Welcome to Brian Ellison Racing

15 April 2013

It has been a great first half of the month with 8 winners on the board. Musnad started the ball rolling winning at Wetherby followed by a winner a day for a week. Beaumonts Party at Newcastle, Dolphin Rock at Pontefract, Royal Opera at Catterick, Phase Shift at Ludlow, Discovery Bay at Wetherby and a quick follow up win by Beaumonts Party, this time at Doncaster.

1 April 2013

March ended on 10 winners thanks to Fleet Dawn and Danny Cook winning the Grassroots Hurdle Series Final at Haydock on Saturday. It could have been a fantastic cross card double if the line at Doncaster had come a stride later for Global Village in the Lincoln Handicap. He was beaten a nose in a thrilling finish!

28 March 2013

It was a good double for the team at Wetherby yesterday. Discovery Bay was having his first start for us and despite concerns for the going, he won in good style. Neptune Equester completed the double thanks to another great ride by Danny Cook. He now goes for the Scottish National.

22 March 2013

A great start to the 2013 flat season with Gouray Girl winning at Doncaster. Hoping for big runs from Global Village and Memory Cloth in tomorrows Lincoln, with conditions to suit both horses.

25 February 2013

Just over 2 weeks to the Cheltenham festival and the excitement is building in the yard. All being well, Viva Colonia,Totalize and Cape Explorer will be going with Neptune Equester, Stormy Weather, Yesyoucan, Ultimate being possibilities.
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15 February 2013

After his good win at Kelso yesterday, Totalize will be aimed for the Fred Winter at the Cheltenham festival.

11 February 2013

Delighted to announce that our first foal of the year was born this morning. Lily Lenor gave birth to her second filly foal (Monsieur Bond. Mother and daughter both doing well!

3 February 2013

Viva Colonia secured his place at Cheltenham when winning in good style at Musselburgh today, under a great ride by Danny Cook. He is entered in both the Arkle and the Grand Annual, with the Grand Annual looking the more likely.

30 January 2013

Yesterday at Doncaster Bloodstock Sales I purchased a former Darley horse, Palazzo Bianco, with targets of the Chester Cup and Northumberland Plate in mind! He has had time off since his last run due to an injury, but has now had the all clear. The 5yo arrived back in the yard last night and was gelded this morning! All he needs now is a nice new owner ... Ring me on 07785747426 if you are interested.

27 January 2013

Capellanus won today at Wolverhampton in a jumpers bumpers card. He has been disappointing over hurdles but seemed to enjoy himself back on the flat and won well.

25 January 2013

2012 gave us 95 winners which was our best year ever. Our aim is to keep improving with more winners and more horses. We are now well into January and have had a steady start with 5 winners on the board. Most of the horses are now back in training and the 2yo's are cantering away nicely. We have some exciting times ahead!

19 November 2012

It has been a quiet spell with winners (a few seconds) but Stormy Weather got us off the cold trainers list on Saturday when he made an impressive winning debut over fences at Wetherby. Bothy delighted us yesterday at Cheltenham when he gave his career best performance to finish 4th to Olofi. After missing last season due to injury, he was running off a stone higher mark but still ran his heart out. He is such a star! The new horses have all settled in well. Some are having a short break whilst the others have been pleasing with their work and schooling. We are looking forward to a few of them running soon.

1 November 2012

On October 26th, Local Present became our 85th winner of the year, breaking our record for the most winners in a year, set in 2011. We are now desperate to reach the 100 mark and Simonsides win at Aintree (at long odds) on the 28th made us one closer to our target. In our last update, we mentioned that we were heading to Newmarket sales to buy some future stars! Hopefully, we did just that! We bought 11 in total. They are, Mashaari, Twelve Strings, Totalize, Spanish Duke, Knightly Escapade, Sorcellerie, Becausewecan, Gouray Girl, Cape Explorer, Wyborne and True Prince. Winged Icarus and Sans Loi also joined us last week. Exciting times ahead!

