Richard’s Blog

Elfride travelled and jumped well at Lingfield yesterday in the three mile handicap hurdle.  Johnny Burke reported that she was unable to quicken in the very soft ground in the straight but is [...]

Picanha ran an excellent race at Newbury on Saturday to finish fourth in a competitive contest.  He was a bit keen early on having been off the track for nearly two years but he jumped well on [...]

Mattie Ross appears to want further than two and a half miles after her run at Hutnigndon yesterday and we will now look for a  three mile race for her in a few weeks time. We have Picanha [...]

Mattie Ross is declared at Huntingdon on Thursday in the two and a half mile handicap hurdle.  As she is joint top weight, we will claim five pounds off with Finn Lambert onboard.  There is a [...]

The ground was pretty desperate at Chepstow on Tuesday and although Totterdown likes a bit of cut, he appeared to hang to the right during the race and Finn reported he was never travelling with [...]

Totterdown and Lizzie Rey both run at Chepstow today in the 2.45pm and 3.55pm respectively.  Totterdown is stepping up in trip and hopefully will appreciate the softer ground although the race [...]

A quiet week without runners as we decided not to take Picanha to Sandown today but give him an away day for a piece of work, with the hope of going to Newbury on 10th February over his preferred [...]

Rossbeigh Strand travelled strongly up with the leaders before turning for home at Southwell on Wednesday, when unfortunately once again his wind issue appeared to stop him.  The ground was [...]

Totterdown found the drying ground at Warwick not to his liking on Saturday and was unable to poach too much of a lead despite jumping with great enthusiasm.  Finn Lambert reported that he stayed [...]

We have three runners tomorrow with Totterdown, Lesser and Urban Champion.  Totterdown runs at Warwick in the two mile handicap hurdle at 12.40pm with Finn Lambert onboard claiming five pounds.  [...]