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...
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...
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,...
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...
