April 2023

It was good to see FORTUNA LIGNA gain an overdue first success in the Dunraven Windows Mares’ Maiden Hurdle at Chepstow on Friday ridden by Harry Cobden who spent time with us as an inexperienced young amateur. Watching on a small screen from Punchestown I thought Harry gave her a typically positive ride from the […]

KILBEG KING extended our fine record at Punchestown with a decisive success in the valuable Grade B Conway Piling Handicap Hurdle on Thursday meeting. Its a meeting I like to target and was a brilliant way to bring up our 40th winner of the season which is a record for the yard. Just over an

DOYEN FOR MONEY provided our 39th winner of the season with a pleasing success in an extended two and a half mile Handicap Hurdle at Plumpton on Sunday in the colours of Howard Kingston. CAPTAIN CLAUDE then came close to giving us a double later in the afternoon until he lost momentum at a vital

DOCTOR FOLEY made a stylish winning debut over fences at Bangor-on-Dee on Saturday despite spending more time on the road than ideal over the previous 24 hours. With FORWARD PLAN running another sound race by collecting almost £12,000 for finishing second in a Class 2 novice handicap Chase at Ayr it was another rewarding day

A double at Exeter’s evening meeting on Friday took our total for the season to 37 winners! That’s a new record score for the yard and a welcome achievement after the frustration earlier in the day of taking four horses to Fontwell before withdrawing them with the ground a fair bit quicker than had been

The 5-2-Follow leader board has just been updated .. and we’ve got a new front runner!! With just over two weeks of the competition left it’s getting close! All this rain is meaning we still have a large number of horses in training with plenty still to run! It’s also an exciting weekend for the

COQUELICOT extended the fine form form of our team with a decisive success on her handicap debut on the flat at Nottingham in the colours of our yard sponsor Geegeez.co.uk. In winning the two mile handicap by four lengths from the favourite Tuddenham Green she was providing my first victory on the flat for more

SOMESPRING SPECIAL lived up to her name with a stylish first success in a Mares’ Novices’ Handicap Hurdle at Fontwell on Monday in the colours of the Yeo Racing Partnership. An attractive five year old by WESTERNER out of a mare who won three times, she has progressed steadily this season and made all the

BLACKJACK MAGIC bounced back to form with a fluent victory under top weight off a mark of 128 in a £12,000 Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase at Uttoxeter on Saturday. A fortnight ago in a competitive race over the same course he was on the back foot after a mistake and was eventually pulled up by