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It is 35 years tomorrow that Lingfield staged the UK’s first all-weather raceday, Newmarket’s initial mile-long Al Bahathri gallop having been installed four years earlier. Nowadays [...]

October 27 Trueshan climaxed another lucrative season when finishing a brave third behind last year’s winner Double Major in the G1 Prix Royal-Oak at Saint-Cloud today. Hollie Doyle, who [...]

The Friday deluge at Newbury did not materialise, which meant that, despite an early morning inspection after overnight rain, the ground, though officially heavy, was not as testing as it might [...]

The ground will be testing for the G1 Prix Royal-Oak at Saint-Cloud on Sunday, which is good news for the mud-loving Trueshan, who sidestepped the Long Distance Cup at Ascot on Champions Day to [...]

Like every trainer, Alan loves a Saturday winner, but, with no runners at Cheltenham’s two-day meeting this week-end, he is relying on Nap Hand to bring home the money in the mile and a [...]

The Apple Tree Stud are enjoying a purple patch, both on the racecourse and in the sales ring, and twice in the last four days Alan has given them further reason to celebrate, newcomer King [...]

Alan, doubtless delighted how well The Doyen Chief shaped first time over fences in a handicap at Market Rasen on Tuesday, and also with both Baskerville, who found one too good at Hereford 24 [...]

Two winners and four places for Barbury this week is more than acceptable. One Glance made a winning debut over hurdles at Ludlow on Wednesday, and today Grandeur d’Ame started the jumps [...]

Trueshan, a courageous runner-up to Kyprios in the Prix du Cadran at Longchamp last Saturday, could well be crossing the channel again on Sunday week for the Prix Royal-Oak at Saint-Cloud over a [...]

How proud we all were with the brave effort of Trueshan, who was runner-up to one of the great stayers of the modern game in Kyrios in Saturday’s Prix du Cadran at Longchamp. Trueshan was [...]