We waved goodbye last week to JEPECK who has been retired at the age of fourteen after a stellar career. He was an absolute pleasure to train, a horse whose constitution was closer to iron than flesh and bone and rarely saw a vet. Jepeck won ten of his nineteen Point-to-Points, plus three times over […]
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GABRIEL’S GETAWAY doubled his score over fences in the space of 2 weeks, with a cosy victory at Lingfield on Monday in the two mile Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 Handicap Chase worth almost £8,000 to the winner. It wasn’t plain sailing though as Tom Cannon pinched a clear lead on Madiba Passion but
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GABRIEL’S GETAWAY put in an assured round of jumping, ridden by Rex Dingle, on his way to a commanding victory on his first start over fences at Taunton on Tuesday in a the Stables Business Park Novice Handicap Chase off a mark of 89. He has always been a very sound jumper at home, a
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We enjoyed the quickest of trebles inside fifty minutes on Monday with KILBEG KING and WINDANCE winning successive races at Fontwell before LILITH completed the hat-trick at Carlisle. I was delighted to see Kilbeg King back in the winning groove under a penalty in The Cazoo Novices Hurdle over two and three quarter miles ridden
CROSS COUNTRY TREBLE . . . . . . Read More »
FORWARD PLAN gained his second success from three starts over fences this season with a cosy victory in a 0-115 handicap at Southwell on Sunday in the colours of the Steeplechasers. He was heading in the right direction last season and is proving quietly progressive on a nice gradual upward curve. Ground, trip and the
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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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