A fantastic day
We had a fantastic day at Hamilton yesterday. TRICORN won the 3.10pm under Andrew Mullen making it two on the bounce for us. Max got to lead up his pride and joy. You can see by his face this meant a lot. He puts...
Real sense of euphoria
There’s a real sense of euphoria in the yard this morning, even though it’s pouring! Everyone was in early. Yesterday was a memorable day for us. A double! A long awaited winner after a very quiet spell on the cold list and we had...
Morning and welcome
Morning and welcome to another week at IJR. While things aren’t really going my way at the moment, I’m working harder than ever. My name is down for 5 lots today and I won’t miss a stride a horse takes on the woodchip. As...
A testing week
This week has been a testing week made a bit easier by a much welcomed winner in the form of TRICORN at Ayr on Wednesday. It’s taken me a while to get to know him but on Wednesday he finally showed his force of...
A tough day at the office yesterday
I should have been watching what I believe to be a progressive 2yo make his racecourse debut at Redcar while keeping an eye on the 3 Carlisle runners via the tv and regular contact with my team. The bookies and the Racing Post had...
GOFFS UK Spring Sale
It’s GOFFS UK Spring HIT/P2P Sale this week. We are buying and selling. 3 lots go through the ring on Thursday including previous winners: MERRICOURT and KINGS CREEK. We also sell a lovely big grey gelding on behalf of D&D Armstrong, NYOUFSEA. Please contact...
Plenty rain
Plenty rain for an hour or so last night. More in Yorkshire I believe! Andrew Mullen and Conor O’farrell are in this morning. The ground at York has gone good to soft, which was to be expected. It shouldn’t alter PEARL WARRIOR’s chances in...
A sunny start
A sunny start and already 8 degrees warmer than this time last week! All horses have come out of Catterick well. EQUIDAE never runs a bad race. Apprentice races are tricky as you never know how they are going to work out. Shannon did...
Delighted with the weekend
I’m delighted with the way the weekend has panned out. We kicked off with a winner at Ripon on Friday night in the way of GET BOOSTING (The Strattonites) in the 5f Handicap, the feature race on the card. Andrew Mullen gave him a...
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...
