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May 22 We often complain about handicappers being too hard on our horses, but the official assessor has taken into account the fact that Tritonic is now in his ninth year and has given him a real [...]

May 20 Buoyant from seeing Baskerville make a winning chasing debut at Stratford on Sunday, Alan was in good spirits at Doncaster today, having bought a trio of three-year-olds at the Goffs [...]

May 15 It is very rare for Alan not to have a single entry for Saturday, but he makes up for it with a busy Friday, four runners at Newbury, plus a couple heading up to York for the final day of [...]

May 11 May celebrations continue at Barbury, with Harbour Lake reversing last month’s Cheltenham form with Long Draw in winning the Pertemps Long Distance Handicap Hurdle at Haydock [...]

May 9 This has been a good week for Barbury, with three winners this week, and there are high hopes that we could enjoy another Saturday celebration, with three runners at Haydock and one at [...]

May 7 Alan has several potentially exciting three-year-olds for this Flat season, and, following hard on the heels of Kurakka‘s impressive win at Chelmsford last week, Daiquiri Bay looked [...]

May 7 Finest View, who spent much of the winter back at David and Kathleen Holmes’s Pitchall Farm Stud in Warwickshire, returns to action under topweight in the two-mile handicap chase at [...]

May 5 It was almost a year ago to the day since Alan bought Daiquiri Bay for 62,000gn at the Guineas Breeze-Up sale, and, having shown plenty of promise on his racecourse debut at Newbury last [...]

May 1 Barbury kicked off  the month of May in perfect fashion with Alan celebrating a double on the opening day, Baron Noir winning the bumper at the Punchestown Festival, while Kurakka made it [...]

May 1 Temperatures are expected to plummet next week, but the weather should hold through until Sunday, which ought to ensure glorious weather for Goodwood on Friday and Saturday. Maple Street [...]