Don’t Mind If I Do looks an above-average youngster
December 17 One of the most exciting novices in the yard, Don’t Mind If I Do confirmed the promise he showed on his debut at Warwick when bolting up by 15 lengths in the maiden hurdle at [...]
Grandeur D’Ame in great form as he tries again in the December Gold Cup at Cheltenham
Before taking his place with 400 others in the beautiful Cheltenham College Chapel on Thursday, where fellow trainers, owners, press and friends and family of Alastair Down’s gathered for [...]
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!
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 jumped [...]
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
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 to chase [...]
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 [...]
