25 July 2010

Following our success in the ladies race yesterday, it was the turn of Nikka Vorster and Film Festival to win the ladies race for us at Carlisle for owners Koo's Racing Club. It was a quick across the card double when Pendragon under John Fahey won for at Ascot for owners Dan Gilbert and Kristian Strangeway.

24 July 2010

Rosko wins the ladies race at Ascot under Serena Brotherton and delighted owners Racing Management and Training Ltd.  more...

Koo's Racing Club enjoy another winner, ridden by Dale Swift. This time it's Film Festival who makes it into the winners enclosure, rounding off a fantastic month with 8 winners. more...

28 June 2010

Brian has a dream bithday when Dream Win won at Wolverhampton for Koo's Racing Club and Dale Swift. more...

26 June 2010

Camerooney made our Plate meeting special when he followed up from his win on Wednesday to win again under a great ride from Dale Swift.

23 June 2010

Today we had a win with Camerooney in the Carlisle Bell and a 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the Cumberland Plate with Pendragon, Kingsdale Orion and Palomar. Credit to our hard working team and a big mention to Dale who rode Camerooney to perfection.

18 June 2010

Thrust Control wins at Ayr under Dale Swift for owners Dan Gilbert & Kristian Strangeway. more...

06 June 2010

Liteup My World has certainly done that today when he won his first race for us at Southwell under Dale Swift.

05 June 2010

Elite Land wins at Worcester for Keith Mercer and owner Dan Gilbert, our 30th winner for 2010.

03 June 2010

Following on from their victory last month Keith Mercer and Neptune Equester win again at Wetherby. Harvey (nis stable name) is owned by Koo's Racing Club . Anyone intersted in joining the club should contact Koo on 07860 569 720 or click more to go to their website. more...

29 May 2010

P J McDonald rides Sea Land to win at Catterick. more...

21 May 2010

Camerooney wins in good style at Musselburgh for jockey Barry McHugh and owner Jean Stapleton.  more...

20 May 2010

Having finished 2nd in the Durham National on his first start for us Neptune Equester went one better today, when he won at Wetherby, in the hands of Keith Mercer.  more...

19 May 2010

It is always sad to see horses move on to other yards but that is what happens in racing. Today we said goodbye to a few friends including the old boy Dunaskin, Ladies Best and My Mate Mal. We wish their new owners the very best of luck with them and hope they give us them as much enjoyment as they did us. On the other side of the coin, we are delighted to welcome into the yard some fresh blood. Bonnie Prince Blue, Thrust Control and Palomar and are looking forward to their future with us.

10 May 2010

Dream Win and Tom Eaves win at Redcar for us and owners Koo's Racing Club. This is our 25th winner of the year and a good credit to our excellent team in the yard.

08 May 2010

After a couple of frustrating weeks with no winners but lots of seconds, we finally went one better when Dunaskin won at Hexham. 1000-1 in running, it looked like he had no chance but in the hands of Kyle James he sprouted wings after the last and got up to win just on the line for delighted owners Koo's Racing Club.  more...

08 May 2010

Congratulations to our good friends and long standing owners Ashley and Kate Carr who have just become very proud parents to a new baby daughter. Love to them and also to their two older children, Henry and India from everyone at Brian Ellison Racing.

17 April 2010

Our conditional jockey, Dale Swift is now also riding on the flat as our apprentice jockey and missed out on his first win by only a narrow margin when finishing 2nd on Kingsdale Orion. Nika Vorster, having her first ride for us, gave us some consolation by winning on Camerooney at Doncaster. It was Nikas 1st winner so congratulations to her and to Camerooneys owner Jean Stapleton. more...

25 March 2010

Given a very good and confident ride again by Dale Swift, Elite Land follwed on from his success last week to win at Ayr, making the long journey home worthwhile.  more...

18 March 2010

Backing up very quickly Pendragon followed on his success of yesterday with a very impressive win, this time for Barry McHugh. This brings us to 21 winners since January 1st and is the best start to a year we have ever had. Fingers crossed it continues. more...

17 March 2010

Bothy was not disgraced by finishing 7th in the Fred Winter at Cheltenham. He found the ground a bit too quick but came home safe and sound. However, over at Southwell it was Pendragon , ridden by Paul Hanagan who gave us the winner. more...

16 March 2010

Daaweitza improved from his run earlier in the month and won at Southwell under Tom Eaves. more...

15 March 2010

Congratulations to Dale Swift who rode his first winner as a Conditional jockey today on Elite Land for owner Dan Gilbert. It was a great ride and all of us in the yard are very proud of him.  more...

09 March 2010

After a quiet week with no runners it was great to be back in action at Southwell and especially good to see Dunaskin win again,for Barry McHugh and Koo's Racing Club. Daaweitza ran well finishing 3rd on his first run back from his winter break. more...

