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November 5 We have two runners on the polytrack at Kempton tomorrow, including the versatile Tritonic, who carries topweight in the two mile handicap. Rossa Ryan, fresh from his Breeders Cup [...]

November 2 We have a couple of interesting runners at Huntingdon tomorrow in Westerton and Hall Lane, so fingers crossed one or the other (maybe both) can keep up the fine run of the Barbury [...]

November 2 There have been so many wonderful tributes about my former colleague, but, more important, close friend Alastair Down, who sadly died on Thursday at the age of 68. Alastair was the [...]

It is 35 years tomorrow that Lingfield staged the UK’s first all-weather raceday, Newmarket’s initial mile-long Al Bahathri gallop having been installed four years earlier. Nowadays [...]

October 27 Trueshan climaxed another lucrative season when finishing a brave third behind last year’s winner Double Major in the G1 Prix Royal-Oak at Saint-Cloud today. Hollie Doyle, who [...]

The Friday deluge at Newbury did not materialise, which meant that, despite an early morning inspection after overnight rain, the ground, though officially heavy, was not as testing as it might [...]

The ground will be testing for the G1 Prix Royal-Oak at Saint-Cloud on Sunday, which is good news for the mud-loving Trueshan, who sidestepped the Long Distance Cup at Ascot on Champions Day to [...]

Like every trainer, Alan loves a Saturday winner, but, with no runners at Cheltenham’s two-day meeting this week-end, he is relying on Nap Hand to bring home the money in the mile and a [...]

The Apple Tree Stud are enjoying a purple patch, both on the racecourse and in the sales ring, and twice in the last four days Alan has given them further reason to celebrate, newcomer King [...]

Alan, doubtless delighted how well The Doyen Chief shaped first time over fences in a handicap at Market Rasen on Tuesday, and also with both Baskerville, who found one too good at Hereford 24 [...]