23 October 2012

It has been nearly 3 months since we updated our website, so we have lots of 'latest' news. No excuses for not keeping up with the times, apart from we have been busy trying to train winners, building new stables and a jumping lane, and buying new horses. Since our last update we have had 32 winners bringing us to a total of 82 for the year. We are trying our very best to beat last years total of 84, so fingers crossed! We have been to the yearling sales at Doncaster and Tattersalls in Ireland and Newmarket and have been stocking up on new horses for next year. Some of these are still for sale, so contact us if you fancy a 2yr old for next season! We are also attending next week's Horses in Training sale in the search for a few new stars! We have some of our own horses going through the ring to hopefully make pennies to pay for them! Secret Destination, Majestic Breeze, Feeling Good, Certral, Rano Pano, Artisan, and Future Wonder, all of which can be seen prior to the sale if anyone is interested.(We would be more than happy to continue training them for any purchaser.) When we have a day which is not foggy or raining our photographer Louise Pollard will be taking photographs to update this site. Until then, our apologies for the lack of them. We will do our best to catch up soon.

2 August 2012

July was a fairly good month for the team. We had our 50th winner of the year with Soopacal and hit our 600 career mark with Majestic Breeze. A trip to Tattersalls Sales in Newmarket resulted in the purchase of 5 new horses. Calaf, Tappanappa, Flash Fox, Star Kingdom and Al Freej, all joined the string along with Porgy, Dolphin Rock, Dream Risk, Heroine Chic and Joyful Sound who were sent to us by their owners. On a sad note, Well Green broke his pelvis in a fall at Market Rasen and was sadly put to sleep. August started off with a winner when Florio Vincitorie completed a hat trick. We have a busy few days coming up, starting tomorrow with Memory Cloth at Goodwood, Soopacal and Christmas Light at Musselburgh, It's A Mans World at Thirsk and Rano Pano making her debut over hurdles at Bangor. Saturday takes us to Newmarket with Secret Destination and Stormy Weather, Doncaster with Calaf and at Newton Abbot, we have All That Remains and Quiet Route.

26 June 2012

June has been a good month for us so far, (fingers crossed we end it well)despite the awful weather conditions. With a mixture of flat and jumps, the tally for the month is 9 and with plenty of runners at Carlisle tomorrow and the next 3 days at Newcastle, we are praying that we can get into double figures by Saturday. This may be a difficult task as conditions are set to be very testing but we are out to give it our best shot. We are represented at Carlisle tomorrow by our beautiful 2yo filly, Secret Destination. Having been the bridesmaid on her last 2 starts, we are hoping she goes one better and gets the win she deserves. Amaze follows up on his maiden win at Ripon in the Carlisle Bell and Union Island is back on the flat after a couple of runs over hurdles and is our hope in the Cumberland Plate. Finally tomorrow, Best Trip is going for his hat trick after his nice win at Windsor last week. Looking ahead to Thursday .. we have a very special birthday celebration taking place as Brian hits the grand 'old' age of 60!It would make his day if he were to have a winner, especially if it came in the form of John Forbes(named after Brian's late Father!) Adding to the excitement of the day, we are really looking forward to the first run of our 2yo, Titus Titan for our new owners, Market Avenue Racing Club. We are delighted to welcome them into our yard and hope that we can have lots of success for them, with fun along the way.

13 May 2012

It was a fantastic day for the yard yesterday with Global Village winning the Victoria Cup at Ascot under a great ride by Tadhg O'Shea. Congratulations to delighted owners Jack Racing Melksham.
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12 May 2012

