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This week’s action has been away from the track, with Newmarket buzzing as the Tattersalls Yearlings Sale gets underway. The global economic crisis had done little to stifle the big buyers and a...

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JAGGER proved his consistency last week, finishing third behind MESHTRI at Haydock, he ran on well, and may have finished second if he hadn’t been interfered with in the closing stages. GOOD AGA...

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We start a busy weekend with a runner at Wolverhampton this evening, we are hoping that CONFIDE IN ME can get his nose in front tonight and get the weekend off to a good start.Tomorrow we have two run...

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BAHARAH has returned from Leopardstown in good health, having run admirably in very wet conditions in the Matron Stakes last Sunday. She has come out of the race well and is being eased back into her ...

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BAHARAH is set to take her chance in the Matron tomorrow with Robert Winston in the saddle, however the heavy rain over the past 48 hours may force Leopardstown to abandon. An inspection is being held...

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JAGGER was an impressive winner at Great Leighs on Thursday, under a great ride from apprentice Tolley Dean. It was JAGGERS first win since returning from a stint Down Under and he looked as if he tho...

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Saturday was a busy morning preparing our two fillies for Goodwood and Windsor. PACHATTACK stepped up in class for the Group 3 Prestige Stakes at Goodwood. Frankie Dettori had ridden her at work durin...

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We had a busy weekend with BEAUCHAMP WIZARD winning at Kempton on Friday and an encouraging run by JAGGER at Newbury.  We had four runners yesterday with JAFARU being claimed following his fourth...

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We had a great start to Glorious Goodwood with PACHATTACK winning the EBF New Ham Fillies’ Stakes in great style under Frankie Dettori. Gerard was delighted with the filly ... “She is a go...

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We have a quiet start to the week, with no runners at Goodwood on Tuesday or Wednesday. But the action starts on Thursday with PACHATTACK who is entered in the EBF New Ham Maiden Fillies Stakes over s...

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GOOD AGAIN was an impressive winner of the Maiden Fillies race at Ascot today, finishing late to defy  the favourite and looking as if she can go on an improve again for this run.  Gerard wa...

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Our action over the weekend is concentrated at Newbury and we have three intended runners.FANTASY PRINCESS runs in a competitive fillies handicap, I am very pleased with her progress since her last ru...

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It was nice to see so many of you at Cadland Stables this week and we were very fortunate with the weather. Surprisingly enough there were not many in attendance at first lot! As you can see we have h...

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I am pleased with the way the horses have been running over the past week. AGENTE PARMIGIANO was a bit disappointing at Salisbury last weekend, but he is doing fine.We are planning to have a couple of...

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I was relatively happy with the runners this week. Most of them ran up to expectations, with LAAHIG showing a lot if grit and determination to get up on the line at Carlisle. BEAUCHAMP VICEROY was a b...

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BAHARAHI was a bit disappointed by BAHARAH’s run at Royal Ascot on Wednesday. The race probably came too soon for her after her great effort at Epsom, but she will now have a break and be aimed ...

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We have our first runner at Royal Ascot on Wednesday, BAHARAH in the Windsor Forest Stakes, we are expecting a good run from her. We also intend to run JADALEE on the final day of Royal Ascot in the D...

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This weekend we have two runners making their debut, CANYON COLOURS at Sandown and BEAUCHAMP WONDER at Lingfield. We are also intending to run JAFARU in a handicap at Lingfield on Saturday night, over...

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It is with great sadness that we have to inform you that JACK SULLIVAN has been retired from racing. He suffered a career ending injury in his last race at Lingfield in May, and on consultation with t...

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Our runners for this weekend include BAHARAH in the Princess Elizabeth Stakes at Epsom, which is a Group 3 race over a mile for fillies and mares, and looks on paper to be a good opportunity for her. ...

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I was relatively pleased with the way Agente Romano ran at Wolverhampton the other night.  He seemed to stay on quite nicely and we will see what the handicapper does with him before deciding his...

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Finally after endless trips up and down the M25/M11 over the last few months we have decided to sign a lease at Cadland House Stables.  It is owned by Mick Ryan who trained the Famous Katies and ...

