Edwardstone jumps back up none the worse for his Sandown fall
December 8 As we feared, Jonbon was back to his best and dominated Saturday’s Tingle Creek Chase for a back-to-back success in Sandown’s Grade 1 race, but it was just a shame that [...]
Edwardstone v Jonbon – round five at Sandown, and who knows this might be our turn!
December 5 With three winners and two places from just seven runners this month, Alan is well pleased with the form of the Barbury team, and long-term the sky could be the limit for Ski Lift, who [...]
Ski Lodge will relish the trip and ground up at Haydock
December 3 Alan made the perfect start to December when Irish-recruit Baron Noir and the consistent Theonlywayiswessex both won at Plumpton on Monday, and, being a big fan of Ski Lodge, I am full [...]
Masaccio goes down with all guns blazing against The Jukebox Man at Newbury
November 29 Alan has made no secret of the fact that he rates his novice chasers this season an above-average crop, and maybe we saw the best so far at Newbury today in Masaccio, who ran a corker [...]
Emitom the ‘missing piece’ in what looks a great card at Newbury today
Newbury won’t seem quite the same today without Emitom, who can boast two wins and three seconds on our local course from just five visits, having only joined our Barbury stable nine months [...]
Masaccio takes on the big boys at Newbury on Friday
November 28 What locals still refer to as Newbury’s Hennessy Festival has always been one of Alan’s highlights of the jumps season, and he will need no reminding that he celebrated [...]
Aintree hero Harbour Lake aims to follow up at Market Rasen on Wednesday
Es Perfecto finally confirmed the impression we had this time last year that he would make up into an exciting novice chaser when he justified favouritism in the two and a half mile handicap [...]
The Doyen Chief will be better suited to Exeter than he was Market Rasen
Alan loves Warwick, but the two-day meeting on the Midlands course this week was somewhat frustrating as, though saddling the 1-2 in the bumper, with Charisma Cat beating Annie Hathaway, we had [...]
Highly-rated Blues Singer set to return at Ascot in the bumper
Alan has a high opinion of Helnwein, but he stressed before Warwick that whatever he did on his chasing debut on the Midlands course he will improve as the season progressed. It was as if Alan is [...]
Don’t Mind If I Do is not one to miss at Warwick
November 19 The going at Warwick on Thursday is bound to be softer than it will be on the Midlands course tomorrow as the ground will have been opened up after action there on day one. However, [...]
