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Friday 19 July
We are all on course for Tuesday in Southwell! Tara as expected, has not been declared for the bumper in Stratford on Sunday. The ground will be very quick, and the track will not suit. Southwell...
read moreThursday 18 July
Brendan Powell Jnr - who has really been at the top of his game recently, suffered the worst part of the jump jockeys life last night when he was unshipped in the mares novices hurdle and fractured...
read moreWednesday 17 July
Tara Dancer is ready. She had her final piece of work yesterday, and worked very well upsides Ogee. The tongue tie has made a huge difference in her home work, and we now have to see if it can work...
read moreTuesday 16 July
Lovely weather - very hot again, and the horses that are in full work are out first lot in the morning to try and get the coolest conditions of the day. Tara Dancer did her last serious piece of work...
read moreMonday 15 July
Everything is going fast!!! The year for starters - doesn't seem two minutes since Colebrooke and Smart Exit went off to Ann and Colin's for their summer break - but today they will return to Fences...
read moreThursday 11 July
We all feel that honesty is the best policy, and it would be far from honest for me to say that Tara Dancer worked sparklingly on Saturday morning. It was the first time she had been asked to do a...
read moreWednesday 11 July
Day One of The Ashes series today - and lets hope we can continue the run of fantastic sporting success over the last few weeks!! It will be a hard fought series - but if England bring their A Game...
read moreTuesday 9 July
Ed 'The Vet' Brett is sunning himself, so Sally was in this morning to scope both Tara Dancer and Ogee. TD was very clean, so we can continue with her, and Southwell is still very much on the cards...
read moreMonday 8 July
A tremendous weekend of sport! A British (Scottish) Wimbledon Champion, a Wallaby mauling at the hands of the Lions, and a lovely Saturday afternoon watching the village second XI getting beaten! The...
read moreFriday 5 July
Our thoughts this morning are with Brian Toomey. Brian suffered a crashing fall in Perth last night and was taken to hospital in Dundee with serious head injuries. Brian is a great lad, always...
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