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January 22 Even Alan is loathe to split the pair of them, they are that closely matched, but we are looking forward to the “rubber match” between Cosmeapolitan and Caspar the Cub in [...]

January 18 Most of the Barbury team are on a break, having undergone the flu vaccination last week, but, though the jumpers have to school on the all-weather as the grass gallops are too firm, we [...]

January 11 We were disappointed with Running Cloud‘s jumping debut at Newbury pre-New Year, but Alan is hopeful of better when the youngster reappears in the juvenile hurdle at Kempton on [...]

January 9 Scarlet Dragon has been a solid performer both in Listed and Group 3 company, so dropped in grade for the 12f conditions race at Lingfield on Wednesday he has a great chance to get back [...]

January 4 We ended 2018 in a blaze of glory with Nobby an impressive winner of the bumper at Warwick on New Year’s Eve – “he might be one for Aintree in April,” observed [...]

December 31 We sign off  from what has been a memorable 2018 for Barbury at Warwick and Lingfield today, with Nobby returning to the Midlands course in an effort to repeat his May course win [...]

Just the two silver medals for us on Boxing Day, but we are hoping to end 2018 on a high, Alsa Mix being our high-profile representative in the Grade 1 Challow Hurdle at Newbury on Saturday. We [...]

December 26 Another excellent week-end, with Azzerti winning at Ascot and the versatile Redicean bolting up on the Flat at Lingfield, not to mention the brilliant second from Lisp in the £150,000 [...]

December 21 Two big days at Ascot coming up as we seek to find out whether Santa has left us some early Christmas presents in his sack, with The Glancing Queen the highlight today in the closing [...]

December 20 Alan is a off for a day’s shooting in the West Country today, and if his trusted gun is in the same sort of form as the Barbury horses then maybe the pheasants should stay in [...]