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I have been very pleased with the way both Baharah and Dansant have settled into their temporary environment in Dubai.  The weather has been exceptionally hot and we have been taking them out ear...

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Baharah and Dansant both left the UK last Thursday for Dubai in preparation for the World Cup Meeting in Dubai.  I’m pleased to say they arrived safely and have travelled very well.  &...

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The Winter Derby at Lingfield on Saturday is the climax for the All Weather season and we are all very proud and privileged to have a filly like Silver Pivotal running.  It is also a great honour...

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Jack Sullivan won the Lady Wulfruna Stakes at Wolverhampton on Saturday and his performance has surely shown his versatility.  He could now be invited to run in the Godolphin Mile, and if this is...

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We are making a very strong bid to win the Lady Wulfruna Stakes at Wolverhampton on Saturday.  We have both Bonus and Jack Sullivan carrying the flag for us.  It is something that we do not ...

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Hopefully you will have checked our results for last Saturday and will have seen that from our trio of runners we had 2 winners and a third place.  Bonus ran a very creditable race in the Cleve S...

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Tomorrow we have 3 runners at Lingfield, starting with Bonus who runs in the Cleve Stakes.  He seems to be in good form and has had a short but refreshing break.  I will be very positive abo...

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This weekend is a quiet one for Churn Stables but we are looking forward to the week ahead.    Starting on Wednesday at Kempton, Jagger is geared up to make his 2008 reappearance, and I am v...

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   Just to let you know our running plans for the forthcoming weeks….  Starting with Baharah, I am glad to say that she has come out of the Kempton race in good shape.  We a...

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We were very pleased with the way that Baharah performed last week at Wolverhampton, and after her win the step up into listed company is a natural progression.  We are very hopeful of a good run...

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This afternoon at Wolverhampton we run Baharah in the Conditions race at 4pm.  It looks a tricky race but we are hopeful of a good run and  Hayley Turner rides.  Then this evening at Ke...

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Website Update 18 January 2008   Bonus is running tomorrow at Lingfield at 3pm.  It is a very good opportunity for him and we are hopeful of a good run.  Hayley Turner takes the ride.&n...

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Website Update 4 January 2008   Happy New Year to you all!  We ended 2007 on a good note with 35 winners and several placings, and we are very much looking forward to the new 2008 season and...

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Last Saturday at Kempton proved to be successful with Mr Penser's filly Baharah winning the Azure Conditions Stakes very nicely on only her 3rd ever racecourse appearance.  Dansant then made ...

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Please accept our apologies for the lack of recent information and updates on our website. We have been working on a new improved site which you can see is now live.Meanwhile, this Saturday, the 24th ...

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We started this week with Blackat Blackitten winning nicely at Kempton on Monday ridden by Eddie Ahern.  This was his second win from only 5 starts.We have a few runners this weekend at Ascot.&nb...

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Last week Dansant won very nicely at Doncaster to land the Ladbrokes Mallard Stakes over 1m 6f.  He was given a confident ride by young William Buick and connections all round were very pleased.W...

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Last Saturday Bonus ran at Lingfield and was 3 rd beaten in a 3 way photo which was very frustrating as it did look like he had his nose in front and had won! However it was a pleasing run as he has n...

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Next week we will be active over at Keeneland Sales looking to purchase a few yearlings for some new partnerships. If you are interested in becoming involved please do not hesitate to get in touch. ...

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Jack Sullivan rounded off the Bank Holiday weekend with a win at Warwick on Monday.  He has come out of his race well and it was good to see him back in the winning enclosure having been so ill e...

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We started this week with Rhuepunzel winning very nicely at Windsor under Nicky Mackay. She has now won 3 from 4 starts since joining us here at Churn Stables. Jack Sullivan made a reappeara...

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I am pleased to say that last Saturday Risque Heights won very nicely at Lingfield under George Baker.  He runs tomorrow back on the turf at Newbury over 1m 2f and we have booked George to ride a...

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We have 2 runners tomorrow. All the Good runs at Haydock in the Old Newton Cup over 1m 3f ridden by Nicky Mackay. We have left the blinkers off him as at Goodwood he ran too free with them on. We also...

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Special AnnouncementNAYYIR RETIRES It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I announce the retirement of Nayyir. He has had a fantastic career with wins in the Lennox Stakes (Group 2) x 2, Ch...

