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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 [...]

December 31 Alan was pleased with the three horses we have run so far this week – Blues Singer finished third behind two above-average novices at Newbury, where I’m A Lumberjack was [...]

December 28 Noel Fehily celebrated his 50th birthday on Christmas Eve, and Alan hopes that Barbury can provide him with another celebration for his syndicate members on Tuesday, courtesy of Ski [...]

December 23 Alan stresses that it will be a relatively quiet Christmas for Barbury, though he is looking forward to seeing Charisma Cat out again in the mares novices hurdle at Wincanton on [...]

December 18 Alan has twice enjoyed a bumper pre-Christmas celebration at Ascot, courtesy of Raya Star and Tritonic, both of whom won the their big handicap hurdle going into the festive period. [...]

December 15 Kempton Park was the first racecourse I attended, going by bicycle with my dad as a 12th birthday present on Easter Saturday 1960. So I can quite understand the horror that Alan felt [...]

December 13 Last week-end Alan confessed that he was in a bit of a dilemma as to whether to stick to Flat racing on the all-weather with Blazeon Five or go back over hurdles, where the [...]

Tom Bellamy, who has three good rides coming up for Alan this week-end, is in terrific form and has already booted home six winners this month, the most recent being the Barbury-trained Irish [...]