starts and this was her second win in succession (she is pictured, left, winning last month) and without doubt the most impressive of her three wins to date. Given another well-judged front-running ride by Adam Kirby, the four-year-old flew the stalls and showed excellent early speed to grab the lead from her very wide draw and controlled matters from there on. Despite being strongly challenged from 2f out, she quickened again and was 1
*News Update* Sutton Veny won at 10-1 on Sunday afternoon, recording her third victory for the Sutton Veny Syndicate.
Without doubt the highlight of the last week came on Sunday at Wolverhampton with Ivory Silk producing a career-best effort to finish a close second in a valuable 0-100 handicap over 5f. The Resurrection Partners-owned mare was given a perfect ride by Luke Morris and, with the strong pace playing to her strengths, she came from last to deliver a strong challenge in the final 1f, just being out-stayed by the classy Matsunosuke. The margin of defeat was
We had planned to have many more runners in the last week, but abandoned race meetings proved to be our nemesis and we only ended up having one representative, Bertie Buckle (pictured left) at Wolverhampton on Monday. Burdened with a poor draw, he showed up well for a long way before fading late on. The three-year-old raced a bit more freely than ideal, perhaps as a consequence of being confined to the treadmill for the days leading up to the race, but his action looked better and we would hope he will produce an improved effort on his next start.
Mother Nature has conspired against us again this week. We had plans to run Chief Exec at Lingfield on Wednesday but started to get the feeling that the odds were stacked against us. Indeed the meeting was called off due to a large amount of snow and Chief will have to wait for another day. We are hoping to send Simon Rowlands' King's Miracle to Kempton on Thursday to contest the handicap over a mile there. Simon, all the way up in Derbyshire, has already hinted that he is likely to be a weather-thwarted non-runner and it is looking likely that the meeting will suffer the same fate.
With a quiet week ahead of us on the racing front, our attentions are firmly focused on Kempton next Sunday and the possibility of getting 2010 off to a winning start. We are likely to have two representatives on the card, New Leyf in the 6f handicap and either Dominium or Edition in the 6f maiden for three-year-olds.
Much of the attention will be on New Leyf (pictured above), as with him producing such a promising effort after his break last time, we are hoping he will build sufficiently on that effort to regain the winning habit. While this is a higher grade than he contested on his last start, we think he will prove up to the challenge and should make a bold bid.
Without doubt the highlight of our week in racing terms came at Kempton on Sunday with New Leyf making a promising return from an absence of five months. The three-year-old son of Kheleyf has been the apple of Jeremy
The Sutton Veny Syndicate had a weekend to remember this week as their filly, Sutton Veny, stormed to the second win of her short career, taking the Betfair Poker Handicap at Kempton on Sunday afternoon in eyecatching style from the well-backed Space Station. The three-year-old daughter of Acclamation was given a well-thought-out ride from Adam Kirby, who was able to dictate a steady pace from the front early on before kicking for home and leaving the others with too much to find. The official winning distance was a neck but, as the Racing Post acknowledged, Sutton Veny never looked like getting caught. The majority of the syndicate members were there to cheer their horse home and there was plenty of celebrating in the winners enclosure afterwards. Jeremy feels there is more to come from the filly and the syndicate look to have more exciting days ahead of them. Some of the syndicate members are pictured in the photo, left.
*News Update: Sutton Veny wins at Kempton at 16-1 on Sunday for The Sutton Veny Syndicate*
Without doubt the highlight of the week gone by was the victory of Anne Of Kiev in the 5f handicap at Wolverhampton on Friday evening. The four-year-old filly has had her share of problems, however Jeremy has taken his time with her and she duly bounced back to her best to come out on top in a thrilling finish. The daughter of Oasis Dream was given an excellent ride by Luke Morris, who sensibly restrained her at the rear of the field as the leaders went off at a strong pace, angling off the rail at just the right time and bringing her with a storming late run in the final furlong to snatch the verdict in the dying strides. Now that she has shown that she retains all her ability, we are hopeful that she can win again in the near future. The filly (pictured) is currently for sale and more details can be found in our marketplace.
*News Update: Anne Of Kiev wins at 14-1 at Wolverhampton on Friday night*
We have a number of horses running this week. Our first port of call will be Kempton tomorrow evening where the Resurrection Partners-owned Ivory Silk steps up in trip to contest the 6f handicap. The four-year-old (pictured) has been a model of consistency on the all-weather for us and while this will be her first time running at Kempton and at 6f since joining us, we are hopeful that what looks likely to be a strongly-run race will bring out the best in her.
30 minutes after Ivory Silk runs, we are likely to send out Running Flush to contest the 7f classified stakes. The son of Grand Slam has always worked better
Following a prolonged run of placed efforts, we returned to winning ways last Friday at Wolverhampton, with Simla Sunset running out the game winner of the 7f maiden. The three-year-old filly had bounced right back to form on her previous start when finishing second in a handicap over the same course and distance and we thought it was worth giving her an entry back in maiden company in the hope of getting a
When a yard is on a run like ours is at present, with the horses running extremely well without winning, it is difficult to know whether to be happy or frustrated. From four runners in the last week, we have had two seconds, a third and a fifth, with all four running right up to or very close to their best. Our first port of call was at Kempton on Wednesday with Chief Exec. The seven-year-old (pictured using the Seawalker) is in the most consistent form of his life at present and he ran another solid race to finish fifth, perhaps being delivered a bit too early with his challenge and weakening close home as a result. He will return to his beloved Wolverhampton for his next start in a couple of weeks. Later that evening, the previously inconsistent Yanza produced her fourth in-the-money finish in succession, dead-heating for third in the 6f handicap having looked the likeliest winner 2f out. We feel that dropping her back to 5f is the next step to take with her and we are looking forward to her next run, which is likely to be at Wolverhampton on November 30th.
With a notable chill in the air in recent days, it is clear that winter has well and truly arrived, but the run of Simla Sunset (pictured) at Wolverhampton on Monday warmed us all up in no uncertain terms. Despite a disappointing first run for us, the three-year-old daughter of One Cool Cat went to Wolverhampton with some quiet confidence behind her and she did not disappoint. Despite the moderate early gallop not suiting her and having been shuffled back through the field approaching the straight, she looked to have quite a daunting task in front of her. However, having been pulled wide by Adam Kirby, she came home very well indeed in the closing stages, finishing a never-nearer 1
The Jeremy Gask string acquitted themselves very well last week, with four of our five runners reaching the money, confirming that our horses are now in great heart following a quiet couple of weeks due to a few coughs and sniffles doing the rounds.
