Blackjack Magic delivered our first winner of the New Year with a fluent round of jumping in a £18,000 Limited Novice Handicap Chase Exeter on Tuesday. He won twice over hurdles last winter in testing conditions when trained by Jack Barber and joined us when he handed in his licence. It wasn’t the plan to […]
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COQUELICOT doubled her score for the season with a determined success from the front in the Goffs Tingle Creek Sale Mares’ Handicap Hurdle (Challenger Mares’ Series Qualifier) at Sandown on Saturday. Now that her jumping has improved so much she is really fulfilling her potential over hurdles and has given her enthusiastic owners two fantastic
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I was delighted to see COQUELICOT (pronounced “cock-lee-co” !!) gain a fluent success from the front in the Mariner Systems Mares’ Handicap Hurdle at Ascot on Saturday under a lovely ride from Rex Dingle. We’ve always thought a fair bit of this attractive mare since her rewarding bumper campaign. But she took her time to
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We enjoyed a fine double at Chepstow on Thursday with both FIRESTREAM and CREDO winning with plenty to spare. First to strike was Firestream ridden by Aidan Coleman in the Spectra Group Maiden Hurdle over just shy of two and a half miles. He did quite a lot of schooling in the spring before we
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It was good to see two of our horses dominate the Get Your RacingTV Free Trail Mares’ Novices’ Handicap Chase at Warwick on Wednesday. SWINCOMBE FLEAT won decisively in the end but for much of the race LILY THE PINK matched strides with her as they jumped soundly ahead of Walk In Clover who never
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TROJAN HORSE gained his first success for our team with a fluent victory in the £10,000 Caz & Tim Cobbold 60th Birthday Juvenile Hurdle at Fontwell on Sunday, under Rex Dingle. Helen, who looks after him at home had him looking a picture, winning the Best Turned Out award too. He was sent to us
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KILBEG KING left quite an impression with a stylish winning debut over hurdles in testing ground at Ffos Las on Sunday ridden by Aidan Coleman. A gorgeous looking type by Doyen he was returning from an absence of 596 days after suffering a tendon problem last year. Although he had done plenty of work he
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FORWARD PLAN gained his deserved first success with a fluent victory in the long distance Chichester Foodbank Handicap Hurdle at Fontwell on Friday in the colours of The Steeplechasers syndicate. I was thinking of switching him straight to fences this season but felt there was unfinished business over hurdles and found an ideal race for
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SAILING GRACE made the perfect start to her career with a narrow success at Newton Abbot on Saturday in the Happy 70th Birthday Ian Weaver Junior “National Hunt” Hurdle. It’s a welcome new series for unraced three year olds and I’ve had the one at Newton Abbot earmarked for Sailing Grace for a few weeks.
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