Richard's Blog

A thorough productive work morning thanks to the snow finally disappearing.  We have pencilled in quite a few races to enter in February, so hopefully everyone’s hard work will pay off soon.  [...]

Looking forward to running Ocho Grande at Kempton this evening in the 7.45pm for the Race Against Prostate Cancer syndicate.  It’s his first run for us since we purchased him at the Newmarket [...]

It was great to see the sun out this morning now the rain has finally stopped.  Other parts of the country have not been so lucky.  We had a good work morning yesterday and all appeared to come [...]

  It was great to get some schooling on the grass this morning before more rain arrives.  We schooled both Beautiful People and Organdi (video above) over fences in preparation for finding [...]

Master Vintage once again jumped well from the front at Leicester on Wednesday.  However, the ground was far too soft for him and he faded in the straight.  He has come back from the race in good [...]

Looking forward to running Master Vintage at Leicester today in the 3.10pm.  The ground maybe a bit too soft for him but he has won on the course in the past and let us hope he once again enjoys [...]

Off to Doncaster today to saddle Robin Des Smoke (pictured) in the bumper at 3.40pm.  The winner of a point-to-point in Ireland, she has always shown promise and we look forward to her debut for [...]

Frosty mornings in Adlestrop but hopefully the weather will improve enough for our runners next week, with entries on Monday and Wednesday. Thank you for all the kind messages re Team [...]

Mighty Elsa ran a fine race to finish second at Plumpton yesterday with Tom Cannon onboard.  Although the ground was officially soft, it rode a lot better than that and I think the mare [...]

Timetobenefit runs at Hereford on Saturday in the two and a half mile, conditional jockeys novice handicap hurdle.  She has had a wind op since her last run and hopefully this will be a help, [...]