Sophie Fooks

Tim Frost’s relentless pursuit of equine excellence was deservedly honoured at the TBA’s annual NH Breeders’ Awards dinner on Monday night in Doncaster. The choice of Tims’s homebred ten year old Sam Brown for the Shade Oak Stud trophy for leading chaser in 2021-2022 was warmly received. No wonder. He has progressed each season and […]

FOUNTAINS CHIEF gained our first success of the new season with a dominant triumph ridden by Rex Dingle in a Class 4 maiden hurdle over two and three quarter miles at Fontwell on Wednesday evening. Keen throughout, he led from start to finish in the colours of the Fountains Partnership, was notably strong at the

LILITH gained the biggest success of her career with a decisive victory in the £30,000 Close Brothers Irish EBF Mares’ Handicap Chase over an extended two and a half miles at Punchestown on Thursday evening. And I was pleased that  some of the Decimus VI Syndicate, owners of Lilith, could be there yesterday to celebrate

MIDNIGHT CALLISTO gained her second success of the campaign with a fluent victory from the front in the Class 4 Happy 90th Birthday John Barnett Mares’ Handicap Hurdle at Stratford on Sunday in the colours of our long time supporter Gill Langford. Rex Dingle sensibly kept things simple as he took her into the lead

Sam Brown gained by far the biggest success of his career with a stunning victory in the £56,270 Betway Handicap Chase at Aintree on Saturday. I’m over the moon for his enthusiastic owner breeder Tim Frost who lives not far from us and puts so much time, thought and energy into producing proper National Hunt

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Rubys Reward gained a deserved first success over hurdles at Fontwell on Friday in a Class 5 handicap hurdle over three and a quarter miles in the colours of the Brambles partnership. As her dam Cresswell Ruby won five times over a trip we were hopeful of a decent performance now that she was going

Serious Charges completed a stylish hat-trick at Uttoxeter on Saturday in the colours of the Potwell Racing Syndicate III. He has progressed nicely this season, gained his first success at Exeter in January, won again at Fontwell six weeks ago and readily saw off a decent field to complete the treble in the £15,000 Optimum

FANFARON DINO bounced back to form with a pleasing success over hurdles at Fontwell on Wednesday in the colours of JP McManus. We have taken our time with him since he finished distressed after a disappointing first run over fences at Lingfield. When we ran some tests afterwards we discovered his heart was jumping around

LILITH gained an overdue first success over fences at Newbury on Friday at the eighth attempt in the colours of the very patient Decimus VI syndicate. While I was taking a bit of a chance turning her out so quickly after she finished third at Plumpton on Monday, she is as hard as nails and