Latest News

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 [...]

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 [...]

July 28 Alan hopes that Barbury might end July on a winning note by lifting one of the valuable prizes on offer at Glorious Goodwood this week, a meeting that is close behind Royal Ascot and the [...]

July 27 It’s been a quiet week-end for Barbury, but both Blazeonfive (Ascot) and King Hal (Doncaster) acquitted themselves creditably, and Granny Hawkins belied odds of 16-1 when runner-up [...]

July 23 Glorious Goodwood is less than six days away now, but there is not too much rain forecast for the Sussex Downs between now and Tuesday, which hardly strengthens our hopes that the hugely [...]

July 17 A brief flurry of heavy showers at Newbury late morning will have been welcomed by clerk of the course George Hill as he looks ahead to our Super Sprint meeting which starts tomorrow. [...]

July 13 Not surprisingly in view of the continued fast ground, we only had four runners last week, but Kurakka ran a terrific race when upped in class for a competitive handicap at [...]

July 11 Wisper gained her seventh win on turf at Windsor last month, and, though she is 0-7 on the all-weather, Alan has booked Tom Marquand for the mare’s switch to tapeta for a mile and [...]

July 10 Fast ground did not prevent Sharp Glance from winning her first handicap at Bangor last Friday, but with barely a drop of rain having fallen in the majority of the country since, Alan, [...]

July 3 Like all trainers, Alan has found it really difficult to make running plans for his horses in such a prolonged dry spell, but there are a few of the Barbury team who relish fast ground, [...]