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October 22 Now living by the five-furlong pole, I can assure you all that Newbury took a real drenching on Tuesday night and all day Wednesday, but that is good news for our mud-loving veteran [...]

October 22 With Cheltenham having missed most of Wednesday’s rain, and a drier forecast aided by some strong winds, Ballywood might get his ground for a change in Friday’s Flying Spur [...]

October 21 We are split between Flat and jumping on Thursday, with three representatives on both codes, and, though Wynn House, who runs in the mares hurdle at Ludlow, is by Presenting, whose [...]

October 17 Trueshan is now as short as 10-1 for next year’s Gold Cup – Ascot not Cheltenham – after a stunning seven and a half lengths success in the Qipco Champion Long [...]

October 15 We might be approaching the end of a truncated 2020 Flat season, but it will be one with which Alan will remember for the right reasons, courtesy of his three winners at Royal Ascot. [...]

October 14 Memories of the popular Montbazon came flooding back at Wetherby on Wednesday when that fellow’s half-brother, Vallerres, stamped himself as a useful prospect when bolting up in [...]

October 8 Inchicore maintained the good form of the Barbury horses when knuckling down to win at Leicester on Tuesday, but traditionally this week-end signals the start proper of the jumps [...]

October 7 If you had suggested to Alan a few years ago that he could one day have the financial firepower behind him to compete at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sales he’d have [...]

October 5 Alan will be shopping at the bloodstock sales this week, but, with Storm Alex having made a right mess of everyone’s plans last week-end, he is hoping that we might be over the [...]

October 2 The Barbury team started October as they left September, Es Perfecto‘s Warwick victory following up the success of Wynn House at Bangor 24 hours earlier. Both horses justified [...]