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August 8 Two winners over jumps this week – Fields of Fortune at Market Rasen and The Unit at Newton Abbot, where his fencing was much better – but we are back on the Flat today, with [...]

August 2 It didn’t happen for Coeur de Lion in yesterday’s Goodwood Stakes, but we have hopes that Seaborough might be able to defy a penalty when returning to Nottingham today and [...]

August 1 Alan, who enjoyed a bumper July and reached his best-ever tally on the Flat when Just In Time became winner number 20 for Barbury at Sandown last week, faces a busy Wednesday, starting [...]

July 30 Alan will be off to Sussex tomorrow for the first day of the Glorious meeting, with our smart two-year-old Dunkerron being aimed at the Group 2 Vintage Stakes. “He was also entered [...]

July 26 Every trainer in the country is screaming for rain, Alan being no exception, but, having never been one for the cold weather, he is certainly enjoying this prolonged summer heatwave, with [...]

July 20 The Barbury Boys will hope to be celebrating at their local track on Saturday, when Coeur de Lion runs in the £100,000 JLT Cup at Newbury, and I’d guess that they would not mind if [...]

July 20 We have two runners on the Flat tomorrow, and on form both look to have outstanding chances, Nathan at Newbury in the afternoon and Gravina at Newmarket’s evening meeting. Nathan [...]

Alan’s criticism last month of the facilities for owners and trainers at Worcester is now done and dusted, and he had a much happier time there yesterday with all three raiders emerging [...]

July 12 We have two interesting runners on the Flat at Newmarket tomorrow, Beringer in the £80,000 mile and a quarter handicap and Elgin, whose target is the £50,000 mile and six handicap. Elgin [...]

July 11 Alan has been rattling a few cages at the big Flat meetings these past couple of years, and tomorrow he hopes to conquer Newmarket’s July meeting, with Dunkerron, winner of two of [...]