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October 13 David Egan gets on well with Loughville, and dropping down to Class 3 company at Nottingham on Wednesday, the five-year-old mare could outrun her likely odds. Since running creditably [...]

October 12 Christophe Soumillon described Pierre Bonnard as “the real deal”, so for Spyce to be beaten only three lengths into fourth place by Aidan O’Brien’s Derby [...]

October 9 Alan would be the first to admit that he has never had a stronger team of two-year-olds than he has this season. They might only number nine, but several have shown the quality to [...]

October 9 James Doyle was gutted when the short head verdict went against him on King Hal at Nottingham on Monday, but he is hoping he might go one better when he rides Daiquiri Bay for the first [...]

October 6 We signed off September with a winner, courtesy of Alcarath at Epsom, and we promptly made a lightning strike into October, with Blazeonfive winning the two-mile handicap at Ascot on [...]

September 29 Alan might have only nine two-year-olds, but apart from Futurity entry Spyce, who looked a potential Group horse when winning at Yarmouth, there are several other youngsters who [...]

September 26 Alan has never been a big fan of Sunday racing, but he has three solid chances at Epsom this week-end, starting with the promising Alcarath in the novice. Alcarath belied odds of [...]

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 [...]