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Tomorrow we have declared Muhannak to run at Windsor over 1m 2f with Stephen Carson to ride. On Sunday we have 2 runners, Stark Contrast (Stephen Carson) at Chester in a 1m 2f handicap, and Passing Ho...

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Tomorrow we have declared Muhannak to run at Windsor over 1m 2f with Stephen Carson to ride.  On Sunday we have 2 runners, Stark Contrast (Stephen Carson) at Chester in a 1m 2f handicap, and Pass...

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On Saturday World’s Heroine ran very well and was 2nd on her seasonal bow beaten only a neck. Hopefully she will continue to progress and we will see her back in the winners enclosure soon. ...

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The weather yet again has been unpredictable. Bonus did not run at Hamilton due to the rain softened ground and neither did Nayyir at Chester. This weekend we had been hoping to run Nayyir at Newbury ...

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After a weekend without runners we have sent out a few this week. On Monday Nimra ran very well at Musselburgh despite having to switch off the rail as she made her final run to finish 2nd, and Compto...

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Unfortunately this week the weather has not improved and we have had very few runners. Yesterday at Sandown there was a deluge of rain changing the going to soft. Dansant ran very well i...

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We are looking forward to Bonus running at Royal Ascot tomorrow in the Wokingham Stakes. He has been drawn 17 and Eddie Ahern has been booked to ride. It is however a very large field and we will be h...

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Last weekend, we had a number of runners at various meetings. Nayyir was very disappointing in his race at Goodwood but Jafaru put in another good performance to finish 2nd in the handicap at the end ...

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We are very pleased to welcome our new yard sponsors, XLinsurance on board at Churn Stables, and are looking forward to a successful year. We have our first runner under XLinsurance this eve...

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Last weekend we had 2 winners from 3 runners. On Friday night Passing Hour won a Maiden Fillies race at Goodwood over 1 mile and All the Good won at Musselburgh over 1m 6f. It was pleasing to see him ...

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I am pleased to say that last Friday Polyquest made her debut for Churn Stables a winning one at Pontefract, and today Jafaru won at Chepstow, to add to his Hamilton win. Tomorrow we run Tra...

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Tomorrow evening we have 2 runners at Pontefract. We have Polyquest having her first run for us in a Fillies Handicap over 1m 2f ridden by Hayley Turner, and Leon Knights in a 1 mile handicap ridden b...

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Last Friday I am pleased to report that our 3 runners all ran very well, with Passing Hour finishing 3rd at Chester and both Jafaru and Maysarah winning at Hamilton Park. Jafaru stuck his ne...

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Tomorrow Passing Hour makes her 2007 debut at Chester in a Maiden Fillies race over 7 furlongs. We then have 2 runners at Hamilton’s evening meeting. Jafaru will be wearing blinkers and runs in ...

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This week we have run a few of our very nice 3 year olds with some of them making their racecourse debuts, and I am pleased to say that they have mostly made an encouraging start. We have had one winn...

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We have had a bit of a disappointing week with our runners although most of them have run well. Leon Knights found the pace of the race at Epsom yesterday too slow and was staying on well at...

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I am pleased to say that Silver Pivotal won very nicely on Tuesday at Wolverhampton. She has been pleasing us over the winter months at home and she will come on for this run. Stark Contrast...

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I am pleased to say that Jack Sullivan is making a slow but steady recovery after his very high temperature and respiratory infection. We will try and prepare him for the Diomed at Epsom. Bo...

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Unfortunately Jack Sullivan was found to have a high temperature prior to exercise this morning and a subsequent Blood Profile revealed the onset of a possible respiratory infection, so we have unfort...

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On Saturday we will have 2 runners at Lingfield. Beauchamp Viceroy is having his first run since winning at Wolverhampton on 29 December. He has been training very well and is forward in his coat. He ...

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Nayyir has been declared for the Zabeel Mile at Nad al Sheba on Thursday. There are 10 horses declared and he will be ridden by Eddie Ahern. This will be his first run since he arrived in Dubai as he ...

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I was disappointed that Nayyir did not get a run on Thursday at Nad al Sheba, and my plan now is to run both Nayyir and Bonus on Thursday 8th March. We worked Jack Sullivan at Kempton on Wed...