Pride of place of the week
Chief Exec continued his run of good form last week, running third at Wolverhampton. The son of Zafonic was denied a clear run when turning into the straight and just missed out on second by a nose after a strong ride from Adam Kirby. The horse (pictured left at home) doesn
Vamos (pictured) got off the mark at Wolverhampton on Saturday night, taking the handicap over an extended mile by three quarters of a length. It was the three-year old
*News Update* Vamos wins at Wolverhampton on Saturday night. Full details tomorrow.
Perhaps the most notable run in the week gone by came from the Stuart & Kate Dobbs-owned Medicean Man in the 7f handicap at York on Friday. Stepping up to 7f for the first time, the progressive son of Medicean was typically a bit slow to start, resulting in him being held up well off the brisk pace. Luke Morris asked his mount to improve from the 3f mark and the three-year-old did very well to make significant headway and go in pursuit of the eventual winner in the final 1f. Sadly the exertions of getting into a challenging position took their toll and saw him fade back into fourth close to home. It was a highly-creditable effort from the horse and while we are undecided as of yet, that may well be his final run of the year. If it is, we will be very much looking forward to seeing him again in 2010. The horse is above winning at Haydock.
Denton (pictured cantering at home) has improved leaps and bounds since arriving at the yard from Australia and the son of Montjeu completed his hat-trick in game style at Wolverhampton last Friday. Reunited with Pat Cosgrave, who won on him back in early August, the six-year-old travelled well through the race in a prominent position, still going strongly when taking up the running over 2f out. However, once in front he seemed to idle and for a few strides it looked like Quick Release could well peg him back, but our charge kept on gamely for a neck success. The handicapper has put him up 5lb for the win and we are hopeful that he can remain competitive off his revised mark.
*News Update*. DENTON won tonight at Wolverhampton to get his hatrick for the yard. Full report on Tuesday.
Normality was restored to Horses First last week with Jeremy returning from his trip to the Keeneland Sales in Kentucky, at which he purchased a yearling colt by E Dubai. Unfortunately for him, he also came back with some sort of illness that has confined him to bed since Saturday. However, the show must go on and with the latter end of this week looking set to be a busy one on the racing front, Jeremy will be taking every legal medication under the sun in an effort to be back fighting fit by then.
Our first runner in the week gone by was one that we had looked forward to for quite a while, the racecourse debut of the Frank Lisewski-owned Winifred Jo (pictured above).
We have a day to look forward to next Friday with us likely to send a large team of horses out. Our first possible runner of the day is the progressive Medicean Man in the valuable 6f three-year-old handicap at Ascot. The Stuart & Kate Dobb-owned gelding (pictured) has won three of his last five starts and looks to have plenty more to offer. While we are very keen to run the son of Medicean, the prevailing weather is not helping us out as the horse does not want the going too firm. Any rain would be much appreciated and Stuart has already started his raindance.
As Jeremy prepares to jet off to the Keeneland Sales at Kentucky on Tuesday evening, business will continue as usual at Horses First in the week ahead and we look to have a number of live chances. All eyes will be on Lingfield today as we send Yvonne Evelyn (pictured left) there for the extended 11f handicap on the turf. The daughter of Cozzene returned to her very best when finishing a slightly-unlucky third on the all-weather track at Lingfield last month, missing the break completely before circling the entire field to lead and battling on gamely once headed. We are going to take measures to help prevent a repeat of her problems in the stalls and if she breaks out on terms as hoped, she should be bang in contention in what is a competitive contest. There is still the chance to be involved with Yvonne Evelyn for just
With Kevin and Kelly on holidays this week I have been entrusted with the news. Unfortunately it has been a relatively quiet one on the racing front. Street Power (pictured) was the leading contender at Lingfield last week however only managed to run behind a horse that I think is definitely capable of winning a good race. I think we learnt a thing or two about him and he is now having a short break before being aimed at a trip to Dubai.
The Stuart & Kate Dobb-owned Medicean Man has proven himself to be a relentlessly progressive sort in recent months and showed that he is still improving with an impressive win at Ripon on Monday. The three-year-old (pictured) was, as he has tended to be in the past, slightly slow to start and to find his stride, but he was soon travelling well in the rear of the far-side group. As the race began in earnest, Medicean Man showed what has become his trademark turn of foot, quickening up in very taking fashion to lead with 1f to race, idling in front but never in any danger of being caught, coming home 1
The immensely progressive Street Power (pictured) won for the sixth time this year last Wednesday and such was the style of his win, we are hopeful that his best days are still ahead of him. Things didn
What last week lacked in terms of quantity of runners, it certainly made up in terms of quality, thanks in no small part to the exciting Denton. The son of Montjeu ran in the 10f apprentice riders
*Denton wins at Nottingham today, making it six winners from our last 13 runners*
Our remarkable run of form continued last week, with our six runners resulting in two winners and two placings. The winners were Flying Silks at Pontefract on Wednesday and Sutton Veny at Lingfield on Saturday and both successes were sweet for differing reasons.
Trevor and Carol Coffen have already gone through plenty of emotions during their short ownership stint with Flying Silks (pictured left). They had to wait patiently for six weeks before his penultimate start due to the ground being too firm and then they were denied the opportunity to see him run when he was strongly-fancied at Leicester due to the race being abandoned. However, the wait proved to be well worth it, as the son of Barathea delivered an impressive winning performance at Pontefract, showing admirable professionalism on his way to recording a 2
*Sutton Veny won at 25-1 at Lingfield on Saturday. Flying Silks won well at Pontefract on Wednesday. Full details in Tuesday's news. Don't forget to check Jeremy's new blog*
Since our last news update a week ago, our hot run of form has got even better with us saddling a remarkable three winners from just five runners.
