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November 22 It is now 10 years since Alan enjoyed one of his most memorable days on the racecourse, winning the Hennessy Gold Cup on our local course with Smad Place. Masaccio was the horse many [...]

November 20 It’s been a frustrating few days for Alan and Noel Fehily, with Baron Noir going the same way at Warwick yesterday as Helnwein (Cheltenham) and Ski Lodge (Lingfield) had done in [...]

November 19 Ski Lodge made a pleasing return after almost 12 months absence when runner-up at Lingfield on Monday, but we are hoping that Baron Noir, who will carry the same Noel Fehily Racing [...]

November 17 Helnwein ran a corker to finish second in the prestigious Greatwood Hurdle at Cheltenham yesterday, travelling like a dream in the testing ground for Tom Bellamy and only giving best [...]

November 14 Alan has already gone on record as saying that Edwardstone might try two and a half miles again on what will be the 11-year-old’s final season, and it was crystal-clear in [...]

November 14 Alan has won the prestigious Greatwood Hurdle twice in the last eight years, courtesy of Elgin and Harambe, and he is doubly-represented in Sunday’s feature at Cheltenham with [...]

November 13 Our much-loved stable-star Edwardstone starts his final campaign on the racecourse on Friday, when he has his third crack at Cheltenham’s Grade 2 Shloer Chase, a race in which [...]

Finest View, who has been a fantastic racemare for David and Kathleen Holmes’s Pitchall Farm Stud in Warwickshire, has been retired after producing her customary brave effort at Bangor [...]

November 12 Sixty’s Rock is a non-runner at Bangor today, but we are still doubly-represented at the North Wales track, with Coral Gold Cup entry The Doyen Chief aiming to carry on where he [...]

November 7 The curtain comes down at Doncaster tomorrow on what has been a successful 2025 Flat season for Barbury, with the small squad of two-year-olds looking potentially exciting. This has [...]