It has been a fairly good week for the team with only Pelmanism out of the first four placings. Last Saturday, Lifetime did the job nicely at Goodwood. Memory Cloth and Odins Raven, excellent seconds and Mon Brav ran well to finish third. Tuesday at Southwell, Lindoro followed up on his win last week. Lakeman and Feeling Good were second, Travis County and Hakuna Matata both showed improvement and finished third. At Catterick on Tuesday evening, Dontpaytheferryman was slightly dissapointing in third and Three White Socks in fourth. Kelso was called off after a late downpour... the horses had made the long trip North before the announcement was made...typical! Friday night was another long trip to Scotland, this time it was Hamilton.. which was on!However, Royal Opera only managed third place! Today, we are heading back down South...Ascot! Certral in the fillies race and Pravda Street and Global Village in the Victoria Cup, all with good chances. Tonight, it's Warwick with Dontpaytheferryman running back over hurdles and at Thirsk, Odins Raven who is hoping to go one better than his run last week.

5 May 2012

It has been a week of mixed emotions for us all at Spring Cottage. Starting with the tragic loss of Optimist who fractured his cannon bone whilst racing at Sedgefield on Tuesday. On Wednesday our mood was lifted with the confirmation from the vets that Chilly Filly and Mawjoodah have both scanned in foal. More very sad news on Thursday when we learned that Light Up My World, who we had retired due to a breathing problem, had become so poorly that the vets could not save him. Two gone, but two created... the circle of life! Thankfully, last night Lindoro, who was having his first run for us, won at Musselburgh under a great ride by Amy Ryan. We are hoping that we can keep up our lifted spirits with our runners today. Memory Cloth is in a tough race at Newmarket but goes in good form. Lifetime has a good chance at Goodwood. Mon Brav and Pelmanism are making their seasonal reappearances at Thirsk and are both fit and well, as is Odins Raven, who rounds off the day in the last at Doncaster.

29 April 2012

Red Inca could only manage 7th place so it wasn't the perfect end to the jumps season, however the season in general has been excellent and we finished the trainers championship in 19th place, with a 16% strike rate. Memory Cloth won as we hoped at Ripon. Another winner for owners, Racing Management and Training!

28 April 2012

Hoping to end a great National Hunt season with a good run from Red Inca at Sandown this afternoon. In the first race at Ripon, Memory Cloth, who should relish the ground, could also go close. Now that would be a nice double!

25 April 2012

We had 4 runners last night at Southwell. Lakeman ran in the claimer but it was his first run back from his holidays and he had a good blow after the race. Secret Destination showed she had improved on her disappointing first run and ran a cracker to finish 2 3/4l behind a well thought of colt, Storm Moon. Bring Sweets was slightly disappointing, having looked all over the winner turning into the straight, he didn't go on when asked and only managed a 3rd place. More was also expected of Travis County who only beat one home! Today, we are at Catterick with John Forbes and Majestic Breeze and expecting good runs from them both.

24 April 2012

It was Doncaster Horses in Training sales today. Marsh Warbler, Royal Opera and Dontpaytheferryman went into the ring but they didn't reach their reserve prices, so we happily brought them home, along with another new purchase, Spin Cast.

23 April 2012

We have today announced the retirement of Sound Accord who unfortunately sustained a tendon injury during his win at Haydock. A good home will now be found for him. Today was the breeze up sales at Doncaster and we are excited to have purchased a 2yr old colt by Holy Roman Empereror, out of, Ask For The Moon. He is a lovely, big strong colt who breezed up very nicely.

22 April 2012

We were delighted with Global Village who finished 3rd at Newbury and also Bocciani who was 2nd at Ayr yesterday. Pravda Street was badly hampered early in the race and had little chance there after and the jockey said that Rano Pano hated the very soft ground.

21 April 2012

Global Village is looking to follow up on his recent success at Leicester, when he runs today at Newbury in the Spring Cup. It is a step up in class but he came out of his race bouncing, so we are hopeful of a good run, despite his poor draw. Pravda Street is making his seasonal reappearence at Thirsk and Rano Pano runs tonight at Nottingham. Bocciani runs over hurdles at Ayr and should have a good chance.

