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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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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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Newcastle

With the turf season over, the flat runners are now mainly at Newcastle, Wolverhampton and Southwell. Last night we had two runners at Newcastle. A first time out 2yo by Havana Gold; Golden Sandbanks and Lightening Charlie who was making his debut for IJR....
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Swimming

We try our best to do whatever works best for each horse at IJR. In this case, the horse pictured suffers from stiff joints and is showing signs of early arthritis. We never gallop him but canter him steadily 2 or 3 times a...
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Camile wins in style!

The long drive to Southwell on Thursday and the agonising wait while course officials held an inspection on Friday morning, was all made a lot easier after Camile won the visitsouthwell.com Mares Handicap Hurdle in convincing style (20 lengths) under Alain Cawley. We doubled...
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A double on the day at Musselburgh

Alix James and Smart Lass made it a day to remember for the team as they both romped to victory under Paul Mulrennan and Jamie Gormley respectively. Alix James gave Alex Penman another “James” 2yo winner and Smart Lass provided Gerry McGladery with his...
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Yearling Sales

Our first two purchases of the season have settled in really well. Both bought from the Goffs Orby Sale last week. The Intello colt was bought to order and the Nathaniel colt was sold within 48 hours. I will be attending the Tattersalls Book...
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A local win for Bruce

Wild Sam was our only runner at Kelso yesterday. His participation in the 2m 4f Racing TV Handicap Hurdle resulted in a memorable win for our Hawick born Conditional Bruce Lynn…in front of a home crowd. Sam relished the testing conditions and under a...
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