25 February 2010

Barry McHugh rode us two winners today at Southwell. Dunaskin was the first for Koo's Racing Club and Pendragon won the last. Nakoma finished second again denying us a treble but it was a very good day anyhow.

23 February 2010

Bothy and Keith Mercer get their hat trick today, winning at Taunton. We can now look forward to Cheltenham... with all fingers crossed! more...

12 February 2010

Keeping up the good work for us, Barry McHugh rides us another winner, this time back on board My Mate Mal for owners Koo's Racing Club. more...

10 February 2010

Castle Myth and Barry McHugh win again at Southwell for the second time this month. Nakoma failed to give us the double, finishing second but ran well in defeat. more...

07 February 2010

John Forbes and Keith Mercer teamed up again to make it two out of two over fences in 2010, winning today at Musselburgh. Ultimate finished 2nd in the juvenille, but was beaten by a very good horse and Dontpaytheferryman gave a very good performance to finish 3rd in a £30,000 handicap.

03 February 2010

Barry McHugh rides another winner for us today, this time onboard Restless Genius. Another winner for Koo's Racing Club! more...

02 February 2010

After a fantastic January with 7 winners,February got off to a good start having 2 winners at Southwell.Both ridden by Barry McHugh, My Mate Mal won the seller for Koo's Racing Club and Castle Myth won an hour later for owners Lockett's Legends.

22 January 2010

John Forbes wins over fences at Catterick. Ridden by Keith Mercer he was two lengths down as he jumped the last but he battled on well and got up to win by one and a half lengths.

21 January 2010

Following on from their sucess last month, Keith Mercer teamed up again with Bothy to win at Taunton. He will have one more race then hopefully, head to Cheltenham. more...

15 January 2010

Venture Capitalist got off the mark today, winning at Southwell under Barry McHugh. Wearing first time blinkers he was kept up to his work and won by a neck. more...

14 January 2010

Declan Cannon had his third ride for us today and also his third winner, winning on Camerooney at Southwell.  more...

08 January 2010

Declan Cannon followed instuctions well to win on Dontpaytheferryman for Koo's Racing Club. The second winner of the year for the club making it a total of 16 winners since it opened last February. It is the first win on the flat for Dontpaytheferryman and 3 out of 6 with us. more...

01 January 2010

We welcome in 2010 by winning the first race of the year in England. Mehendi won the opening race at Southwell for Koo's Racing Club . Credit must go to jockey Declan Cannon who had to work very hard to get there. William Carson also deserves praise for his win on Camerooney in the last race for owner Jean Stapleton. A double on the 1st day of the year.. let's hope the year can continue how it started. Happy New Year to Everyone!

16 December 2009

Keith Mercer teamed up with us again, today winning on Bothy at Bangor. It was his first run over hurdles and we think there is still room for improvement. An exciting horse for the future! more...

15 December 2009

Tilt wins his first race over hurdles giving us all a great buzz as he has been very quirky of late on the flat, refusing to start on two occasions. Ridden by Keith Mercer he enjoyed himself in front and won by 4 lengths. Credit must also go to Andy Robertson who rides him at home and has great patience with him. more...

22 November 2009

John Forbes battled on to get up in the last stride to win at Aintree under a strong ride by Keith Mercer. Congratulations to owner Ray Wagner. more...

21 November 2009

Ultimate made a very promising hurdle debut, winning at Huntingdon for jockey Danny Cook and owner Dan Gilbert.  more...

16 November 2009

It was nearly a perfect day! Paul Hannigan was outstanding to win on K'gari for my extremley happy wife, Claire and also Chris Lowther who part owns him with her. The moment of glory continued for another half an hour when Tom Eaves won on Castle Myth for owners Lockett's Legends . We were going for the hat trick with Camerooney in the last race but he didn't quite make it and finished third. It was a good run from a bad draw. All in all it was a good day at the office!

15 November 2009

Following on from their success at Carlisle on Monday, Dontpaytheferryman and Kyle James teamed up again to win at Fontwell. Another winner for Koo's Racing Club. Anyone interested in joining this club should check out their website www.koos-racing-club.com more...

12 November 2009

It was a good day today. Restless Genius ran well at Southwell to finish second over 5f. Nakoma won the staying handicap at Wolverhampton. Ridden by Dane O'Neil this is her second win on the flat and the first on this surface. Another good winner for Racing Management & Training Ltd. more...

09 November 2009

The ground was too soft for Dunaskin and Simonside today at Carlisle but Dontpaytheferryman was suited by the testing ground and won well under a sensible ride by Kyle James. It was the 13th winner of the year for Koo's Racing Club. more...

29 October 2009

Aureate has been claimed today out of a seller at Southwell. As we say goodbye to him we welcome into the yard a new batch of 6 exciting horses which have been purchased at Tattersalls sales this week.Ultimate and Bothy for owner Dan Gilbert and Dream Win, Global, Nicholas Pocock and Venture Capitalist for Koo's Racing Club where shares in theses horses and others are available.

