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Sometimes I get ahead of myself. After confidently declaring that we had been lucky - and that Howard and Terence would be able to call upon the services of Tom O'Brien for their exciting prospect...

Quite autumnal this morning - darker starts, and tipping with rain - at least it means that the winter season is nearly upon us!! It was slightly different on Saturday, when John Bird and Bob Graham...

Yesterday the British Horseracing Authority stated it would listen to Racecourse proposals to stage fixtures on Good Friday from 2014. In my opinion a terrible proposal. Good Friday is one of the 3...

It is that exciting time of year when we are able to start looking at some early season targets for the winter horses. Some of the string have just started to quicken up last week, and some will start...

The work has started on the gallop. The old woodchip surface will be taken off and a new and different one put down. With all of the string bar two, Benefit Cut and Ogee still doing steady canters it...

It will be all change at Fences Farm from Monday. For the past 12 years the horses have done all their work on the woodchip gallop, but early next week the diggers will be in and the old surface will...

Guest Of Honours, already very decent bumper form was franked again today. On his debut in January GOH was fourth, and ran very well despite not getting a good run up the rail. 1 1/4 lengths in front...

He has the nick-name LEGEND - and this afternoon he lived right up to it once again!! Ogee won in Worcester. In a small field, and for the first time in his jumping career not ridden by Jimmy McCarthy...

A busy Bank Holiday weekend over - and guess what it rained!! Saturday was particularly wet - which meant that only 1 hardy soul pitched up to see the horses exercise - well done John! Smart Exit and...

Last year, many of you will remember that it was a tough job getting Benefit Cut 100%. He was continually falling foul of a low grade infection, and was really never at his best until the spring when...