August 15 No runners for Barbury at this weekend’s two-day meeting down the road at Newbury, but Alan is in line for a busy early evening tomorrow as our thoughts revert to jumping with [...]
August 9 Insanity produced a brave attempt to win the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Challenge for the second year running at Ascot today, but a sedate early pace did not play to his strengths and, [...]
August The experienced Joannu Mason has the ride on Insanity, who tried for back-to-back Shergar Cup successes when he flies the flag for Barbury again in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup [...]
August 4 They might be the equivalent of kids having their first day at infants school, but Alan only has 10 two-year-olds, so he is understandably excited about seeing three of them in action [...]
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 [...]