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June 11 Like most stables on the run up to Royal Ascot, Alan has been selective in what he runs this week, but with Rockola landing her third win over hurdles at Worcester on Sunday and Midnight [...]

June 5 Daiquiri Bay is one of the three-year-olds that Alan has big hopes for in 2025, so fingers crossed all will go well in the novice (6.05) at Doncaster on Friday. Town Moor are expecting [...]

May 31 Kurakka did everything asked of him when winning his first handicap in style at Haydock on Friday night, and now we wait to see the reaction of the official assessor when his updated [...]

May 29 Primitivo was completing a four-timer and winning off a mark of 95 when he provided Alan with his first Royal Ascot success in the King George V Handicap in 2016. Consequently, both [...]

May 26 Trueshan might be nine years old, but at Longchamp yesterday he produced the sort of performance that Alan had hoped for, and one that surely prompts connections to put the veteran’s [...]

May 23 Inevitably, Longchamp ground has been pretty quick throughout May, but rain is forecast for both Saturday and Sunday, and Alan is hopeful that Trueshan, belatedly having his first run of [...]

May 22 We often complain about handicappers being too hard on our horses, but the official assessor has taken into account the fact that Tritonic is now in his ninth year and has given him a real [...]

May 20 Buoyant from seeing Baskerville make a winning chasing debut at Stratford on Sunday, Alan was in good spirits at Doncaster today, having bought a trio of three-year-olds at the Goffs [...]

May 15 It is very rare for Alan not to have a single entry for Saturday, but he makes up for it with a busy Friday, four runners at Newbury, plus a couple heading up to York for the final day of [...]

May 11 May celebrations continue at Barbury, with Harbour Lake reversing last month’s Cheltenham form with Long Draw in winning the Pertemps Long Distance Handicap Hurdle at Haydock [...]