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3 runners this evening

We have 3 runners this evening at Ripon: GET BOOSTING, NAKEETA and MACMERRY JIM.  Ellen and Ailsa are in attendance. We have a few lovely horses looking for careers after racing, pictured is one of them.  They are all beautifully mannered, well-educated on the...
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Ground frost this morning!

We have a ground frost this morning! Beautiful views across the Solway to snow covered hills but it’s cold! LORD CONDI delivered another fine effort at Kelso yesterday to finish 2nd. It’s a while since I’ve had Brian Hughes on top. He gave him an...
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Phew, a winner!

And a great one at that.   It was a huge, satisfying relief to watch Mr Ray Anderson Green’s EXIT TO WHERE and Conor bolt up at Ayr yesterday in the pouring rain!  This long awaited win is a credit to my Head Lad Robert,...
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May to November all in one day!

The Team are riding out in full winter waterproofs!  There was a nice quantity of rain yesterday.  The grass gallop will ride well tomorrow but we need heat to make the grass grow! We are making for Ayr today with 4 runners.  Kayleigh, Ellen...
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Welcome to May!

 Rain forecast today.  Needed! We had some good results over the weekend. Most notably, CLEARANCE 2nd at Doncaster, TOKARAMORE 4th at Hexham and JUMP THE GUN 3rd at Hamilton. Hexham was a bit of a nonsense on Saturday evening. The 3m Chase resembled a bumper after they...
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