Richard's Blog

Golden Deal has been declared at Bath on Wednesday in the mile and a quarter handicap run at 7.10pm.  Tom Queally is booked to ride and hopefully the step up in trip will help. Organdi has been [...]

A wonderful week of racing at Ascot and despite the rain there have been some fair results.  Frankie Dettori’s four timer was a highlight.  The roar as his fifth ride of the day hit the [...]

The beauty of the rain is that we were able to school on grass this morning.  Decided not to declare Golden Deal at Lingfield as the ground will be sticky there by Saturday and have entered her [...]

Worked a few of the string this morning and looking forward to some runners over the next couple of weeks, although many of the string are on holiday enjoying the soft ground. Had an enjoyable [...]

Tulane appeared to not get the trip at Windsor last night.  Although he stayed on well at Sandown over a mile and a quarter on his previous outing, Georgia Dobie said he travelled extremely well [...]

Tulane runs in the first race at Windsor tonight at 5.40pm.  He ran an excellent come back race at Sandown and the ease in the ground should help.  He will be ridden by Georgia Dobie who claims [...]

The rain continues in Adlestrop but it’s a good opportunity to do some schooling with some of the youngsters including Lady Of Authority and Run Rosie Run.  Both have a great aptitude for [...]

With the rain continuing we have decided not to run J Gaye at Sandown on Saturday and it looks unlikely she will be able to go to Salisbury with ground conditions as they are. She is a good [...]

Worked Organdi, Tulane and J Gaye this morning in preparation for their entries over the next week or so.  However it may be too soft for J Gaye and Organdi if it doesn’t stop raining, although [...]

On the way back from Lingfield where we had Golden Deal in the 2pm.  Shane Kelly reported that now she has learned to settle better we should step her up to a mile and a quarter or even a mile [...]