Richard’s Blog

Smile back ran a pleasing debut over hurdles finishing fifth in a competitive event at Huntingdon on Thursday   She travelled a bit too strongly early on in the race but stayed on up the straight [...]

Smile Back (pictured) runs today in the 3.15pm at Huntingdon, the 2 ½ mile mares maiden hurdle.  Having won her only point-to-point and her bumper at Carlisle, she disappointed in a Listed bumper [...]

Mattie Ross (pictured) runs in the 4.15pm at Southwell today – the mares handicap hurdle over three miles.  Hopefully she will have come on for her recent run at Doncaster and the ground will not [...]

Elfride found jumping fences in pretty horrible ground at Uttoxeter on Saturday a bit of a struggle and Toby Wynne quite rightly pulled her up.  We will try her again over fences on better ground [...]

Bluenose Belle would have appreciated better ground yesterday on her hurdling debut at Kempton, however she jumped satisfactorily considering she pulled fairly hard early on.  We will give her [...]

Despite the frost, we were able to school some of the string this morning in preparation for runners in the next couple of weeks.  Finn Lambert, Dillon Butler and Delphi Parkinson did the [...]

Hopefully we will have some runners towards the end of the week where we are most likely to get suitable ground conditions for our entries including Lizzie Rey, Bluenose Belle and Little Big [...]

Willow Edge had a slightly raised temperature last night, probably due to her coming into season so we have decided to aim her at Market Rasen on Tuesday instead taking up her engagement at [...]

Swift Jet (pictured) made a pleasing debut over hurdles in the maiden at Doncaster on Friday.  Travelling well in mid division, he stayed on nicely up the straight to be beaten nine lengths by [...]

If the weather allows, we hopefully have two runners at Doncaster tomorrow with Swift Jet (pictured) in the two and a half mile maiden hurdle at 12.25pm and Mattie Ross in the three mile handicap [...]