The Kate Dobbs-owned Medicean Man (pictured winning last month) got the ball rolling at Haydock on Friday evening when putting up an impressive performance to win the 6f handicap for three-year-olds. As has been mentioned by us on numerous occasions, you wouldn
*News update: Denton wins by four lengths at Lingfield on Saturday, Medicean Man wins at Haydock on Friday. Full details on Tuesday*
It has been another very pleasing week at the yard and unquestionably the star performer was Remember Ramon, who gained his third win for us in the 12f handicap at Newmarket on Friday evening. The six-year-old (pictured) came to us having had a string of trainers and suffering from well-documented back problems. Jeremy and the team have slowly nursed him back to his former powers and he has proved a model of consistency for us, with this win being particularly satisfying. Running in the colours of Maggie Findlay, the gelding was racing on turf for the first time since joining us and set off into the lead in typically enthusiastic fashion under George Baker, who settled him beautifully. With the field stacking up in his wake over 2f out, one could be forgiven for thinking he was about to be swamped, but he gamely fought off every challenger that got to his quarters, seeing off the final challenge of Snoqualmie Boy by 3/4
*Remember Ramon wins at Newmarket. Full details in Tuesday's news. Don't forget to check Jeremy's new blog*
It has been a busy week for Horses First Racing, with seven of our eight runners reaching the frame. The week was kicked off by Chief Exec, who ran a tremendous race in defeat to finish a slightly-unlucky second in the 7f handicap at Kempton on Wednesday. With Clare Lindop again in the saddle (Clare is pictured after winning on the horse earlier this month), the seven-year-old came from the rear of the field and despite still having eight rivals in front of him with a furlong to race, he quickened up impressively to pass all bar one of his rivals, finishing just
Going into last week we knew it was likely to be our busiest seven days of the season so far and so it proved, with us having 13 runners, including winners at Ascot (see picture) and Wolverhampton. On Monday evening, Law Of Attraction became our first two-year-old runner of the season when lining up in the 6f maiden at Windsor. He made a promising start to his career, shaping as if the experience would bring him on significantly. The following day, we turned our attentions to the all-weather with two runners at Wolverhampton and one at Southwell. At Wolves, Takizada got proceedings underway when running a satisfactory race in the extended 8f maiden, but it was Chief Exec that stole the show in the 7f handicap. The seven-year-old had given Jeremy his first success in Britain back in February 2008 and he duly obliged again on Tuesday. Having been settled off the strong pace by Clare Lindop, he swung into the straight still at the rear of the field before pulling wide to launch his bid and unleashing a telling turn of foot to win going away by two lengths. He is clearly a capable performer on his day and hopefully things will again pan out well for him and Clare when they line up in the 7f handicap at Kempton on Wednesday evening. Our day was wrapped up with Aussie-import Denton making his first start for us in the 8f handicap at Southwell. Based on what he has shown us at home he can be expected to progress in the months ahead.
*News Update: Street Power becomes our latest winner at Ascot, where we also had a 2nd place with One Way Or Another. Chief Exec bolted in on Wednesday to win at Wolverhampton under Clare Lindop. See Jeremy's new blog for more details. Full report on in Tuesday's news*
We have a busy week ahead, as we prepare to send runners out up and down the country. Today Takizada and Chief Exec run at Wolverhampton, while Denton will head to Southwell. Takizada, a well-bred daughter of Sendawar who was previously trained in France, will contest the extended 8f maiden and will have the services of Clare Lindop to guide her. Her form in France entitles her to go well in this, but it will be her first start on an artificial surface and she is probably best watched on what will also be her first start for the Takizada Syndicate. Chief Exec will always be remembered by Jeremy as his first winner in the UK and in this race the seven-year-old will return to the course and distance over which he gained that win. He has been working well of late and this race should represent a good guide of how much of his old spark he retains. From there, we will head to Southwell where our Aussie import, Denton (pictured), runs in the 1m maiden handicap. We are hopeful that this son of Montjeu is handicapped to win, but it will be a big ask for him to go close on what will be his first start on fibresand as well as his first run for well over a year.
We are delighted to announce that, according to the Racing Post on Monday, we are the most in-form stable in the country. The last two weeks or so have seen us surge into a remarkable run of form, with Jeremy saddling four winners and four seconds from 16 runners, with all eight of the remaining horses running well in defeat. It is a very exciting time to be associated with the stable and we look likely to have many more excellent chances in the days and weeks to come.
Last week began with the promising Yvonne Evelyn (pictured) returning from a break to run in the 10f handicap at Windsor on Monday. The daughter of Cozzene was thought to be in need of a run prior to the race and on the day she was not suited by the sharpness of the track and was also outpaced in the closing stages, finishing sixth beaten 5
Our tremendous run of form continued at Haydock on Saturday evening, when we had a night to remember. Clare Lindop, the top lady-rider in Australia, who is currently with us on a six-week working holiday, was jocked up for us on Catalan Bay and One Way Or Another, who coincidentally are also Australian imports. Catalan Bay was making her return from a break in the 6f fillies handicap and ran an encouraging race. She travelled like the winner for much of the time until the lack of a recent outing took its toll in the closing stages, with her fading to finish a respectable second to Mango Music. Just 30 minutes later Clare donned the colours of Simon Rowlands to team up with One Way Or Another in the featured 1m handicap. With the leader setting off at an overly-strong early pace, Clare settled our charge beautifully at the back of the field and gradually crept into the race, hitting the front with a furlong to go. Despite wandering about in front slightly, the pair had enough in reserve to hold off the late challenge of Charlie Tipple by a head.
*One Way Or Another won the feature race at Haydock on Saturday night, providing a first win for his owner Simon Rowlands and a first UK victory for jockey Clare Lindop. Full update tomorrow*
Last Wednesday saw us celebrating wins at both ends of the country courtesy of Street Power and New Leyf (pictured below), who entered the winner
This coming Saturday we are likely to have one of our biggest days of the turf season thus far with four possible runners pencilled in on the day. In the afternoon, we will be heading in the direction of Bath and are likely to send our Australian import Denton (pictured) there to make his first start in Europe. The son of Montjeu runs in the 10f handicap at 5.35 and we are hopeful that he will make a bold show. Also running at Bath is Piazza San Pietro, who is due to make his return from a break, during which he was gelded, in the extended 5f seller at 3.20. The son of Compton Place has been pleasing Jeremy with his work of late and if returning to his best, could be expected to take all the beating. Later that evening, our sights will be turned to Leicester, where we are planning to send Vamos to run in the 6f handicap for three-year-olds at 9.10 and Horseshoe Reef in the 10f handicap at 8.10. Both horses have been giving Jeremy the right signs in their fast work of late and the former in particular should give a very good account of himself.
As the sun continues to beat down on us at Horses First, we are all looking forward to Yanza running in the 6f fillies handicap at Lingfield on Thursday. She got no run whatsoever on her last start at Nottingham and a much-improved effort is likely to be forthcoming in this contest. After that, we could well be represented by Acrosstheuniverse (pictured) and/or One Way Or Another at Doncaster on Saturday. The former is a three-year-old by Forestry that Jeremy really likes and would be capable of running well in the 5f maiden. One Way Or Another is an Australian import that has been impressing in his work and could well show up prominently in the 7f handicap in the colours of Simon Rowlands.
We had three runners at Newbury last Saturday and while none of them could reach the frame, there was encouragement to take from the performances of our two runners in the 6f maiden,
Looking back to the week just past, Flying Silks (pictured) made his seasonal reappearance at Leicester on Tuesday and, having his first start in the colours of Trevor and Carol Coffen, ran a race full of promise to finish fourth without being given an unduly hard time by Neil Callan. The three-year-old son of Barathea is sure to benefit from the run and, now that he has his handicap mark, can be expected to improve further in his next few starts.