19 April 2012

We were a bit disappointed with Secret Destination on her racing debut yesterday. She missed the break and never got competitive. At Cheltenham, Dusky Bob finished 5th. The race probably came too soon for him after Haydock and he will now be having a holiday. Amtired ran a cracker.. finishing 3rd, despite the ground being too soft for him. Today we only have 1 runner..Feeling Good, who is having his first run back on the grass, at Ripon, after his good start last time out on the all weather.

18 April 2012

Memory Cloth ran well at Southwell, finishing 3rd. Today we have our first 2yr old runner of the season, Secret Destination who is running at Beverley. She is a lovely natured filly and has had plenty of work, but it is a very hot race and she may just find one or two, too good for her. We also have a couple running over hurdles at Cheltenham, Dusky Bob, and Amtired, both in competitive races but both in good form at home.

17 April 2012

Memory Cloth is having his first run on the all weather today at Southwell. He is very well and if the takes to the surface, he would have a big chance. Good luck to owners, Racing Management & Training.

15 April 2012

Our first runner in the Grand National, Neptune Equester completed the race in 13th. He jumped every fence perfectly but was hampered at a couple and could never get competitive. We are very proud of him and delighted that he came home safe and sound. He is now out in the paddock having a well deserved holiday. Lifetime won at Newcastle, giving us our 3rd flat winner of the week.

14 April 2012

It was an excellent ride by Keiren Fallon, winning on Global Village at Leicester yesterday. Today.. its the big one! Neptune Equester in the Grand National. He may be a big priced outsider but he jumps and stays well and has been freshened up for the race. Whatever the outcome.. we just want him to come home safe and sound, along with the other 39 runners who will hopefully be following him over the line! We also have 3 running on the flat at Newcastle, all with competitive chances. Lets hope the team have a happy day!

13 April 2012

The yard is buzzing with excitement as we look forward to Neptune Equester running in tomorrow's Grand National at Aintree. He is the first runner we have had in the big race and we will be the first English yard to have had a runner in both the Melbourne Cup and the Grand National.... and for this we are very proud! (Please note today is Friday 13th.. not April 4th..a gremlin on the date section!)

12 April 2012

Chilly Filly delighted us, and owner, Dan Gilbert, winning yesterday at Catterick under a great ride from Barry McHugh. Majestic Breeze and Certral also ran well on their seasonal reappearances. Majestic was 3rd and Certral 2nd.

11 April 2012

Camerooney and Odins Raven both had their first runs of the season yesterday and ran well enough. The ground was too soft for Camerooney and it was Odin's first run since fracturing a bone in his hind leg last year. Today we have Majestic Breeze, Chilly Filly, Striking Cat and Mahfal at Catterick and Certral and Dilizan are at Nottingham. Majestic, Chilly and Certral are making their seasonal reapperances and although they have been going well enough at home, I expect that they will all improve further for todays races. Striking Cat is making her racecousre debut and it will be interesting to see how she copes. Mahfal should enjoy being back on turf and we are hoping he improves on his all weather runs and Dilizan makes his handicap debut.

10 April 2012

It was a great weekend for the team winning the two big races of the day at Haydock. Our oldest horse in the yard, Sound Accord who is the grand old age of 11, won the final of the Betfair Series Chase,for delighted owner Zuzka Hatcher. Bocciani ran a great race also picking up the prize for 3rd. The next race was the Betfair Series Hurdle final where 7 of our horses took part. Hada Men who started the race as favourite gave a gutsy peformance to win, with Andreo Bambaleo running his best race to finish 4th. All of the horses came home safe and sound but some have had a busy season and now in need of a well deserved holiday.

6 April 2012

Its a busy day for the team tomorrow with 10 runners at Haydock. Bocciani and Sound Accord start off the busy afternoon in the Betfair Chase Series Final and both have a competitive chance. Then its the Betfair Hurdle Series Final with 7 runners. Hada Men, Union Island, John Forbes, Simonside, Andreo Bambaleo, Dusky Bob and Dontpaytheferryman. Hada men will probably go into the race favourite but all 7 horses are bouncing at home and we are expecting big runs from all of them. Dizzy River will round up the afternoon. Having missed the cut for the hurdle final he now goes for the handicap hurdle and hopefully will give us another chance for a winner!

