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February 16 Exactly two years to the day since Alsa Mix was bought by Alan for £65,000 at the Tattersalls (Ireland) Cheltenham Sale, the mare tragically lost her life when crashing to the ground [...]

February 14 Storm Dennis hovers menacingly over our already saturated tracks, carrying rain aplenty, plus more gale-force winds, so, like all other trainers, Alan can only hope that its arrival [...]

February 8 For the fourth time in as many meetings Sceau Royal had to be content with a rear view of Altior’s backside in Saturday’s Game Spirit Chase at Newbury, but as ever our [...]

Feb 7 What better way for Barbury to end a frustrating losing run stretching back a couple of weeks than for Alan to celebrate a one-two in the novice hurdle at Kempton on Friday. However, it was [...]

February 7 Storm Ciara is due to hit Newbury this week-end, but the good news from the weathermen is that the rain and 70mph winds are not expected to arrive on our home course until after racing [...]

February 6 Like so many trainers, Alan was chuffed to bits by this week’s news that jump racing at Kempton, threatened by proposals to build 3,000 houses on the Sunbury course, has been [...]

January 31 Alan, just back from a sunshine holiday in the Maldives, is relying on our evergreen seven-year-old Coeur de Lion – getting February off to a flying start for us at [...]

January 27 We have still yet to see one of our stars of 2019-20 this season, The Glancing Queen, who was so impressive when winning the mares bumper at Aintree’s Grand National meeting last [...]

Jan 24 Doncaster has taken quite a drenching this winter but this week’s improved weather has dried up the ground appreciably, so, hopefully, underfoot conditions will suit Dingo Dollar, [...]

Jan 23 Let us hope we are celebrating a game of Family Fortunes at Doncaster on Friday, when Midnights’ Gift attempts to emulate her half-sister Giving Glances by winning the Listed Sky Bet [...]