Richard's Blog

Viva Rafa was withdrawn at Stratford yesterday on veterinary advice, as he was found to had a heart murmur once on the course. Having had a wind operation in the past, he has had his ticker [...]

Viva Rafa is declared in the novice handicap chase at Stratford tomorrow.  He was travelling well when coming down two out at Southwell on his previous run, and was a good second at Hereford on [...]

Celestial Magic jumped and travelled well until the straight last night at Uttoxeter but faded three out.  Richard Johnson thought that it was probably one of those ‘over the top’ [...]

With no rain at Uttoxeter we have taken Organdi out of the bumper this evening.  She would have had a good chance, having shown so much promise at Wincanton but with good to firm places, we [...]

We have declared Celestial Magic and Organdi at Uttoxeter tomorrow. The former ran an excellent race at Stratford to be second on his last start and once again Richard Johnson rides.  He is a [...]

Tom Bellamy was in this morning to do some schooling in preparation for runners later this week and next.  Some rain is forecast which would be a help. We have made an entry for Madame Ritz at [...]

Many thanks to everyone who supported Adlestrop Village Open Day yesterday.  It was a fantastic day and once again it looks as though we raised over £10,000 for various worthy causes. Although [...]

Tom Bellamy has been in to school this morning in preparation for some runners next week.  We have made some entries and look forward to having runners shortly. Yesterday I went to Peter [...]

Quiet on the runners front until next week, with many of the string now having their summer holidays thanks to the drying weather. Today marks the retirement of jump jockey Andrew Thornton.  I [...]

We decided against running Big Fiddle at Southwell tomorrow as we ideally need some proper cut in the ground.  We will now give her a break and wait for some proper ground in the autumn.  She [...]