It was brilliant to see Sam Brown bounce back to form with a stirring victory in the Unibet Veterans Chase final at Warwick on Saturday. I’m delighted for his owner breeder Tim Frost who was present with his family to greet Sam afterwards. Sam Brown’s latest big race success came on a day when his […]
OUR SUPERSTAR VETERAN RETURNS TO HIS WINNING WAYS . . . . . . . Read More »
It was great to see CAPTAIN CLAUDE winning again under Ben Godfrey on Boxing Day, in the Handicap Chase at Fontwell. He’s now 2 wins from 2 runs over fences this season – unbeaten since making the switch. He won well last time out, also at Fontwell. This time we stepped him up in trip
BEN AND HIS CAPTAIN TRIUMPH AT FONTWELL YET AGAIN . . . . . . . . Read More »
Park Princess maintained the fine form of our team with an impressive winning debut in a mares’ bumper on testing ground at Newbury on Friday in the colours of Peter Jones and Diana Goodall. She settled nicely just behind the leaders, moved up to take command over a furlong out and readily stretched clear in
PRINCESS OF NEWBURY FOR THE DAY . . . . . . . . Read More »
DARTMOOR PIRATE made an eye-catching impression with an eleven lengths winning debut over hurdles at Wincanton on Tuesday in the colours of the twelve strong Geegeez.co.uk XXII. An attractive type by Black Sam Bellamy out of a prolific Aga Khan mare he had shown some promise in his first bumper start, a valuable sales race
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FORWARD PLAN and Ben Godfrey shared the biggest win of their careers with a decisive victory in a Class 2 £50,000 Handicap Chase at Doncaster on Saturday in the colours of The Steeple Chasers. It was the second leg of another double for the yard with NORTON HILL successful half an hour earlier under top
A BUSY DAY FOR THE TEAM REWARDED WITH A DOUBLE . . . . . . . . Read More »
A double at Wincanton on Tuesday took our score for the season to twenty three. We came tantalisingly close to a treble on the day with Smart Casual nabbed on the line in a handicap hurdle at Fontwell by Thirtyfourthirty after looking all over the winner on the flat. BABY SHALLY was the first to
A WINCANTON DOUBLE . . . . . . . . . Read More »
We enjoyed a memorable double at Kempton on Monday with COQUELICOT providing our 400th winner as a trainer under both codes before BROOKIE took our score to 401 in the final race in the card. It’s been a fun journey for Rachael and I since our first success with Classic Fair at Taunton in December
COOKIE AND BROOKIE, THE KEMPTON DUO TAKE US OVER 400 WINNERS . . . . . . . . . . Read More »
The decision to run DEAR RALPHY again quickly after his narrow defeat at Plumpton on Monday was rewarded with a comfortable victory at Chepstow four days later in the colours of Jon Pike. It was frustrating that he was only just outgunned in a tight finish at Plumpton by a well handicapped horse with the pair
OUR DEAR RALPHY STEPS IT UP A GEAR . . . . . . . . Read More »
DOYEN FOR MONEY maintained the fine recent form of our team with a fluent success against a big field of handicappers hurdlers at Wincanton on Thursday. He’s a buzzy type of horse, always on the go, and was given a lovely patient ride by Sam Twiston-Davies who trailed the field for a circuit before starting
THIS DOYEN’S IN THE MONEY AGAIN . . . . . . . . . Read More »
Norton Hill took our score for the season to seventeen with a determined success from the front under top weight in a long distance handicap hurdle at Hereford on his second start since wind surgery. Congratulations to Jeremy & Sarah Barber and Anthony Norman – all great supporters of the yard! It was good to
NORTON AND SAMMY ARE A WINNING DUO . . . . . . Read More »
