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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 [...]

July 10 Fast ground did not prevent Sharp Glance from winning her first handicap at Bangor last Friday, but with barely a drop of rain having fallen in the majority of the country since, Alan, [...]

July 3 Like all trainers, Alan has found it really difficult to make running plans for his horses in such a prolonged dry spell, but there are a few of the Barbury team who relish fast ground, [...]

June 26 Having seen Wisper move with real zest up the all-weather gallop yesterday, I’ll be interested to see how this seven-year-old mare shapes off bottomweight in the mile and three [...]

June 23 Alan would not have had too many expectations from Royal Ascot this year, with the ground being rattling fast, but Daiquiri Bay ran well in the King George V Handicap, and Alan was still [...]

June 20 Daiquiri Bay ran far better than his eighth place might suggest in the King George V Handicap at Royal Ascot on Wednesday, being beaten less than seven lengths. He remains one for the [...]

June 16 Bookmakers clearly do not think that a 5lb pull is sufficient for Loughville, our only runner on day one of Royal Ascot, to make up the close on seven lengths deficit with assured [...]