April 30 We are looking forward to Ascot tomorrow, when Trueshan makes his seasonal reappearance in the G3 Sagaro Stakes, in which there will be no complaints from our quarter about the [...]
What a wonderful last day of the jumps season racing served up at Sandown today, and in all honesty everyone at Barbury were absolutely delighted with the conclusion. Stable jockey Tom Cannon [...]
April 25 Edwardstone is 2-3 over fences at Sandown, so, despite all the talk being about El Fabiolo and Jonbon, punters might be advised to think twice before dismissing Barbury’s [...]
April 25 Brioni is a lovely three-year-old who could well have Royal Ascot potential, but we’ll be a lot wiser after he has carried topweight in what looks a competitive handicap at Sandown [...]
April 25 The fact that Dancing in Brazil is running at Huntingdon this evening is a miracle in itself as, having been gelded in January, James and Jean Potter’s five-year-old was [...]
April 21 While all the talk at Ayr on Saturday was justifiably about Willie Mullins, whose incredible four-timer virtually seals his first British trainers championship, we at Barbury were [...]
April 19 Ayr’s Scottish Grand National meeting is very much the main focus of Alan’s attention this week-end, but, besides the trio heading off to Ayr, we’ve also got a couple [...]
April 15 Grand National week started well for Barbury with Loughville, home-bred by the Glebe Farm Stud, relishing the testing ground when winning at Bath. Three seconds followed, which included [...]
April 11 Alan was hoping to be sending a fistful of fancied runners to Aintree over the next three days, but, while the sun was shining over Merseyside this morning and the forecast for the [...]
April 4 Brioni did everything we hoped he would when making it third time lucky at Kempton on Wednesday, and he looks an interesting horse for this season, with Alan taking the view that he might [...]