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Happy Shopper
It's not often that I go horse shopping and everyone is happy with what I come home with but for once there were smiles all round as the ramp on the horse box dropped and the new arrivals revealed...
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Debut gold for Luke and Attain
Our new apprentice Luke Rowe got off to the best possible start for us by winning on his first ride for the stable when steering Attain to victory last night at Lingfield. Luke has settled in well...
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Dakota destroys them!
Lingfield on a Saturday night seems to be the place to be as we made it another winning weekend at the Surrey venue after Dakota City put in an astonishing display to lose his maiden tag.Disappointing...
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Dakota, Diamond and Dingle
Unfortunately Dakota City couldn't quite make it three winning Saturdays in a row yesterday but his second-place finish was another great run and it proved that wearing a visor really is the key to...
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Back to business
We arrived back from Ireland today, hence the late blog, and had a lovely time seeing friends and checking out foals and yearlings before they go to the sales next year. It is an annual thing and the...
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On track at Yarmouth
We finally made a return to our lucky course Yarmouth this morning as the track hosted a gallops day to test out the resurfaced turf. Overall, everyone was happy with the condition of the course and it...
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Flat out
We look set fair for a busy week coming up with runners almost everyday and with the horses rattling the till at the moment, hopefully one can get its head in front.Starting on Monday, Attain goes down...
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Delighted Yarmouth is back!
It was great to finally get back racing at our lucky track Yarmouth yesterday as the course reopened its gates for the first time this year after repair work to the turf was carried out. There was a...
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Into full swing
Our first owners' golf day proved to be a great success today and I can't thank those of you that came enough. The action on the course sounded competitive yet fun and the barbecue at the yard after...
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Firstly I mustn't forget to remind you all that this Sunday is the annual Newmarket Open Day. As you all know, anyone is welcome to visit our yard anytime of the year but if you've been meaning to come...
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Open all hours!
Thank you to everyone who came to our yard this morning as part of the Newmarket Open Day. We never expect a great number of people as we are open to the public all year round and a bit off the beaten...
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Well done Adam!
As we had no runners on Saturday, I could (after all the morning yard work, office jobs and owner entertaining had been done!) enjoy an afternoon in my arm chair enjoying a good day's racing and I'm...
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Allez Feilden!
If last week's blog qualified as being international because it came from Scotland then this week's most definitely is as it comes to you via Paris. John and I have been meaning to go to the Arc at...
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Biscuit at the double!
What an unbelievable couple of weekends it has been for our jockey Adam Beschizza. After a memorable win in the Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket a fortnight ago, he only went and won the...
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Candesta a maiden no more!
After such a great Autumn for him, it was good of our jockey Adam Beschizza to rub a bit of his luck off on us this week as he gave Candesta a peach of a ride to win at Kempton on Wednesday night. I...
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You can always rely on Ducky!
I'm sure The Ducking Stool needs no introduction to any of you as she is firmly a yard favourite and she put a smile on all our faces on Friday by winning at Newbury. Going into the race, we were a bit...
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Motoring on with some new recruits
The bandwagon kept rolling on this week as Automotive made it a third winning week in a row with a cosy success at Wolverhampton. He seems to be a lot happier on the all-weather nowadays as the ground...
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Girls on top!
I've always been a big believer in the ability of female jockeys and have always been keen to give the girls a chance when the situation allows, so it was great to see Michelle Payne prove she is more...
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RIP Pat
It filled me with great sadness this week to learn of the death of Pat Eddery. On a professional level, he was an exceptional jockey, as all his success testifies. His career was winding down by the...
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Looking ahead
We didn't get the winner we were hoping for last week with Dakota City going closest at Kempton. It was a shame Meddling couldn't make her comeback from a break a winning one but I'm keen to get her...
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