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September 19 Spyce did everything we hoped he would when confirming his debut promise at Yarmouth on Tuesday, but now in what has been a political week we look to our own “first lady” [...]

September 16 Everyone has loved Spyce since the day he walked into Barbury in mid-April, so it was no surprise when Alan tonight stressed that he was “not ruling out” a tilt at the G1 [...]

September 12 This week will be one that Alan is particularly looking forward to, with Spyce and Plan C, two of Barbury’s potentially exciting youngsters, both declared to run. Blustery [...]

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 [...]