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March 5 We enjoyed a wonderful Saturday last week-end with Tritonic at Kempton, and Alan is hoping we might carry our good form over into March and have further reason to celebrate at Newbury and [...]

March 4 Pre-Cheltenham is sometimes a quiet time for trainers in terms of runners, but it’s all systems go at Barbury for the second half of this week, with three fancied contenders in [...]

February 27 Tritonic, a class performer on the Flat and beaten only half a length at Royal Ascot, also looks the real over jumps and made it 2-2 over hurdles when streaking home in the Adonis at [...]

February 26 Alan has traditionally done well at this week-end’s Kempton meeting, and Tritonic is not his only major player on the Sunbury course on Saturday, with our Grand National hope [...]

February 26 Bookmakers have Tritonic the shortest-priced British-trained horse in their ante-post lists for next month’s Triumph Hurdle, and the 10-1 might become even shorter if he passes [...]

February 25 Since a great Sunday at our local course, Newbury, it has been a quiet week for Barbury, but the tempo increases on Friday when we have three runners at Warwick, plus one at Exeter. [...]

February 21 When you need a pick-me-up in life it rarely happens, but, for once, the rains gave Newbury a miss these last couple of days, enabling Sceau Royal to give owners, Simon Munir and [...]

February 19 Alan has never been a big fan of Sunday racing, but when Jack Frost claimed Newbury’s valuable Betfair meeting last Saturday, he was absolutely delighted when the powers-that-be [...]

February 18 Plenty more showers are expected on Thursday and Friday, so Alan has kept his options open by declaring our in-form staying chaser Notachance for both Haydock and Ascot on Saturday, [...]

February 11 Alan is not a fan of either January or February, and twice the average rainfall in the first month of 2021, followed by snow, and, more importantly, several hard frosts, is only [...]