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February 28 Ski Lodge is one of the younger horses who Alan thinks very highly of, and he is looking forward to the six-year-old returning in Noel Fehily’s’ syndicated silks in the [...]

February 27 There has been no shortage of encouragement from our post-cough runners this past week, with Mystical Moon, Big Boy Bobby and Star Time all finishing second, Egbert looking sure to be [...]

February 20 We hope to be able to get the Barbury wagon rolling again this week-end, following news that the bug, which hit the yard last week and meant we had no runners for four days, has [...]

February 13 Written off by punters because of the poor form of Alan’s horses, Es Perfecto, the stable’s only runner of the day, brought a smile back to the boss’s face when [...]

February 13 As feared, a bout of coughing has spread through the yard this week, with those affected including Edwardstone, who blew very hard after his disappointing run in last week’s [...]

February 10 February has always been a dark gloomy month, but for all of us at Barbury spring cannot come soon enough as we look to end a winnerless spell over jumps of 17 days, during which we [...]

February 6 Alan has saddled five seconds since Castle Carrack won at Sandown a fortnight ago, but Rockola will be a warm favourite for the three-mile plus mares handicap hurdle at Huntingdon [...]

January 30 Last Saturday was frustrating with Grandeur d’Ame beaten a whisker in the £100,000 chase at Cheltenham, but he produced a career-best performance which has earned him a return to [...]

January 24 How impressive was Castle Carrack on his jumping debut in the opener at Sandown today? Bought for £100,000 two days after he won his bumper for Nicky Richards at Ayr in November, [...]

January 23 Alan was on target with his first Flat runner of 2025 when Paradias won well at Kempton’s polytrack meeting. He was successful at Glorious Goodwood last summer, but he is 2-3 on [...]