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I am pleased to say that both Nayyir and Bonus arrived in Dubai safe and sound after their flight on Sunday. They have settled in well to their new environment and Nayyir is on course to run next Frid...

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We have entered Bonus to run at Lingfield this Saturday in a 6 furlong handicap. This is as part of his preparation for his trip to Dubai where the plan is that he will have his first run on 1 st Febr...

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We have run Beauchamp Viceroy 3 times since the last update and I am pleased to report that he won twice and was 2 nd . His last run was on the 29 th December over 7 furlongs and he won very nicely. W...

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We will run Beauchamp Viceroy at Wolverhampton on Thursday in a 5 furlong Novice Stakes, and if all goes well and he comes out of the race OK he will also run on the Friday again at Wolverhampton. He ...

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I am happy to report that Jack Sullivan is now back in work, having spent the last few months swimming, and going on the water treadmill and spa. He is now in training in preparation for a return trip...

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On Saturday our stable favourite Nayyir won the Churchill Stakes at Lingfield for us which in fact is the fifth time we have won this race in the last 7 years! Nayyir has come out of his race very wel...

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After a season of more lows than highs, we finished off on a great note when All The Good won the totesport.com Willie Park Handicap at Musselburgh last Friday. He travelled well throughout the race a...

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On Saturday we have 4 runners. Nayyir has had a nice break since his last run and is on very good form. He runs at Newmarket in the Ben Marshall Listed race over 1m and he will be ridden by Eddie Aher...

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On Thursday, All the Good ran at Newmarket in a 1m 4f race and was placed 4th.  He didn't settle in the race as he usually would for some reason, but despite this he ran w...

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I was very pleased with the way that All the Good won last week. The trip suited him and he won very comfortably. I will be looking now to find another suitable opportunity for him in the next week or...

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We have All the Good running at Newmarket on Thursday (today) in a 1m 6f Handicap. I feel that the distance and ground will suit him and that he will run well. On Friday we have King Joshua and Nimra ...

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At the end of the first week of Keeneland Sales we have purchased a total of 3 yearlings, all of which are now for sale. They are as follows; LOT 548 “SE...

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This week I am busy at Keeneland Sales in the US, and so far have bought 2 yearlings and am planning on buying some more. I have bought Lot 658 a chesnut colt by Gulch out of Toberanama which I have b...

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On Saturday we have 3 runners at Kempton starting with Traditionalist ridden by Seb Sanders in the 2 year old Conditions Stakes over 7 furlongs. This will be his 2nd run and we are hoping that this wi...

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Last week started off with a winner from Beauchamp Viceroy at Wolverhampton. He was ridden by Frankie Dettori and won going away from the rest of the field. Newmarket could be his next appointment whe...

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Bayeux ended our cold spell when winning the John Smith’s Steward Cup at Hamilton. This was a very competitive race and he came off a strong pace to win comfortably under Nicky Mackay. The Inter...

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At our final attempt to have a winner at Glorious Goodwood, we were beaten a short head! Diktatorial ran for the 2 nd time at the meeting in the Vodafone Apprentice Stakes under Adam Kirby on Saturday...

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On Saturday we have 2 runners, Nayyir at York and Bayeux at Goodwood. Nayyir runs in the Group 3 Strensall Stakes over 1m 1f and will be ridden by Kevin Darley...

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We were very happy with the way that World's Heroine broke her maiden at York and also with King Joshua's second start back at Ascot where he really seemed to be back on track. These were both...

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This week we have sent out a few runners and picked up several placings without a win which has been a little frustrating. Our 2 nice fillies Tafiya and Shamila both finished 2 nd this week, and Best ...

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We had 3 runners at Royal Ascot last week, with both Forgery and Bayeux putting up very good performances in large fields. Forgery was 7 th in the Royal Hunt Cup, running on strongly through horses an...

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Our first runner at Royal Ascot this year will be Forgery on Wednesday in the Royal Hunt Cup over 1 mile. He will be ridden by Keiran Fallon. On Thursday we hav...

