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June 21 Top Tug has his third tilt at the Duke of Edinburgh Handicap at Royal Ascot on Friday and looks sure to run his customary solid race. Alan said:”Top Tug was a close fourth last year [...]

Alan won’t ever forget his first Royal Ascot celebration with Primitivo two years ago, and he is hoping that he might strike lucky again at Britain’s most prestigious race meeting [...]

June 12 There was plenty to celebrate at Windsor last night when Dunkerron provided Alan with his 200th winner on the Flat when landing the two-year-old novice in impressive fashion. [...]

From 16 runners in June, we have had four winners and only two out of the frame, so all is well as we look to Manor Park at Sandown today. Having had Manor Park gelded through the winter seems to [...]

June 5 June has started well for Barbury, with Elgin, Sula Island and Beringer all winning on the Flat, but Alan did not enjoy his day’s jumping at Worcester last Saturday nearly as much [...]

June 1 Muggy maybe, but it was not exactly Flaming June that we met head-on, opening the curtains this morning, and it’s amazing to think that we are only three weeks off midsummer’s [...]

May 28 We are represented at two meetings on Bank Holiday Monday, Giveaway Glance going to Windsor, plus a triple attack on Cartmel, new territory for the stable. Giveaway Glance finished an [...]

May 25 With an equine team of more than 50 for this year’s Flat campaign, things are as hectic as ever at Barbury, and over the next few days we have runners at Haydock, Goodwood, [...]

May 22 Scarlet Dragon, who ran a stormer to finish third behind the smart Crystal Ocean in the Group 3 Aston Park Stakes at Newbury last Saturday, is scheduled to represent Alan and the Henry [...]

May 18 We started the week with Crushed winning at Plumpton, since when the Flat team have done us proud with a winner (Manor Park) at Windsor plus three seconds, so let’s hope we can [...]