Loughville is first reserve for the Ebor at York tomorrow
August 22 Loughville is first reserve for the Ebor Handicap at York tomorrow, so needs one to come out to get run. Bookmakers are showing scant respect of the mare’s chances, but the [...]
Spyce is nice, so we are all looking forward to his racecourse debut at York on Friday
August 20 Alan has been looking forward to seeing his Too Darn Hot colt Spyce make his racecourse debut, and this Newmarket Breeze-Up purchase – at 280,000gs the most expensive Alan has [...]
Fast ground will suit our Market Rasen duo on Saturday
August 15 No runners for Barbury at this weekend’s two-day meeting down the road at Newbury, but Alan is in line for a busy early evening tomorrow as our thoughts revert to jumping with [...]
Insanity finished a close third when attempting back-to-back Shergar Cup victory at Ascot.
August 9 Insanity produced a brave attempt to win the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Challenge for the second year running at Ascot today, but a sedate early pace did not play to his strengths and, [...]
The experienced Joanna Mason rides Insanity as he bids for Shergar Cup double
August The experienced Joannu Mason has the ride on Insanity, who tried for back-to-back Shergar Cup successes when he flies the flag for Barbury again in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup [...]
Interesting two days coming up as the juveniles take the spotlight
August 4 They might be the equivalent of kids having their first day at infants school, but Alan only has 10 two-year-olds, so he is understandably excited about seeing three of them in action [...]
New recruit Barnso makes his Barbury debut at Goodwood on Saturday
August 1 Daiquiri Bay rewarded our faithful each-way punters when battling on for fourth place in the opener on day four of Glorious Goodwood, and, like Kurakka, he looks an improving [...]
Barbury are due a change of luck on day three at Goodwood
July 30 Goodwood this year has been far from glorious for Barbury, Obviously, the opening day was when we hit rock bottom. Losing Trueshan was a cruel blow and one which none of us will ever [...]
Alan says farewell to Trueshan – none of us will ever forget him
July 30 Trueshan, who sadly had to be put down after suffering a fatal injury in yesterday’s Goodwood Cup, is back at Barbury and will now be laid to rest in the stable graveyard, alongside [...]
Barbury in mourning as Trueshan has to be put down at Goodwood
July 29 Racing is a wonderful sport, but it can be cruel at times, and Barbury is at its lowest ebb just now as news filtered through from Sussex than our stable-star Trueshan had suffered a [...]
