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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 […]

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

I was delighted to see CAPTAIN CLAUDE make a winning debut over fences at Fontwell on Sunday in a Class 5 handicap over two and three quarter miles in the colours of Decimus Racing V. He jumped very well and was given a good ride by Ben Godfrey who produced him with a strong late

We enjoyed a brilliant afternoon at Wincanton on Saturday with a high profile double from BLACKJACK MAGIC in the £70,000 Badger Beer Handicap Chase and GOOD LOOK CHARM who landed the £35,000 mares handicap hurdle named after my mentor Richard Barber. Both were very well ridden by Rex Dingle who is building up an impressive

CREDO made a highly pleasing return to action with a fluent success in the £24,000 Court Stud Handicap Chase over three and a quarter miles at Wincanton on Sunday in the colours of Potwell Racing Syndicate II. She is a cracking mare, not overly big, but loves jumping fences and was given a fine patient

Cape Vidal completed a rewarding two days for the team at Fontwell with an impressive first victory over hurdles in the colours of Potwell Racing Syndicate III which is run by two of our loyal supporters Martyn Chapman and Gill Langford. It followed the success at the same track 24 hours earlier of Brookie on

BROOKIE made the perfect start for the yard with a fluent success in a handicap hurdle at Fontwell on Friday off a mark of 120 ridden by Sam Twiston-Davies. He was previously trained by Tony Martin in Ireland before joining us six weeks ago. He won his maiden hurdle last November and has since run

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