Martin’s Blog 30th March
Rain and more rain! We’ve had enough of it now but another band coming through tonight although next week looks a bit brighter hopefully! With
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Rain and more rain! We’ve had enough of it now but another band coming through tonight although next week looks a bit brighter hopefully! With
I couldn’t be more thrilled for supportive owner/breeders Roger & Yvonne Allsop after their 9 year old Kayf Tara gelding won the first race of
Three runners today at Hereford where Lady Sutton’s Bella Ciao kicks off proceedings for us at Hereford under Harry Atkins. It’s her first run in
When Breizh Alko won the last at Southwell yesterday I could then say ‘what a great day’ it was as, despite running well, we’d not
What a week at Cheltenham with some amazing racing and wonderful to see so many friends too. The ground, as feared, went too soft for
The best four days of the year! Looking forward to catching up with friends and seeing the best athletes our sport has go head to
So frustrating. We awoke to quite a bit of snow and it made it difficult conditions for the team to get in and the first
Snow?! We awoke to snow this morning but thankfully just a covering and, after a snowy looking 1st lot, it was gone by the time
Yesterday morning we worked lots of the horses including Debden Bank, Bella Ciao, Come On Me Babby, Ballyvango, Kazontherazz, Enforcement, Lantic Bay, Miladygrace, Witness Protection,
Some rain and also Lucjan, our yardman, spent plenty of time watering our schooling ground (watering in Feb…I know!) so we were able to school
David Maughan’s Redbridge Rambler ran a blinder yesterday to finish 2nd at Hereford in the bumper under Harry Atkins and he’ll now have a bit
A fun Saturday morning with lots of owners in to watch the horses on the gallop and, although there was no frost, it was pretty
Forecast was given a good ride by young Harry Atkins who switched him off and got him jumping for fun. Although looking like he was
We received the saddest news yesterday when we heard that Jo Stainer had died after a long battle with cancer. He was a very special
Not the day we planned yesterday but all three horses returned in one piece which is always the most important thing. Ben Buie will now
A brilliant day at Hereford yesterday and especially for Nigel McAllen who part owns Prairie Diamond with us. Nigel, who has not only named him
A bit of a frost overnight and although I’d intended to school some horses over fences when the frost had come out, it was too
Happy Valentine’s Day! We have one runner today with Finescope heading to Lingfield under Sam Twiston-Davies (Sean Bowen’s final day of his suspension) for breeders
Work morning and Sean Bowen, James Best and Warren Marston in to ride work and owners Nigel McAllen, Matt Capp and David Maughan in to
Miladygrace made it look relatively easy winning in good style at Market Rasen under a superb ride from Brian Hughes. She jumped for fun and
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