28 March 2012

Union Island won for the first time over hurdles for us at Market Rasen yesterday. He was given a great front running ride by James Best and made all to win by 1 1/2 lengths.

3 March 2012

We have been working on a new look for our website, so apologies that the news hasn't been updated recently. We still have a bit of work to do to get all the information up to date but hopefully that won't take too much longer. If anyone has any suggestions on what they would like to see on our site or any more improvements that can be made...please send us a message via our contact page.

12 February 2012

Yesterday, Stormy Weather won the Scottish County Hurdle with Dontpaytheferryman running a fantastic race in 3rd. Red Inca and Dizzy River were both 4th. Ultimate was disappointing but the ground was probably too soft for him and SImonside needs a stiffer track. Today is another busy day with 7 runners at Southwell.

11 February 2012

-14 at Malton this morning but luckily it's a beautiful day at Musselburgh. 6 runners all with each way chances.

8 February 2012

The big freeze continues..Spare a thought for our staff. It was -8 when we started work this morning. Everything is frozen (especially them)which means 70 water buckets have to be filled from an inside tap. The horses are being boxed in two's up to the gallops as it is too dangerous to walk.. but we are not complaining.. at least we are still getting out and spirits are still good.

7 February 2012

A change of tactics clearly didn't suit Neptune Equester yesterday and it turned out to be another disappointing run. He will have a break now and if he gets in will go straight for the Grand National. Grand Shift showed a bit of promise, staying on to finish 5th.

6 February 2012

With racing off yesterday it's great that Ayr goes ahead. Neptune Equester is hoping to put his Warwick run behind him and bounce back with a win and in the bumper, Grand Shift makes his debut.

4 February 2012

We hope the snow and frost keeps away from Musselburgh tomorrow. Simonside, Dizzy River, Stormy Weather and Dontpaytheferryman are all heading up.. Weather permitting! Stormy Weather could be an omen! Ferryman is in the same race and going for a hat trick at the track..either could win! Simonside and Dizzy River are also both in the same race.. Both well and it will also be hard to split them.

1 February 2012

With no wins at Southwell yesterday, January ended with a total of 7 winners, 1 up on Jan last year. Overrule added to the tally of 2nds but Soopacal was dissapointing. Today, Hada Men has his first start for us over hurdles having won 3/3 for us on the flat.

31 January 2012

It has been a good start to the year and we are hoping to add to the winners at Southwell today with Overrule and Soopacal. Fingers crossed!

29 January 2012

Bocciani has turned out to be a great buy for his owner John MacGregor having being in the first 3 home 10 out of 11 starts for us. He ran a cracker again at Doncaster finishing 2nd and now goes to Cheltenham. Greyfriarschorista was very unlucky at Lingfield having suffered from a knock sideways. He finished the race well but too late. No runners now until Tuesday.

28 January 2012

Last night, Three White Socks was a bit disappointing but it was his first run back and the jockey said he badly needed it and didn't like the track. Today we have Bocciani at Doncaster and Greyfriarschorista at Lingfield. Both horses are in good form and we are hopeful for big runs.

27 January 2012

Mahfal proved that he did need a step up in trip but looked as if he could also need something on his head to help him focus. He was out battled on the run in and was beaten a neck. Today.. Three White Socks makes a return to the track after being off with an injury for 239 days.

27 January 2012

We are very proud that Jessica Bell has made it through to the last 10 of the Godolphin Stable Staff Awards in the High Achiever category. We wish her the best of luck. She deserves to win!
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26 January 2012

Dontpaytheferryman..wins again!What a star! Sands of Vatersay finished 3rd having jumped like an old pro on her first hurdling start. Today Mahfal runs at Newcastle and its hoped that he step up in trip will improve him.

