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Fountains Chief completed a hat-trick of victories inside a month under a double penalty in a three mile novice hurdle at Uttoxeter on Monday. He led throughout, jumping well apart from a mistake at the third last and kept on in a pleasing manner to beat Armchair Farmer by two lengths. The runner up was

CAPE VIDAL made the perfect start on his racecourse debut with an impressive victory from the front in the EV Towers Open National Hunt Flat Race at Ffos Las late on Saturday evening. An athletic, robust type he has had his share of issues over the past seven months but he has always looked an

FOUNTAIN’S CHIEF doubled his score for the month of May with a runaway success under a penalty in a novice hurdle over two and a half miles at Worcester on Friday evening. In the absence of the obvious danger Sporty Jim he started at the prohibitive odds of 1-33. I doubt if any of ours

Tim Frost’s relentless pursuit of equine excellence was deservedly honoured at the TBA’s annual NH Breeders’ Awards dinner on Monday night in Doncaster. The choice of Tims’s homebred ten year old Sam Brown for the Shade Oak Stud trophy for leading chaser in 2021-2022 was warmly received. No wonder. He has progressed each season and

FOUNTAINS CHIEF gained our first success of the new season with a dominant triumph ridden by Rex Dingle in a Class 4 maiden hurdle over two and three quarter miles at Fontwell on Wednesday evening. Keen throughout, he led from start to finish in the colours of the Fountains Partnership, was notably strong at the

LILITH gained the biggest success of her career with a decisive victory in the £30,000 Close Brothers Irish EBF Mares’ Handicap Chase over an extended two and a half miles at Punchestown on Thursday evening. And I was pleased that  some of the Decimus VI Syndicate, owners of Lilith, could be there yesterday to celebrate

MIDNIGHT CALLISTO gained her second success of the campaign with a fluent victory from the front in the Class 4 Happy 90th Birthday John Barnett Mares’ Handicap Hurdle at Stratford on Sunday in the colours of our long time supporter Gill Langford. Rex Dingle sensibly kept things simple as he took her into the lead

Sam Brown gained by far the biggest success of his career with a stunning victory in the £56,270 Betway Handicap Chase at Aintree on Saturday. I’m over the moon for his enthusiastic owner breeder Tim Frost who lives not far from us and puts so much time, thought and energy into producing proper National Hunt

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Rubys Reward gained a deserved first success over hurdles at Fontwell on Friday in a Class 5 handicap hurdle over three and a quarter miles in the colours of the Brambles partnership. As her dam Cresswell Ruby won five times over a trip we were hopeful of a decent performance now that she was going