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September 5 Alan has arguably got as good a bunch of juveniles this season as he has ever had, and just two weeks after Spyce‘s hugely encouraging debut second at York’s Ebor meeting, [...]

September 4 Pompette will be our first runner in September when he contests the maiden at Ascot on Friday, and, while he jumps up a grade from his debut fifth at Ffos Las, he looks an interesting [...]

August 30 We all new that there was no fluke about the 33-1 third of Deedaydiva in a newcomers race for fillies at Newmarket three weeks ago, and she duly confirmed that promise when justifying [...]

August 29 Holidaymakers might be cursing the overdue arrival of rain, but, like all trainers, Alan has been desperate to see some of the wet stuff and it certainly helped the cause of King Al, [...]

August 29 Brioni produced a career-best performance on his last visit to Sandown in June, so, despite a subsequent disappointment in the prestigious John Smith’s Cup at York, he would have [...]

August 27 Six of our last eight runners have finished in the frame, with Daiquiri Bay, Spyce and Insanity all running corkers at York. This week has been relatively quiet, but King Al, our one [...]

August 22 Frustrating maybe, but, despite having suffered four second places in the last seven days, Alan has seen a fistful of reasons to be optimistic about what the second half of the Flat [...]

August 22 Loughville is first reserve for the Ebor Handicap at York tomorrow, so needs one to come out to get  run. Bookmakers are showing scant respect of the mare’s chances, but the [...]

August 20 Alan has been looking forward to seeing his Too Darn Hot colt Spyce make his racecourse debut, and this Newmarket Breeze-Up   purchase – at 280,000gs the most expensive Alan has [...]

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 [...]