25 January 2012

Adili, having missed the break badly, failed to make an impression on his debut at Southwell yesterday but he will improve with experience and time. Union Island ran well but probably needed the run. Today Sands of Vatersay has her first start over hurdles and Dontpaytheferryman is aiming to follow up on his recent win..both at Musselburgh.

24 January 2012

Red Inca and Lifetime seemed to enjoy their first experience over hurdles and we were delighted with them both. Red Inca finished 3rd and Lifetime was 4th. 'Andy Bam' was also 3rd. He didn't look to see out the trip in that ground which was pretty soft. Musnad was extremley dissapointing. The race wasn't run to suit him.. the only excuse.

24 January 2012

Runners today.. Adili making his first racecourse appearance and Union Island, back after a break.. both at Southwell. It will be interesting to see how they both get on. I am off to Doncaster Sales.. if anyone interested in buying one .. please ring me on 07785747426.

23 January 2012

Amtired and Powerful Ambition both delighted us with their performances. Both finished 2nd.. and just beaten by better horses on the day. John Forbes was slightly disappointing but the race was competitive and he probably wants to go back up in trip. Today.. Lifetime and Red Inca make their hurdling debuts and join Andreo Bambaleo at Wetherby. At Wolverhampton we have Musnad in what looks a tricky little race.

22 January 2012

Marsh Warbler ran a cracker.. finished 3rd but made a mistake at the last which cost him. Today at Market Rasen.. Amtired is hoping to put the disaster at Wetherby behing him(he ran out at the last)but we are confident he will and has cheek pieces on to help him. We are hopeful that we will see an improvement in Powerful Ambition as he is stepped up in trip and in handicap company for the first time. Our old boy, John Forbes is also back out today.. this time over hurdles.

21 January 2012

Hada Men made it 3/3 for us last night when he won at Wolverhampton under Brian Toomey. Tilo's Gem travelled much better but when they quickened from around the bend he was caught flat footed and just stayed on at the one pace. He will now go jumping. Dilizan will have learned from his first experience at the races. He did not disgrace himself. Today we are hoping that Haydock passes an inspection...If so Marsh Warbler runs and he will love the ground.

20 January 2012

After a quiet week (off the track) we have 3 runners tonight at Wolverhampton. Hada Men is in excellent form and going for a hat trick but we also have Tilo's Gem in the same race, who has improved since his last run and should go close himself. We also have Dilizan making his first racecourse appearence. He is a lovely horse and whatever he does tonight, he will improve upon in time.

16 January 2012

Neptune Equester was very disappointing on Saturday. He didn't jump as well as he normally does and never got into the race at all. We don't think the track suited him and he seemed to sulk in behind. He is a lot better horse than that performance. Simonside ran well enough, he just didn't see the distance out at that particular track. No runners for a few days.

14 January 2012

Yesterday at Musselburgh.. Artisan ran really well and was only beaten a short head. Dontpaytheferryman delighted us by winning the seller but at Huntington Dane Cottage only managed a 5th. Neptune Equester runs today in the BetFred Classic and also at Warwick, Simonside runs in the Pertemps qualifier.

13 January 2012

Upper Lambourn joins the string having been claimed at Southwell yesterday, after his win over Soopocal. Liteup My World having being off the the track for so long was 'rusty' and badly needed his run. Hakuna Matata jumped brilliantly on his first start over hurdles but he struggled to get home and could possibly need a wind operation. Today.. Dontpaytheferryman and Artisan head up to Musselburgh, whilst Dane Cottage goes South to Huntingdon.

12 January 2012

It will be an interesting days racing for us today. Soopacal is having his first start for us, Liteup My World is back on the track after 573 days and Hakuna Matata makes his debut over hurdles.

11 January 2012

It was a 1-2-3 yesterday! The winner was at Southwell, where Hada Men who was a 1-6 fav won as the odds expected him to do. Unfortunately, our other odds on fav, Westlin Winds didn't follow suit and could only manage 2nd...he was later claimed! Mahfal finished 3rd but is crying out for a longer trip.

