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March 6 Every trainer would love to have a winner or two going into Cheltenham, and Alan has three chances of a pre-Festival boost for the stable at Sandown on Saturday. With a rain-free forecast [...]

March 4 There won’t be a dry eye at Barbury should Masaccio win one of those big handicap chases at Cheltenham next week, or for the matter if Dickens bags a somewhat smaller prize at [...]

February 28 Ski Lodge is one of the younger horses who Alan thinks very highly of, and he is looking forward to the six-year-old returning in Noel Fehily’s’ syndicated silks in the [...]

February 27 There has been no shortage of encouragement from our post-cough runners this past week, with Mystical Moon, Big Boy Bobby and Star Time all finishing second, Egbert looking sure to be [...]

February 20 We hope to be able to get the Barbury wagon rolling again this week-end, following news that the bug, which hit the yard last week and meant we had no runners for four days, has [...]

February 13 Written off by punters because of the poor form of Alan’s horses, Es Perfecto, the stable’s only runner of the day, brought a smile back to the boss’s face when [...]

February 13 As feared, a bout of coughing has spread through the yard this week, with those affected including Edwardstone, who blew very hard after his disappointing run in last week’s [...]

February 10 February has always been a dark gloomy month, but for all of us at Barbury spring cannot come soon enough as we look to end a winnerless spell over jumps of 17 days, during which we [...]

February 6 Alan has saddled five seconds since Castle Carrack won at Sandown a fortnight ago, but Rockola will be a warm favourite for the three-mile plus mares handicap hurdle at Huntingdon [...]

January 30 Last Saturday was frustrating with Grandeur d’Ame beaten a whisker in the £100,000 chase at Cheltenham, but he produced a career-best performance which has earned him a return to [...]