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January 29 Rain-softened ground made underfoot conditions testing at Doncaster today, meaning there was no place for the faint-hearted which suited Her Indoors, who dug deep for the McNeill [...]

January 28 With Cheltenham under water in places and having to undergo a 2pm inspection tomorrow for Saturday’s big Trials meeting, Alan’s foresight in not even entering horses for [...]

January 23 Tritonic passed the first test towards a tilt at the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham in March when making a winning debut over jumps at Ascot on Saturday. Bookmakers chopped his odds for [...]

January 21 We have enjoyed a couple of Saturday specials since the turn of the year, and Alan has big hopes that our Royal Ascot runner-up Tritonic, who makes his jumping debut in the bet365 [...]

January 19 It was disappointing that Huntingdon was washed out last Friday, but Harambe and Colours Of My Life, who had been entered there, have been re-routed to Newbury’s meeting on [...]

January 17 Alan has a great affinity with the Scottish National, having been born up the road from Ayr, and he won the race with Godsmejudge in 2013 and finished second with the same horse 12 [...]

January 14 It has been another horrible week of rain, but at least we are promised a dry day on Friday, so, hopefully, there will be no last minute hiccups for the meetings at Warwick and Market [...]

January 14 Sadly, Friday’s Huntingdon meeting, where we hoped to run both Harambe and Colours of Life, has been abandoned after the Alconbury Brook, which borders the track, burst its [...]

January 13 Thursday could be a big day for Alan as he runs two of our classier mares – The Glancing Queen and Midnight Ginger – in novices hurdles against their own sex at Bangor and [...]

January 11 Here’s hoping will can carry on the stable’s good form from Saturday into the new week, and, with Ascot third Royal Pretender, holding solid prospects at Doncaster on [...]