On Saturday we sent Street Power up to Haydock. The heavy going was far from certain to suit him, but he ran a race full of credit to finish fourth. Due to the prevailing going, it proved very difficult indeed for any horse on the card to come from off the pace, which is Street Power's running style, so it is to his great credit that he came from near last position to challenge in the final 1f,
We are sending runners out up and down the country this week, starting with two tomorrow at Nottingham and Leicester. Three-year-old filly Yanza is our first representative, running over 6f at Nottingham at 2pm. This tough daughter of Bahamian Bounty won at Kempton (see photo) at the start of April and then didn
Tomorrow we are likely to send Count Trevisio (pictured on the far side of Chief Exec) to run in the 1m handicap at Bath (20:10). This son of Danehill has unquestionably been frustrating this season, but hopefully this return to the turf can rekindle some of his old spark. Other possible runners this week include New Leyf, Jung and Flying Silks who all hold entries at Doncaster on Saturday. We would want the ground to be no worse than good to firm for them to run and so we're keeping our fingers crossed for some rain.
Horseshoe Reef is all set to run on Thursday in the 11f+ handicap at Windsor. It will be the Australain-bred
Last Saturday we staged our open day and it proved to be a resounding success. Despite the murky weather forecast giving us all nightmares in the week, the clouds mercifully emptied their contents between 5am and 6am on Saturday morning and glorious sunshine prevailed thereafter. The team here had risen as early as 5am to help get the bulk of the work done before working even harder to get the yard looking in tip-top shape. From the moment the first public car pulled into the car park, it was only a matter of minutes before the lawn in front of our office was heaving with people young and old keen to see and hear what we had to offer.
With our Open Day only a matter of days away (Saturday 25.04.09), the final preparations are being carried out to prepare the yard for an influx of visitors. The day starts at 10am and there will be the chance to watch the horses work, followed by a tour of the facilities and a parade of horses. The new gallop, high speed treadmill, observation tower and new custom-built walkers will all be available for inspection and there are a number of interesting horses due to feature in the parade including some Australian imports and nicely-bred 2yos, as well as multiple winners. For more information on the day please contact Kelly Baker on 01985 841166.
As the preparations for our Open Day on April 25th continue to gather pace, several of our horses who have been prepared with turf campaigns in mind are having the final touches put on their training preparations, with a handful of them ready to be unleashed in the coming days. However, before then we will be represented by Count Trevisio (pictured), who has been declared to run at Wolverhampton on Thursday evening. The ex-Godolphin inmate has proved tricky to get to grips with, but we feel this race should pan out ideally for him and with Steve Drowne in the saddle, it would not surprise us if he were to run well.
Remember Ramon (pictured with amateur jockey David Turner) was our sole representative at Kempton on Wednesday evening and while he found three rivals too good for him, he acquitted himself well in the circumstances. On the 2 occasions he has won for us he enjoyed an easy lead and unfortunately he wasn
Just minutes after the conclusion of the Aintree Grand National, we had our only runner of last weekend when Vamos lined up for the 6f maiden at Lingfield. We felt the three-year-old son of Royal Applause would acquit himself well whilst still being in need of the experience and we were delighted with his performance, finishing 3
Yanza (pictured) became our first winner of the month when she prevailed in the 5F maiden at Kempton on Thursday. It was the speedy filly's seasonal reappearance and she showed an admirably game attitude under Chris Catlin to break her maiden tag despite still showing signs of her inexperience, jumping a shadow in the early stages and not handling the right-handed turn as well as she might have. She will have her first run in handicap company in the next few weeks and we feel she has the ability to be competitive. The daughter of Bahamian Bounty can be a quirky individual and special recognition should go to work rider Sam Clarke who rides her out every day.
Yanza (pitured left) makes her seasonal reappearance today in the 5f maiden at Kempton at 5.25 and we expect a big run from her. She was unlucky not to win as a two-year-old, finishing in the frame twice in maidens despite not being suited by the softish ground. She is in good form at home and with her having worked well at Kempton in the past, it would be no surprise to us if she was to go well in what looks likely to be a below-average contest before going on to show progression in handicaps.
As the sun continues to shine here in Sutton Veny, we have plenty to look forward to in the coming weeks and months as, with the turf season having got underway at the weekend, we are looking forward to making just as big an impact on the grass as we did on the all-weather during the winter months. We have a number of runners this week who look to hold strong chances. The first of our representatives will be Horseshoe Reef, who will line up in the 11f handicap at Southwell today (Tuesday). Only five runners have been declared and we feel this Australian import (pictured on the right of Findlay & Bloom's new 2yo Leroidesanimaux colt that arrived this week) will be well suited by the slower surface, as well as the application of first-time cheekpieces. All going well, he will belatedly build on the promise of his European debut when he finished a close second at Lingfield back in January.
Vamos was the first of our 'Try-Before-You-Buy' horses to run since the offer was announced (see marketplace) and he pleased us greatly with his run in the 5f maiden at Lingfield on Tuesday. Despite being considered in need of the run and us worrying that the sharp 5f trip may prove an inadequate test for him, he finished 5
Vamos will have his first start of the year in the 5f maiden at Lingfield today. He shaped very well on his racecourse debut over 5f at Great Leighs last September, showing his inexperience before staying on well in the closing stages. He has been gelded since that start and has begun to prosper physically in the last month or so. The horse (pictured) is sure to improve from this run, but it would be no surprise to us if he were to finish in the frame.
On Wednesday we will send Leonaldo to Kempton to run in the 7f handicap and we are more than hopeful that he can gain his first win for us since arriving from France in November in this contest. He has run with immense promise on both his starts for us, finishing third at Lingfield and being unlucky not to win at Wolverhampton on his latest outing. On that occasion, he travelled very strongly to lead 2f out and looked all over the winner, only to idle in front and lose the lead close home to Gallantry. We feel the drop back to this shorter trip will play to his strengths and, while we do have some slight reservations about going right-handed, we will be disappointed if he doesn
It has been a quiet week for us on the runners front, but a number of our horses acquitted themselves very well and it is unlikely to be long before they return to the winner
Street Power (pictured) has proved to be a tremendous servant to the yard this year and will have strong prospects of making it four wins from five starts in 2009 when he lines up in the 6f handicap at Wolverhampton on Wednesday evening. His progression has been remarkable since returning from a gelding operation and with him seeming to be even better suited by the drop to 6f when winning at Lingfield on his latest start (his previous two wins came over 7f), we would not be at all surprised if he was to win again. Tom Queally, who has ridden Nobelix and Doncosaque to victory for us in the past, will take the ride.
