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You can now choose your horses and enter this years 5-2-follow competition! All details can be found here It is a fun competition that also raises money for a very worthy and necessary charity “ The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance” You can have as many goes as you like so don’t be shy ? […]

We enjoyed perfect weather for our annual Owners’ day on Saturday with around 250 friends and supporters present for the parade of 62 horses including some interesting unraced youngsters. Given that most of ours will not be running for another month or so they looked in great condition and top marks to our staff who

FANFARON DINO bounced back from a short break with a decisive victory in a two mile handicap hurdle at Worcester on Thursday in the colours of JP McManus. I was very happy to see the rain ease ground conditions because he has always travelled and jumped well on soft going. Richie McLernon gave Fanfaron Dino

FAROUK DE CHENEAU completed an impressive hat-trick since joining us with another clear-cut success in a £13,650 novice handicap Chase at Newton Abbot in the colours of Owners Group 049.He was continuing the fine form of our team who are making good use of safe ground at this time of year after so much rain.

FOUNTAINSPINKLADY delivered our eighth winner of the season with a fluent success from the front in a Mares’ Open National Hunt Flat Race at Newton Abbot on Monday ridden by Sam Twiston-Davies in the colours of the Fountains Partnership. I know the family well, having pre-trained her dam Fountains Crumble who won five times. I’ve

FAROUK DE CHENEAU doubled his score for us with a thoroughly pleasing victory in a valuable Class 3 handicap Chase at Newton Abbot on Tuesday over two miles five furlongs in the colours of Owners Group 49. He seems to have turned a corner since arriving at Potwell, and is such a clever jumper that

FANFARON DINO delivered our sixth winner of the month with a late flourish that took him into the lead a few yards from the line in the colours of JP McManus. He was given a determined ride by Richie McLernon who had him handily placed on the inner behind the leaders before playing his cards

JUGGERNAUT extended our good start to the new season with his first success in a maiden hurdle at Ffos Las on Saturday evening in the colours of Martyn Chapman and Gill Langford. With the odds on favourite pulling up it probably wasn’t the strongest of races but Juggernaut did a lot right and ridden by

A treble from three runners was a great way to enjoy a warm evening at Fontwell on Thursday. SOMESPRING SPECIAL was the first to strike in the opening race on the card, a recent recruit FAROUK DE CHENEAU was then successful an hour later before PURE THEATRE completed a tremendous three timer with a willing

DOCTOR FOLEY provided our first winner of the season as he continued his progression over fences with a cosy victory at Fontwell on Wednesday in a Class 5 handicap Chase over three and a quarter miles. Given that he was keener than ideal when winning on his Chase debut at Bangor last month I was