28 October 2009

We are delighted to announce that our very good friend and yard photographer, Louise Pollard has been shortlisted for the Racing Photographer Of The Year Award. She has come a long way in a very short time, including two front page covers of the Racing Post.We are very proud of her and wish her the best of luck in the final on December 7th.

12 October 2009

Nakoma won the first division of the amateur riders race at Newcastle for owners Racing Management & Training. She was given an excellent ride by Dale Swift. Dale works very hard for us and deserved this success. more...

01 October 2009

John Forbes got his head in front and held on to win by a neck at Wolverhampton for jockey Martin Lane and owner Ray Wagner. more...

27 September 2009

Koo's Racing Club gained their 12th winner of the year when Dunaskin won in very good style over hurdles at Market Rasen. Ridden by Denis O'Regan, he followed up from his Cartmel narrow victory to win by 18 lengths. more...

19 September 2009

Our third winner this week came at Catterick where Elite Land under Lance Betts won for owner Dan Gilbert. We were denied a double on the day when Sea Land was beaten by only a head at Wolverhampton. more...

18 September 2009

My One Weakness proved his toughness when he battled under a brilliant ride from Martin Lane to win by a head. Another winner for KOO'S RACING CLUB more...

12 September 2009

Royston Ffrench wins on Chichen Daawe for owners Andrea and Chris Mallinson . She was our first runner at Ffos Las and made the long journey down worthwhile.  more...

05 September 2009

All of us at Brian Ellison Racing would like to offer our deepest sympathies to the families of apprentice jockeys, Jamie Kyne and Jan Wilson who's lives were taken tragically.

31 August 2009

We end what has been a fantastic ten days with another winner, thanks to Graham Lee who gave Strikemaster a brilliant ride to win at Cartmel. The race was not run to suit Strikemaster and despite this and the heavy ground he rallied under Grahams strong drive to get up in the final few strides. more...

29 August 2009

Following on from the success with our double on Thursday, Dunaskin won in a photo finish under a fantastic ride by Graham Lee for Koo's Racing Club. Andrea and Chis Mallinson were the winning owners in the second leg of our double today when Lorraine won the ladies amateur race at Redcar on Daaweitza.

27 August 2009

It was an excellent day for us at Ayr when Lance Betts rode us two winners. John Forbes, who had finished second only three days ago, was the first, winning by 1 1/4 lengths and Keisha Kayleigh completed the double winning the feature race on the card. My Mate Mal finished third in the race for the same owners, Koo's Racing Club.

23 August 2009

Lakeman finally got the ground he loves today at Musselburgh and with a step up to a mile, he won well under Tom Eaves.  more...

23 August 2009

Congratulations to Claire's son Jordan and his partner Cherie who gave birth to Jordan-James early this morning.

22 August 2009

Overrule wins over hurdles at Market Rasen for The Jury's Out Partnership. An impressive performance and a great ride by Graham Lee. more...

10 August 2009

It was another excellent performance in the saddle by Tom Eaves to win on Royal Holiday at Southwell. It is the first winner for new owners, Joan Turner & William Gibson. Congratulations to them. more...

27 July 2009

My One Weakness who was having his first run on the all weather, won with the help from a strong ride by Tom Eaves. It is the 8th winner for Koo's Racing Club during their first season. more...

26 July 2009

Lorraine gave Simonside a fantastic front running ride to win the amateur race at Carlisle for owners Racing Management and Training.  more...

20 July 2009

Lance Betts gave Strikemaster a perfectly timed ride to win over 2 miles at Beverley. It was his first run on the flat for us and his win was impressive.  more...

06 July 2009

Sea Land wins at Wolverhampton for his new owners Steve and Adel Hawe under a hands and heels ride by Lance Betts. more...

27 June 2009

The Northumberland Plate was not run to suit Carte Diamond or Tilt but despite this Tilt still managed to finish sixth and was not beaten all that far. My One Weakness ran well in the 2yr old Maiden race for Koo's Racing Club finishing third. Lance Betts gave us our FIFTH winner of the week winning on Kingsdale Orion , also owned by Koo's Racing Club. more...

26 June 2009

Strikemaster had his first run for us, over hurdles at Market Rasen finishing second. At Newcastle, Keisha Kayleigh after her win yesterday ran again, this time in handicap company. She ran very well and finished third. York Key Bar improved from his last run and finished third in the 5f handicap but it was in the 1m 3f handicap that we got the most excitement. Rosko who was given the most perfect ride by Tom Eaves, beat My Mate Mal by 3/4 length giving us the forecast in the race. more...

25 June 2009

On the opening day of the Northumberland Plate meeting at Newcastle, Simonside finished a promising third in the 2m Handicap and Keisha Kayleigh stormed home to win the seller for KOO'S RACING CLUB  more...