Stable favourite Remember Ramon won for us in impressive fashion in the 14f handicap at Wolverhampton yesterday evening, profiting from a well-judged front-running ride from Neil Callan. The six-year-old gelding settled well in the lead and quickened away from the field before the straight. The official winning margin was 3
On Wednesday, we will unleash Catalan Bay onto the racecourse for the second time since we brought her over from Australia and she looks to have strong prospects in the 7f handicap at Wolverhampton. We feel the mare (pictured) has improved from her last run and while we have not had a clear path with her since then, what with the delay caused by the snow, we will be disappointed if she fails to go close.
Moving onto Thursday, we will return to Wolverhampton where we look to have two solid chances with Remember Ramon in the 14f handicap and Leonaldo in the extended 1m handicap. Remember Ramon will be returning to the scene of his win for us earlier in the season
Street Power became our latest winner when he showed an impressive turn of foot to put away the opposition in the 6F handicap at Lingfield today (Wednesday). The son of Street Cry has now won 3 out of his last 4 starts and took today's race easily under a confident ride from Steve Drowne, who went on to ride a treble. The horse (pictured below winning last month) has previously run very greenly but he broke well on this occasion and the drop back in trip evidently suited him as he was able to settle and then use his speed to cut through the field. We would expect the horse to progress further and look forward to seeing what he can do in the future. It is particularly nice to see him doing well for his breeder, John Hawkins, who brought the horse over from the USA and has been a keen supporter of the yard.
Due to the widespread snow, the last week has been an incredibly challenging one for the whole racing industry and, like many yards, we have been somewhat restricted in what we could do with our horses. From Tuesday 3rd February until last Tuesday, our gallops were unusable and the yard was blanketed in snow (see photo). It took a titanic effort from our staff to clear the yard and walker of snow before gritting them to make it safe for the horses to leave their boxes every morning. In particular, the high-speed treadmill really earned its keep, proving to be worth its weight in helping us to keep the horses ticking over.
Street Power was our star performer in the week since our last update, making it two wins from as many starts when prevailing in the 7f handicap at Kempton on Wednesday evening. As he had done when winning over the same course and distance three weeks earlier, Street Power (pictured after his first victory) did almost everything wrong in the first half of the race, starting awkwardly before racing very freely in rear. However, he looked a different horse in the second half of the race, being eased to the outer by Greg Fairley and producing a potent turn of foot to mow down his opposition inside the final 1f and prevail by
Mrs Penny became our latest winner last week when she won on her second start for us, taking the 0-80 handicap at Wolverhampton on Friday night. The likeable Australian mare (pictured) quickened up impressively to lead inside the final 1f and stretch clear with her ears pricked to prevail by 2
The winners have continued to pour in this week with Street Power, El Diego and Nobelix all finding themselves in the winners enclosure. Our strike rate for January currently stands at 50% with Jeremy nestled towards the head of the hot trainers list. Street Power made a winning handicap debut at Kempton last Wednesday. John Hawkins, who bred the son of Street Cry and has several horses with us, has been a long term supporter of the yard and it was great for him to see the horse win (see picture).
Last week we sent out three runners and came home with two wins and a 4th. Ivory Silk (pictured) set the standard last Tuesday when she maintained her unbeaten record for us and turned in an impressive performance to win at Wolverhampton. Jeremy had taken his time with the filly following her win at Great Leighs in November and brought her into Tuesday
*News Update: We have had 2 winners from 3 runners since last Tuesday. Ivory Silk won in good style on Tuesday, beating a competitive-looking field over five furlongs at Wolverhampton. El Diego won for us at Southwell on Friday, taking the maiden at Southwell. Full reports next week*
Both Monkey Glas and Acrosstheuniverse produced good results for the yard this week, coming 2nd and 4th respectively. Monkey Glas ran at Wolverhampton last Friday and, despite being denied his preferred front-running role, the horse battled his way into the race to claim the runner-up spot. Considering that the race wasn
*News Update: We have had 2 winners from 3 runners since last Tuesday. Ivory Silk won in good style on Tuesday, beating a competitive-looking field over five furlongs at Wolverhampton. El Diego won for us at Southwell on Friday, taking the maiden at Southwell. Full reports next week*
Both Monkey Glas and Acrosstheuniverse produced good results for the yard this week, coming 2nd and 4th respectively. Monkey Glas ran at Wolverhampton last Friday and, despite being denied his preferred front-running role, the horse battled his way into the race to claim the runner-up spot. Considering that the race wasn
The horses remain in top form and we have been knocking on the door this week with our four runners coming 3rd, 4th, 3rd and 3rd. Monkey Glas ran into some tough opponents in his claiming race on Sunday, with the winner notching up his 13th victory. Our colt led for most of the way before getting into a battle for the lead and being headed inside the final furlong, just losing 2nd place before the line. He has come home fit and well and will be back out in the next week or two. Nobelix was our 4th placed runner and he ran well at Wolverhampton last Friday night. Jeremy had his suspicions that the horse may not be the kind that handles two races close together and, although he won incredibly easily the Friday beforehand (he is pictured being led in), it would seem that he does go better fresh. He has been dropped 1lb following the run and will probably be out again in January.
This week we added another win and a second place to our growing tally of good results for the last few weeks. Nobelix stormed home on Friday night to win by three lengths at Wolverhampton under a great ride from Martin Dwyer. The gelding was having his first run for The Resurrection Partners, who also have Maidanni with us. Congratulations to both Richard Page and Stuart Dobb. Nobelix (pictured) jumped out the stalls and led the field from start to finish with his ears pricked, clearly enjoying his job. Martin Dwyer cleverly dictated the pace of the race and when he kicked for home nothing could go with him. The horse has come out of the race in good form and will be back out again on Friday over the same course and distance.
*News Update. Nobelix won in convincing style on Friday night at Wolverhampton. He jumped out in front and was never headed in the 8.50 one mile four handicap, winning by three lengths for The Resurrection Partners. Full story next week*
It has been absolutely freezing here over the last couple of days but it makes us appreciate how lucky we are to have two gallops on site that really are all-weather and, with careful maintenance, can be used in pretty much any conditions. Despite the cold it was good to see so many horses working well this morning. The Australian horses Mrs Penny, Catalan Bay and Horseshoe Reef all did their faster work nicely and wouldn
*Latest news- Ivory Silk wins on her debut for the yard at Great Leighs on Thursday night. The filly won by a length under Chris Catlin after not having a clear run and in doing so broke the track record. Full report in next week's news*
Remember Ramon won in great style at Wolverhampton on Monday in what was an excellent training feat by Jeremy and the team. The horse took the one mile four in good style (see photo). Neil Callan gave him a great ride, setting the pace and relaxing him out in front before quickening up two furlongs out and effortlessly striding home to win by 2 lengths. Some horses are easier than others to train and Ramon is definitely at the very tricky end of the scale. He came to us with a reputation for being very hard to hold, dead-mouthed and almost impossible to settle and it took months of hard work and dedication to produce yesterday
Remember Ramon stormed home at Wolverhampton yesterday winning impressively over 1 1/2 miles. He has a possible target next week for a quick follow up and we think there is more to come from this talented five year old. More later today, if you are not a subscriber you can recieve our newsletters free by clicking here.
