Three interesting jumpers in action on Saturday
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 [...]
Huntingdon’s Friday meeting washed out
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 [...]
The Glancing Queen is on a fact-finding expedition at Bangor on Thursday
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 [...]
We look for a flying start to the new week
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 [...]
Scilly Isles at Sandown could be next target for Messire des Obeaux
January 9 Alan’s persuasive powers in talking owners Simon Munir and Isaac Souede out of retiring Messire des Obeaux have certainly paid off, and he looked every bit as good as he had done [...]
Messire des Obeaux clashes with Protektorat in Dipper at Wincanton
January 7 Daniel Cooper, clerk of the course at Wincanton, rates their chances of surviving a midday inspection tomorrow for Saturday’s meeting as 50-50. but there will be some [...]
‘Georgie Girl’ is the toast of Barbury this morning
January 6 There was a spring in everyone’s step at a bitterly cold Barbury Stables this morning, and a few of the more senior lads were allegedly heard to be reciting a chorus or two of The [...]
Frustrating Christmas, but here’s hoping 2021 will get us back on track
December 31 We all probably leave Christmas behind, thinking “what might have been”, but for all at Barbury it was particularly frustrating, what with Sceau Royal, On To Victory and [...]
The Glancing Queen and Edwardstone in action on Tuesday
December 27 For obvious reasons, we’ll all be glad to bid farewell to 2020 at midnight on Thursday, but, despite all the horrors, it has been a fruitful year on the track for Barbury. And, [...]
Sceau Roual reverts to fences for another crack at Altior
December 24 No 10-year-old has ever won the Grade 2 Desert Orchid Chase, which must give Alan and the team at Barbury hope that at the fifth time of trying, Sceau Royal, two years the younger, [...]
