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February 13 Alan confesses that he is “under no illusions” that Edwardstone faces a herculean task in tomorrow’s Grade 1 Betfair Ascot Chase, in which he takes on Jonbon for a [...]

February 5 Frustrated by the never-ending testing ground conditions we have encountered since the turn of the year, Alan envisages another quiet week-end, and, unusually for Barbury, we have no [...]

February 4 It did not take long for Barbury to get on the February score-sheet, with King Al winning the Juvenile Hurdle at Ludlow today, hot on the heels of a creditable third from Neon Dream at [...]

January 30 Our treble at Kempton was the highlight of January, and we return to the Sunbury course on Monday with fingers crossed that maybe Neon Dream can kick-start February in style by [...]

January 27 Charisma Cat justified favouritism when making it third time lucky over jumps at Chepstow yesterday, surviving a couple of hairy leaps to win the mares hurdle in workmanlike fashion. [...]

January 26 Alan was back on the racecourse today, having returned from his sunshine holiday in the Maldives, but his trip to Hereford did not work out as expected, with Ski Lodge, 11-10 favourite [...]

January 24 Runners have been scarce from Barbury since we celebrated a treble at Kempton a fortnight ago, but Alan returns from his sunshine holiday this weekend and he will be hoping to get [...]

January 13 Alan has been able to switch off in the sunshine of the Maldives since reflecting on his brilliant three-timer at Kempton last Saturday, but doubtless he might find a quiet hideaway [...]

January 10 Alan had not had a winner for a month, yet on the day he chose to fly off on his fortnight’s winter holiday to the Maldives the Barbury quartet sent to Kempton returned with [...]

January 9 We are still awaiting our first celebration of 2026, but only three of our nine runners started at single-figure prices and, but for some sloppy jumps over the final three fences having [...]