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FERRET JEETER took our seasonal tally to 47 with an impressive victory on his chasing debut at Plumpton on Monday, running in the colours of Richard Matthews. It was particularly pleasing to see Richard’s patience rewarded after a challenging period. A tendon strain had previously kept the horse on the side lines for some time, […]

A double on Monday, coupled with two close seconds, maintained the excellent strike rate of our team on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival. We are now just two winners short of our best total of 48 winners achieved last season and hopefully we can keep up the current momentum for the rest of the

Time has finally run out for the Frost family’s marvellous veteran Sam Brown at the age of fourteen.

Another high-profile double at Doncaster shown live on ITV on Saturday took our score for the season to 44 winners. Our horses continue to run well and have earned prize money of almost £800,000 which now puts us in ninth place in the trainers’ table. Park Princess set the tone for the day with a

Another rewarding Saturday took the total prize money won by our horses this to almost £720,000.

Ferret Jeeter completed a productive 48 hours for our team with a clearcut success in the three mile conditional jockeys’ handicap hurdle at Plumpton on Monday in the colours of Richard Matthews. In providing our 41st victory of the season he was given a sound ride by Chad Bament who was able to claim an extra 3lbs

CRACKERJACQUE took our score for the season to forty with a determined success in a £15,000 two mile Novice Hurdle under a 6lbs penalty in deep ground on Saturday. It feels brilliant to reach that total by the end of January. Our horses continue to run well at a strike rate of 21% with four

WESTERN CHARM was a decisive winner on her second career start in a bumper on really deep ground at Wincanton on Thursday in the colours of Ron Huggins. He moved quickly to buy her from her breeder John Haydon in February 2024 after seeing her half-sister Stainsby Girl beat our smart mare Coquelicot in a

We enjoyed a high-profile double on Saturday with Jordans Cross winning by a whisker at Cheltenham before Dartmoor Pirate completed a superb afternoon for our team with an impressive success in the Great Yorkshire Chase at Doncaster shown live on ITV. We had targeted both races some time ago and it is lovely to see

CATCHINTSAVO justified his position as hot favourite with a pleasing first victory in a maiden hurdle over two miles, five furlongs at Ludlow on Thursday in the colours of the House Family Partnership. I first met Richard a few years ago when I was invited to play in the annual Injured Jockeys Fund golf tournament