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August 1 Daiquiri Bay rewarded our faithful each-way punters when battling on for fourth place in the opener on day four of Glorious Goodwood, and, like Kurakka, he looks an improving [...]

July 30 Goodwood this year has been far from glorious for Barbury, Obviously, the opening day was when we hit rock bottom. Losing Trueshan was a cruel blow and one which none of us will ever [...]

July 30 Trueshan, who sadly had to be put down after suffering a fatal injury in yesterday’s Goodwood Cup, is back at Barbury and will now be laid to rest in the stable graveyard, alongside [...]

July 29 Racing is a wonderful sport, but it can be cruel at times, and Barbury is at its lowest ebb just now as news filtered through from Sussex than our stable-star Trueshan had suffered a [...]

July 28 Alan hopes that Barbury might end July on a winning note by lifting one of the valuable prizes on offer at Glorious Goodwood this week, a meeting that is close behind Royal Ascot and the [...]

July 27 It’s been a quiet week-end for Barbury, but both Blazeonfive (Ascot) and King Hal (Doncaster) acquitted themselves creditably, and Granny Hawkins belied odds of 16-1 when runner-up [...]

July 23 Glorious Goodwood is less than six days away now, but there is not too much rain forecast for the Sussex Downs between now and Tuesday, which hardly strengthens our hopes that the hugely [...]

July 17 A brief flurry of heavy showers at Newbury late morning will have been welcomed by clerk of the course George Hill as he looks ahead to our Super Sprint meeting which starts tomorrow. [...]

July 13 Not surprisingly in view of the continued fast ground, we only had four runners last week, but Kurakka ran a terrific race when upped in class for a competitive handicap at [...]

July 11 Wisper gained her seventh win on turf at Windsor last month, and, though she is 0-7 on the all-weather, Alan has booked Tom Marquand for the mare’s switch to tapeta for a mile and [...]