Martin’s Blog 24th April
Well what a busy few days – where to start?! Cheltenham concluded with one runner on Thursday when Zestful lined up in a race we’d
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Well what a busy few days – where to start?! Cheltenham concluded with one runner on Thursday when Zestful lined up in a race we’d
Trainers generally are frustrated with 2nds as all we want is winners however occasionally a 2nd place isa fantastic result and Samtara’s 25-1 second at
What a day we had at Aintree on Saturday – it was a huge privilege to be part of such a wonderful race. As soon
A huge day for our team tomorrow with Back On The Lash heading to Aintree for The Randox Grand National. The rain all day today
Hope you have all had a lovely Easter weekend. We were racing on both Sunday and Monday. Miss Antipova ran a belter for Anna &
Happy Easter everyone. Whilst we are en route to Ffos Las with two runners, hopefully most of you are having a relaxing day with your
Yesterday Herecomeshogan ran a solid race on his return from his winter break at Ludlow but, as I feared, needed the run and tired in
Monday morning and Herecomeshogan heads to Ludlow under Harry Atkins returning after his winter break in the 2 mile novices hurdle. Last time out Hogan
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
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