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We are working some of our Royal Ascot horse tomorrow at Kempton. The runners will be headed by Bonus in the Wokingham, Bayeux in the Lockinge/Wokingham, Forgery in the Royal Hunt Cup and Compton Bolt...

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Last weekend saw us have our first runners for 3 weeks, and it was wonderful to come back with a winner! As I said before I was very disappointed with the per...

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I have decided to go pretty easy with a lot of our horses over the next week or 2. We had quite a few horses disappoint us last week for no particular reason and I just feel that they are not performi...

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The wind was let out of our sails with Bayeux’s showing on Saturday. We really thought he had a very good chance of going close in what was a very competitive race. However the ground seemed to ...

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We have quite an important weekend ahead of us with Bayeux running in the StanJamesUK.com Heritage Handicap on Saturday at Newmarket. Jamie Spencer rides him and he is drawn 12, which puts us in the m...

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I was delighted with Forgery winning The Spring Cup at Newbury on Saturday when given a good ride by Nicky McKay.  The Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot could now be on the agenda for him. ...

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To say the least we were quite disappointed with Nayyir's performance. The race didn't pan out very well for him and unfortunately he has not come out of the race very well. We have no set dat...

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Last week we were very quiet.  However this Saturday sees some of our nicer horses in action at Kempton, namely Nayyir and Tarfah, and we have Ringsider in the Roseberry Handicap.  Tarfah tr...

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We are pretty quiet with regard to runners at the moment. However, we did work a number of horses yesterday morning, namely Tarfah, Ringsider and All The Good. I was very pleased with the way these th...

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I have mixed feelings following our time in the desert last weekend when JACK SULLIVAN finished third in The Godolphin Mile at Nad Al Sheba. Although he would not have beaten the winner, it was very d...

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The Winter Derby ended up being quite a tough pill to swallow. I was glad to see Nayyir back in very good form but yet again he met trouble in running and didn't get his due rewards. I was quite a...

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We started off the week with Best Double who was second at Wolverhampton and then went one better on Tuesday when Bayeux won impressively at Lingfield when upped in distance from 5f to 6f.  On Th...

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I was very pleased to say the least that Nayyir was back in the winning circle again. After all his heavy battles it seemed unimaginable that he had not won since 2003. He has come out of the race ver...

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All our attention will be in Dubai this Thursday when Jack Sullivan makes his debut in the 2nd round of the Maktoum Challenge which he won last year. He travelled over last Thursday and after a few de...

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I was pleased with the runners at Lingfield and Wolverhampton this weekend. Penang Cinta opened his account on his first time in handicap company. I was very pleased with Bonus' win and thought th...

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We welcomed in the New Year with a nice winner in Super Frank. I was pleased to get another winner for his owner Alan Spence and I hope to do my bit in maintaining this run after a good year...

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As we fast approach the end of 2005 we have one milestone left for this year. On Wednesday 28 December, stable favourite, COMPTON BOLTER, makes his hurdling debut at Newbury. He has been schooling wel...

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As you probably know, JACK SULLIVAN was rather disappointing in the Breeders Cup on October 29th.   Why he performed as he did we are not quite sure.   We will have to regroup and aim for th...

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I was quite disappointed with NAYYIR's performance at Goodwood.   Thankfully BEAUCHAMP TRUMP gave us some reason to smile when winning on the same card.   I am not sure why Nayyir is no ...

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We headed into this week having made entries for JACK SULLIVAN in the Park Stakes and JAGGER in the Doncaster Cup.   I thought both would run well but unfortunately the rain softened ground compr...

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Since our last report the yard has hit a better patch of form.   Even though we didn't have a winner at York I was quite pleased with the way the horses performed, with the exception of Natal...

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At long last we got the monkey off our back on Monday evening when PRIME NUMBER won at Windsor. I can't say that the horses were not running well, just not winning! But I wasn't panicking in a...

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To say the least our week at Glorious Goodwood proved quite frustrating.  I thought that JACK SULLIVAN ran very wel...

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I write this update on the eve of the Glorious Goodwood Festival where we intend to be well represented. ...

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To say the least we were very disappointed with the way Jack Sullivan ran on Saturday. He had been training very well and we were mystified as to why he ran th...

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At the beginning of Ascot I thought we had two very good chances in LEAGUE ...

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