10 January 2012

Hoping to continue a good start to the year with 3 runners today, all of which should go close. Hada Men runs at Southwell and is a short price favourite after his win last week. Westlin Winds drops in grade at Leicester and Mahfal is in a fairly weak race, also at Leicester.

9 January 2012

Overrule finally won again!

8 January 2012

Newcastle proved to be a successful day! Stormy Weather put up a gutsy performance and won under a great ride by Dougie Costello. Andreo Bambaleo with the assistance of blinkers and Charlie Poste managed to get a clear round and finished 3rd. Today is back on the flat at Southwell with Overrule in the seller.

7 January 2012

Two runners today at Newcastle. Stormy Weather is hoping to go one better than when he was runner-up on his last start, 3 weeks ago. Andreo Bambaleo, who was brought down on his first start for us, then unseated on New Years Day, has blinkers fitted today, which hopefully will help him concentrate.. third time lucky for him!

5 January 2012

Delighted with Dusky Bob's peformance yesterday. He showed his previous enthusiasm and stayed on gamely to finish 2nd. No runners today!

4 January 2012

Dusky Bob got off to a good start for us, having won his first two races. He was disputing the lead when falling at the last at Wetherby and then ran a shocker at Ascot on his last start. We are hoping that was a one off and that he can bounce back today at Huntingdon.

3 January 2012

The runners of the year so far have been slightly disappointing. At Musselburgh on Sunday, Andreo Bambaleo unseated his jockey but both were ok. Marsh Warbler was not given the greatest ride in the world and John Forbes didn't jump as well as he normally does. Optimist ran the best finishing 3rd in the bumper. Yesterday at Southwell, Global Village never travelled and did well to finish 2nd. So we are now hoping it's 3rd day lucky with Hada Man having his first run for us today.

3 January 2012

Hada Men gets us off the Mark in 2012!

1 January 2012

Happy New Year! We are hoping for a good start to 2012 with 4 runners at Musselburgh.

30 December 2011

Our last two runners of 2011, Powerful Ambition and Bocciani are subject to an 8am inspection at Haydock.

30 December 2011

Haydock is on .. but Powerful Ambition is a non-runner (bruised foot)

30 December 2011

Bocciani wins at Haydock.. making the grand total 85 for the year.

29 December 2011

We were pleased with the two runners yesterday.. Mahfal had been outpaced and driven along but stayed on strongly to finish 6th. Royal Opera was 2nd.. no excuses just beaten by a good horse. No runners today...

29 December 2011

Delighted to announce that Danny Cook is now out of hospital following surgery on his knee. Sadly, he will be out of action for a few months but is determined to waste no time in being back and already counting the days.

28 December 2011

Two runners today.. lets hope its better than yesterday. Mahfal runs at Catterick and Royal Opera is at Leicester and is now ridden by Felix De Giles who has taken the ride from our injured Danny Cook.

27 December 2011

A bad day at the office...Amtired ran out at the last hurdle and crashed through the rails. Luckily he came home ok but poor Danny Cook landed heavily on his knee and has broken it in 3 places. He will have an operation tomorrow... we wish him a speedy recovery. Fearghal Davies took over his ride on Artisan.. but he stood no chance of staying in the saddle when was badly hampered... both ok.

26 December 2011

It is a busy day today with 9 runners. Dane Cottage and Dontpaytheferryman go to Market Rasen. Dizzy River, Neptune Equester, Simonside, Bocciani, Bring Sweets and Ananda Kanda will keep us on our toes at Wetherby and Kingswinford is at Wolverhampton.

26 December 2011

Delighted with Simonside who showed a great attitude whilst making all to win. Ananda Kanda was 2nd, probably beaten by one better on the day. Dane Cottage, Bocciani and Dizzy River were 3rd. Dontpaytheferryman was disappointing and unseated when well beaten. Neptune Equester ran well but really needs 4 miles and Kingswinford was claimed after finishing 5th.