It is not often that I get up at 3.45, in fact I actually don't. However this morning was the Melbourne Cup, "the race that stops a nation", and it managed to start this one. As some of you may recall, I have been singing the praises of Septimus all year and even without any rain I still felt he'd put in a big run. We have been developing an excellent relationship with Terry Henderson in recent months - he recently took a share in an Encosta de Lago yearling we bought in Ireland - and he had a couple of runners including Bauer (pictured above) in the big race, so we had plenty of interest. In summary, Septimus and his stable mates had their own race in which they all lost and Bauer won while actually coming second. I have watched the race 4 times and each time Bauer gets home in front and yet loses the photo. Tough on Terry but he put it right by winning the very next race! I have yet to make it out to the cup but hopefully we'll have a runner or two there in the years ahead.
The colder weather arrived with a bang this morning with our first major frost of the season. It served as a reminder that there are now very few flat turf meetings left this year but we
Last Friday saw two very encouraging debut performances from Flying Silks and Django Reinhardt, when both horses ran very well at Kempton. Flying Silks especially caught the eye, running on strongly from his bad draw. The Racing Post commented "The two newcomers from the Gask yard both showed ability. Flying Silks had the worst draw and ended up racing widest in the straight, but he was keeping on at the finish, and so too was Django Reinhardt, who started slowly". Both of the two year olds will have learned a lot from the experience and will no doubt come on for it. Django Reinhardt (pictured, far side, galloping with Die Haard) still has a fair bit of maturing to do and will be switched off now until next season. Flying Silks may have one more run before we do the same with him. They are both looking like nice three year old prospects.
Recently we have been talking mainly about our two year olds but this week it was two of the old-timers who put in nice runs. On Sunday afternoon [b]John Hawkins
We are sending out a wide range of horses this week, starting with Remember Ramon at Great Leighs on Thursday. Chris Catlin takes the ride on the five year old who runs over one mile two in the handicap at 9.20. The gelding (pictured galloping at home) has come back in good form from his recent race at Kempton and that run combined with the extra two furlongs should hopefully produce a good effort from him.
Our two year olds Jung and Hanta Yo are set to make their racecourse debuts in quick succession this week. The young colts both hold entries in the Median Auction Maidens at Lingfield on Friday and Wolverhampton on Saturday over five and six furlongs respectively. It is most likely that Hanta Yo (pictured on the left with the white face) will head to Lingfield over the shorter trip. The son of Alhaarth, out of an Indian Ridge mare, has taken a while to mature but has come on significantly following a couple of racecourse gallops at Kempton and we expect that improvement to continue when he has his first run under his belt. He is named after one of my favourite books that is sadly out of print. Hanta Yo means 'clear the way' in Lakotah and the book tells the story of the Lakotah Indians. The book took the author Ruth Beebe Hill 20 years to write and if you ever come across a copy I highly recommend it.
Last week we had several runners. Yvonne Evelyn ran well in her debut at Lingfield and will come on a lot for the experience. She has options over seven furlongs and a mile for her follow up run. Street Power (pictured) took part in the hotly contested maiden (there was a staggering $15M+ worth of horses in the field) at Great Leighs on Thursday night and in doing so qualified for his handicap mark. His performance was picked by the Racing Post "Street Power caught the eye staying on up the home straight. He is a big sort and may still need time." He'll be back out soon, possibly stepping back to 7 furlongs due to the fact he over raced slightly early.
Owner and Breeder John Hawkins has been a long-standing supporter of the yard and this week we have two horses that he bred heading to the course. Today his three year old filly Yvonne Evelyn makes her racecourse debut at Lingfield in the maiden over seven furlongs at 2.50.
Yanza put in another good performance yesterday at Bath, coming 3rd in the five furlong maiden. She started off as favourite and ran a good race, despite not really being suited by the soft ground. Jeremy had picked out the winner before the race as being a horse to look out for and we were beaten for 2nd by just a head. The Racing Post commented after the race:
Last Friday saw us back at Bath with Yanza, our Bahamian Bounty two year old, who was lining up for her second start. She ran in the E.B.F. Maiden Fillies
Anyone living in, or visiting, the UK in August will have had reason to check that we have not flipped into the Southern Hemisphere and it is not in fact deep winter. Today the magnificent York fixture loses it's first day and the rest of the Ebor meeting hangs, or drowns, in the balance. This is not so much Global Warming as Global Raining and there is no end in sight as the week ahead is wet and windy.
We have said in previous weeks how excited we are about our current crop of two year olds and last Thursday saw the first one making her racecourse debut. Yanza (Bahamian Bounty x Locharia) lined up over five and a half furlongs at Bath and despite being slow to break and very badly hampered, ran on bravely to finish 4th. Before the race we heard that both Via Mia (3rd) and Wake Me Now (2nd) were highly thought of by their trainers and Rioliina (1st) looked like a very nice animal from her previous run, so for us to get 4th after having such bad luck in running was very encouraging. The filly showed a lot of early speed and was going as well as anything bar the winner when she got squeezed right back into last place. At that point a lot of fillies on their debut would have called it a day but Yanza came again and showed good heart. There was a Stewards Enquiry into the interference but the placings were unchanged as it was considered to be accidental. Her jockey thought he'd have been second without the interference and we very much look forward to her next run, possibly back at Bath on the 22nd, as she has come out of the race in very good order (she is pictured galloping this morning).
It will be good to see the first of our unraced two year olds make her racecourse debut this week. Yanza, a bay filly by Bahmian Bounty, heads to Bath on Thursday to run in the 6.25, which is just over five and a half furlongs. The ground is a bit of a concern as we wouldn
After days of glorious sunny weather the rain has finally arrived. It has come just in time to soften the ground at Worcester for tonight
There should be a few runners to look out for this week. We have had Silent Dream entered across the board looking for good ground and his preferred race is the handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter on Thursday. He cannot run on firm going and so we are hoping the ground doesn
I was up at 5.00 am on Monday morning with butterflies of anticipation as we had booked Salisbury racecourse to gallop 3 horses. The sun was already beaming and the world looked glorious - note to self - I must get up early more often. Working on a racecourse can be invaluable in a horse
It was great to see some dedication amongst our owners this morning, as both John Hawkins and Wendy Price braved the wind and the rain to get up early and come and visit their horses. John even took on the M25 at 6am which proved to be a mistake and made him decide to take the train next trip. He arrived in time for 2nd lot which meant he was able to see his three horses, Yvonne Evelyn, Cheonmado and Eleanor Eloise work. Wendy came in to visit her four year old filly, Mexilhoeira, who is looking well (both are pictured). Wendy also bred our two year old Kyllachy filly who is due to return to us from her pre-training yard next Monday.
