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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

Looking at Our Horses for Sale — A Summary from the Yard We’ve got an exciting selection of horses available for purchase or syndication here at Anthony Honeyball Racing, and we wanted to share a quick update on what’s currently on offer — whether you’re considering joining a syndicate or buying a horse outright. You

FOR SALE – 4YO BAY GELDING (IN TRAINING) Horse: Unnamed 4-year-old bay gelding Sire: Yorgunnabelucky (USA) Dam: Duo de Choc (IRE) Sale Offered Due to: the sad passing of his owner, J Grant Cann. The late Grant Cann (Jack Grant Cann) was a well-known figure in the National Hunt community — a successful amateur rider

We enjoyed a double in the two divisions of the mares’ novice hurdle at Fontwell on Sunday with a pair of promising types we bought on the same day in June 2023 at the Goffs Arkle sale. They took our score for this season to 35 and lifted us into tenth place in the trainers’

CREST OF STARS made all the running on his way to a decisive success on his second start over hurdles at Taunton on Thursday in the colours of Crest Racing X who are big supporters of our yard. He took our score for the season to 33 at a strike rate of 20% with a

A double at Windsor provided the perfect start to 2026 for a team. Fountains Blenhein and Easy Love both won tidily before Bailly’s Comet completed a rewarding afternoon by finishing a close third in a highly competitive junior bumper at Cheltenham. That took the prize money earned by our horses this season to just shy

The decisive triumph of Dartmoor Pirate in a £30,000 Class 3 novice handicap chase at Lingfield on Sunday came as a timely tonic after the frustration of seeing two of our horses both beaten by a whisker in valuable races twenty-four hours earlier. He was our 30th winner of the campaign which has seen our