We have plenty to look forward to this week
January 20 It’s amazing that we haven’t celebrated a winner since Rockola‘s somewhat fortuitous success at Huntingdon on January 2. Not that we have suffered too many [...]
Edwardstone in top form for the clash with Jonbon and Energumene at Ascot on Saturday
January 16 What could be a potentially lucrative weekend for Barbury starts with fancied runners at both Market Rasen and Windsor on Friday, with a talented duo in Edwardstone and I’m A [...]
Off The Jury will relish stepping up to three miles at Wincanton on Thursday
January 14 We are hoping that the step up to three miles might help Liz Prowting’s Geturguccion shake off a frustrating bout of second-itis and gain her first success in tomorrow’s [...]
Here’s hoping we’ll be rolling again at Newbury next Wednesday
January 10 It’s been a frustrating week for racing with winter finally rearing its ugly head, and even before the hard frost we had on Thursday night, all of of us at Barbury had resigned [...]
Here’s hoping that Theonlywayiswessex can win again for our sponsors at Plumpton on Sunday
January 1 Alan has asked me to send all website readers his best festive wishes but warns not to expect too many fireworks in the first couple of weeks of 2025 as January is when the Barbury [...]
Edwardstone so brave in defeat and Paradias could enjoy a money-spinning 2025
December 27 Santa might not have delivered all the Christmas presents that Barbury had hoped for, but we can’t complain about a terrific run from Edwardstone under top weight in the [...]
Edwardstone has to give weight away all round in the Desert Orchid at Kempton on Friday
December 24 Edwardstone was long odds-on when he threw in an uncharacteristic bad jump and hit the ground in Kempton’s Desert Orchid Chase two years ago, but, whereas it was a Grade 2 race [...]
Here’s hoping we can pull a cracker from five interesting runners on Boxing Day
December 24 Alan has an early start on Boxing Day as Es Perfecto is in the opener at Kempton, trying to go two places better than he did in this novice handicap chase last year. Es Perfecto has [...]
Egbert might be unpredictable, but he was on a going day at Haydock on Saturday
December 23 Egbert reminds me very much of a few human beings in racing I know. For those tricky two-legged customers, in cricket parlance, “the first over is crucial”, and I’ll [...]
We launch a dual attack on the valuable Ladbroke Handicap Hurdle at Ascot on Saturday
December 19 Alan has twice won Ascot’s valuable Ladbrokes premier handicap hurdle, and, being doubly-represented in Saturday’s renewal with Favour And Fortune and 2021 winner [...]