We are looking forward to getting back to the races this Saturday, when we take Gaborone to Leicester. She runs in the 14.35 over 6F and should go well. The two year old filly (pictured) has had just one start, coming 2nd at Thirsk having missed the break and been hampered. She will no doubt have learnt from that run and as she
We had another influx of foreign visitors last week, giving the yard a bit of an international feel. Jeremy had a visit from his good friend, the Australian vet Darren Arnold, who was over in the UK for a conference and took the opportunity to call in and see how Jeremy had settled in. His visit coincided with that of Pierre Bens, Managing Director of Belebro, who had brought three scientists to come and look at our new world-class water filtration system and also our walkers, which Belebro supply the parts for. When visitors travel from all over Europe, and indeed the world, to come and see our facilities in action it serves as a reminder to us of how lucky we are to be able to use such pioneering technology in our horses
We were visited by two of our owners yesterday who had come to see how their horses were progressing. Richard Page had a good look at his two year old colt by High Chaparral who is out in the field having a bit of time to mature. The colt has grown a lot over the last few months and will come back into work soon to be prepared for racing later this year. Richard also looked in on Maidanni, who he has a quarter share in with the Resurrection Partners. John Hawkins was here to see his string of horses: Eleanor Eloise, Yvonne Evelyn and Cheonmado, who are all in work and progressing nicely (che in particular was in top form this morning on the gallops). John also seized the opportunity to cast an eye over Street Power, our three year old colt by Street Cry which he bred. The horse has really filled out and matured over the winter and is an exciting prospect - he also worked particularly well this morning. He is pictured with John, myself, rider Ed Sibbick and Jeremy.
On Saturday morning we had a mini Aussie invasion with at one point the Australians in the office outnumbering the Brits six to one. The visitors included Danny Power (pictured left with Jeremy) who worked as Racing Manger to Lee Freedman, famous for sending out winners like Makybe Diva and Miss Andretti. He is also a racing journalist and bloodstock agent who bought Doreimus who famously went on to win the Melbourne Cup. Danny cast his expert eye over a selection of our two year olds and was excited by all of them. To quote one of his favourite phrases: "you've got a few cracker's here Jeremy". He and Jeremy are old friends and took the opportunity to catch up over the weekend. It is always nice to get expert opinions on the horses we have here and the fact that we have had nothing but positive feedback about our two year old string makes us even more excited about getting them to the racetrack. Also visiting us was Australian trainer, Bill Smart, who is based at Oakbank in the Adelaide Hills. Bill was very impressed with all the facilities here and was particularly interested in the Seawalker.
Jeremy is becoming a bit of a jetsetter at the moment, which for someone who isn
The pedigrees of some of our two year olds received a further boost last week when Haafhd and Stroll had their first winners from their first crop of two year olds. Representing Haafhd was Crystal Moments, who won at Sandown on her racecourse debut. Our own two year old by Haafhd is going well at home and progressing nicely. Despite having quite a few chestnut horses in the yard, he is instantly recognisably by the splash of white under his belly. We are gradually upping his work and aim to race him later on this season. He is pictured walking off the flat gallop alongside our Barathea gelding. Stroll
We had a frustrating week last week with horses being balloted out of races or being injured. The major disappointment was Desert Quest having to bypass the Swinton due to injury after he knocked himself out working. It is always upsetting to miss a big race but as always the welfare of the horse is the main priority and there will be plenty more decent races for Quest (pictured relaxing in his field) to look forward to. We did still have one runner on the Saturday, when Chief Exec headed to Warwick. Unfortunately it proved to be a fruitless trip as the horse didn
On Saturday Desert Quest lines up in the Swinton at Haydock to take his chance at the
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The terrific form of the horses in the yard continues with the last six runs: 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 7th, 2nd and 3rd. Desert Quest put in another top class performance for the yard last Saturday when coming third in the highly competitive Bet 365.com Hurdle at Sandown. Behind him were top-quality animals like Pigeon Island, Penzance and Hide the Evidence and we were delighted with the way our fellow ran. He returned a Racing Post Rating of 140, 10 pounds higher than he was awarded for his win at Ludlow recently, and Liam Heard who has ridden Quest many times over the years said the horse had never felt better. He'll likely run in the [b]
After over two years off of the track it was always going to be a tall order for Stamford Street to turn in a good performance last week at Kempton. However he defied the odds (he started as the 33-1 outsider) and ran a decent 2nd, going down by just half a length to Perlachy. We were delighted with the run, especially as his previous form had been poor, and it was good to hear Jeremy
We had a good result at Wolverhampton yesterday when Shatter Resistant was just beaten into second place by a neck over five furlongs. It was only the three year old
Many of you will have seen the full page article on Jeremy in Monday
Following on from last week
Another winner last week as we notched up our first National Hunt winner when Desert Quest (pictured) won a novice chase at Ludlow on Thursday. The horse jumped well throughout and went on to win by a length and a half under Liam Heard from City Affair. Never one to do more than he has to, the horse came home in excellent order and the race doesn't appear to have taken much out of him. His next engagement is likely to be at Aintree on Grand National day in the
*NEWS UPDATE* Desert Quest wins his novice chase at Ludlow. Full story next Tuesday.
We are sending out a real mixture of horses this week, running in everything from a chase to a bumper, over hurdles and over 5 furlongs and also have a hurdler and a miler thrown into the mix. First up is hopefully Desert Quest who just needs the ground at Ludlow to carry on drying out (he only acts on good ground) to enable him to run on Thursday. The horse continues to go well at home (he is pictured schooling well under jockey Luke Kilgarriff this week) and we
Chief Exec stormed home at Wolverhampton last Friday in what had looked to be a competitive handicap, to win easily by two and a half lengths. It is over two years since the horse
*CHIEF EXEC STORMS HOME TO WIN AT WOLVERHAMPTON. FULL STORY ON THURSDAY*
Both of our runners this week ran well and came home safely. Desert Quest ran a terrific race to come 2nd at Huntingdon in a red hot novice chase, beaten only by the first-class Modicum who is now bound for The Arkle at Cheltenham. The two finished 20 lengths ahead of the rest of the field, all of who have been rated upwards of 129 over hurdles. Desert Quest jumped superbly and we were delighted with his run. The horse returned home sound and well and was in good form on the gallops this morning. He may head to Kempton this Saturday to run in a novice handicap chase that will be live on Channel 4. The other runner last week was Derry City (pictured) who made his debut over hurdles under Richard Johnson at Plumpton yesterday. The horse jumped very well on ground that rode a lot softer than the official
We are delighted to welcome a very special new horse to the yard. Desert Quest (pictured below schooling with conditional jockey Luke Kilgarriff) moved into The Beeches last week - he is a top-class animal who has won convincingly on the flat, over hurdles and over fences. This quality 8 year old gelding has won his two chase starts and also counts the Vincent O
Our world-famous Seawalker has been given a bit of a makeover this week as Justin Chittendon, Managing Director of Equine Health Centre Walkers, has been at the Beeches installing a brand new filtering system. The new equipment (pictured) will allow us to keep the water in the walker extremely clean, which is no easy feat considering that up to 30 horses may use it in one morning. For more information on the Seawalker visit www.equinehealthcentre.co.uk.
One of the first horses to put the new filters to the test was new arrival Derry City. This five year old gelding came to us from Paul Nicholls
Relief this week as the resurfacing work on our hill gallop (pictured) was finally completed and the first horses were able to use it on Saturday. Though being out of action for only a month it has felt like an eternity. We now have two first class tracks and I
It has been a relatively quiet week in the yard as far as runners go. Cheonmado ran at Lingfield on Wednesday and on face value I was disappointed, although as the roughie of the field he wasn't expected to perform by most. 'Che' jumped from the stalls well and was asked to go forward, possibly proving his undoing as he then over-raced setting up a cracking pace which saw him drop out straightening for home. With some thought with regard to gear changes, I expect good improvement next time out.
With Eamonn and Oriana away I have finally been given my orders to get my act together and contribute to the site! Eleanor Eloise welcomed the new season when, as the yard
We have two possible runners to look out for this week. Eleanor Eloise is all set to line up at Lingfield tomorrow in the Median Auction Maiden Stakes at 1.45. The race is run over 6 furlongs on the All Weather surface. Now she has turned 4,
Three of our 2 year olds came back from their pre-training yards yesterday to start full work in preparation for their racing campaigns. Hanta Yo (a colt by Alhaarth), our Acclamation filly and another colt by Tobougg were all ridden out this morning and, aside from the odd buck, went very well. They are all lovely-looking horses and we are excited to see how they will develop. We have seven more youngsters due to come back to us over the coming weeks, taking the number of horses we currently have in work close to the 40 mark. Pictured in the photo are Hanta Yo and the Tobougg colt.
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and enjoyed your New Year
The Christmas season is now in full swing and one of racing
We made Lingfield Park our second home this week, having runners at both their Sunday and Monday meetings. On Sunday the smart looking Street Power made his debut and ran very well under Dean McKeown. The colt got bumped coming out of the gates and then raced very keenly in behind the pack. Dean brought him wide at the turn and he ran on strongly, gaining on the leaders all the way to the post and eventually finishing 7th. He was spotted by the At The Races team as one of the horses to follow from what as a competitive race (the winning trainer felt his will be Listed class next year). The jockey was very happy with the horse and was excited about when he was going to run again. This will not be until next spring as, now he has had a bit of an education, we will turn him away and wait for the flat season with him. He's a horse to keep you dreaming on long winters nights.
It was not quite a pick up thy bed and walk command but when Harry Findlay called on Friday night and said "Eamonn, I know you ain't been well but you have to bring Jeremy to Newbury to see a proper horse race tomorrow" I felt compelled to oblige. Thanks to everyone who has sent me get well messages and notes enquiring to my demise. Fortunately I'm doing better although still taking it a little easy. On Saturday we walked into the box and there was Paul Nicholls chatting with Paul Barber and you could feel the tension before the big race. As the Hennessy Gold Cup started the energy in the box was electric. There had been a lot of negativity about Harry's runner Denman before the race but I'd had the biggest bet of my life on him and just couldn't imagine him getting beat. When Denman flew the water jump the cheer from the 30 or so of Harry's friends and family was deafening. When Denman cruised into the lead about four fences from home everyone in the box was almost hushed with hope and possibility, then Harry spun around from the TV in the box to rush to the rail shouting jubilantly "He WINS, he wins easy!" The actual wording was a little bit more colourful, but the effect was absolute uproar. All the emotion, all the pent up hopes and dreams held by everyone present simply exploded. The last few fences were sublime to witness almost like watching a slow motion movie that you know is going to end in perfection. The magnificent horse (pictured below) was absolutely foot perfect - a league above his rivals, and even during such high emotion you could feel deep inside the privilege of seeing a sporting moment that would live forever in your memory. He may yet be the greatest horse of our generation and it was a day I'll never forget.
The rain came down, the ground came right and the horse went lame. Just when Saucy Night finally seemed set to get a run after waiting for weeks for softer ground, he knocked himself while schooling and pulled out stiff the day before he was due to run at Towcester. Disappointing though it was, the horse comes first and we weren
You may have already read in the press about the latest horse to move to Horses First Racing. Indeed the arrival of Ouninpohja (pictured below right, winning at Newmarket) from Paul Nicholls
Saturday could be an exciting day for the yard as our 2 year old Street Cry colt, Street Power, is all set to make his racing debut at Lingfield. The colt has grown up a lot over the last few months and he will definitely come on for the experience. The main objective is for him to enjoy himself. He was bred by one of our long-term supporters, John Hawkins, who has several horses in training with us and has an excellent eye for breeding and pedigrees. John has always though a lot of the horse and will be cheering him home at the weekend. Street Power (pictured below) runs in what looks a very competitive maiden at 1.20. Incidentally his half sister may make her debut soon next week so stay tuned.
The steady influx of new horses is ongoing at Horses First Racing but before I introduce you to the latest arrivals I
Nobelix ran a good race yesterday at Lingfield to finish 3rd in a decent handicap on the all weather. We are still getting to know this little horse but he is very genuine and obviously talented and we look forward to what the future holds for him. Nobelix (pictured below coming home on the gallop) comes from a decent racing family. His 3 year-old sister, Noble Ginger, was third in a Group 3 race in France on Thursday and his 2-year-old sister, Nice And Spicy, was 3rd in her debut at Longchamp last week. He is already proven on both the flat and over hurdles and we have a range of options about where to go next with him.
Today was a lovely day for watching the horses working on the gallops. Wrapped up against the distinct chill in the air, standing next to my old school mate Harry Findlay, it was a wonderful sight to see horse after horse gallop through the slight mist, the sun gleaming on their coats, steam coming from their nostrils, as they were put through their paces. I get as much enjoyment from watching old favourites like Saucy Night and Jahash work as I do seeing the youngsters being prepared for their first races. Below is a photo of our lovely Street Cry colt working with Escolhida, our gorgeous Montjeu filly who is Septimus
