Ron Delnevo & Peter Lupson following Edinburgh Knight's win at Kempton 23.11.11
Posted on 28 Nov 2011
NIGHT LILY DEADHEATS FOR 3RD IN DEAUVILLE
Owners Ken and Debbie Snell sampled the delights of Deauville on 6th when their mare NIGHT LILY contested the Listed race over 7 and a half furlongs on the polytrack. Lily was drawn wide and jockey Ioritz Mendizabal could not get her covered up as she usually likes and was more prominent than usual turning into the straight. She still looked like winning a furlong out but the field came at her and she deadheated for third with the distances being a short head and a short neck! This was the third time Lily has been involved in tight finishes in Listed races and she more than deserves to win one. Lily will continue to run on the all-weather this winter.
Fairly quiet in terms of runners at the moment. Most of the stalwarts have just returned from breaks including EDINBURGH KNIGHT and NELSON'S BOUNTY.
The new two year olds are now cantering nicely and some to note are Jim Kinnear's GLOBAL LEADER, who replaces CALEDONIAN SPRING, sold to Hong Kong. Stapleford Racing's lovely filly KROSSKINA and their homebred SPIRIT MAN and Ken Snell's TRUE SPIRIT.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
We have had a great 2011 and look forward to 2012 and more good winners. NIGHT LILY will run in a Listed race in Deauville on the all-weather on Friday 6th January and we hope that she can have her head slightly in front on the line! She has been beaten into second in two Listed races this year by the narrowest of margins and really deserves to win one.
EDINBURGH KNIGHT is enjoying a well-deserved holiday at Pantile Stud. When he returns to training, he will be prepared for the Lincoln at Doncaster at the beginning of the turf season.
EDINBURGH KNIGHT WINS LISTED RACE
EDINBURGH KNIGHT followed up his win at Ascot on Champions Day with a win in the Listed Hyde Stakes at Kempton on 23rd. Eddie has now won three good races this year over 6, 7 and 8 furlongs and this is a great tribute to the horse's versatility. This was his first run over a mile since early last season, but we were confident it would suit him. Jim Crowley, who won on him at Newcastle in June, rode a patient, confident race to bring him from the back of the field to cut through them and show an impressive turn of foot. Anyone who follows our yard knows that we have always held the horse in very high regard and he is still strengthening up to his enormous frame. He will now have a well-earned winter break. Looking forward to next year with him.
Owner Ron Delnevo had a private box full of friends for the evening and a good time was had by all! Other owners Martin Hyson and Peter Lupson were also on hand to celebrate until Kempton turned off the lights! See photo of presentation.
FAIRYINTHEWIND FLIES IN AT KEMPTON
FAIRYINTHEWIND followed up her second last week with a clearcut win on 10th. She is owned by the Spittinginthewind Partnership, which comprises Martin Hyson, Ron Delnevo and Debbie Smyth. FAIRYINTHEWIND is the first winner we have trained who is by INDIAN HAVEN, who won the Irish 2000 Guineas for us in 2003.
FAIRY was our first runner of the new season and first winner. We were pleased with our results last season. From a nucleus of 20 horses, we had 20 winners, 21 seconds and 21 thirds to put us into 89th place out of 498 trainers in the UK. Prize money of £143,690 and a good 12% strike rate put us ahead of a great number of trainers who would have many more horses than we have access to. Last week's second in a Listed race at Dundalk in Ireland yielded a nice 9,500 euro prize for Ken and Debbie Snell with their NIGHT LILY, who goes for the Listed Churchill Stakes at Lingfield on 12th.
NIGHT LILY JUST DENIED AT DUNDALK
NIGHT LILY came perilously close to winning the Listed Cooley Stakes at Dundalk on Friday 4th. She was beaten a nose by Clinical, already a winner of two Listed races, in a thrilling finish. LILY, very well ridden by Wayne Lordan, gave her supporters plenty to shout about! She was second beaten a head in a Listed race at Kempton in March and surely deserves to win one of these! LILY came to us in February 2010 after her three year old career, which had yielded one win. In 2010 she won 4 races and has won 2 this year. She seems to be improving with age and is a much better filly on the all-weather, although she has won on grass. When the time comes for her to go to the paddocks, she will make a cracking broodmare.
EDINBURGH KNIGHT is on target for the Listed Hyde Stakes at Kempton on 23rd. He came out of his win at Ascot on Champions Day in great form.
CHAMPIONS DAY - WHAT A DAY TO HAVE A WINNER!
We were so thrilled to have a winner on the inuagural CHAMPIONS DAY at Ascot on Saturday! EDINBURGH KNIGHT rose to the challenge in the last race, which was a class 2 handicap for apprentices, the future stars of the racecourse. We had originally booked Joseph O'Brien to ride Eddie, but he was required to ride for Ballydoyle at Cork, so super-sub Matthew Davies, who has recently ridden out his claim stepped in. Matthew has previously had a couple of rides for us and is an able young man, and gave Eddie a peach of a ride to take it up a furlong our and hold on to win by 3/4 of a length. Eddie and Matthew paraded in front of the stands then entered the great winner's enclosure flanked by the troopers and to a fanfare just the same as all the other winners on the day. It was a very exciting time for Eddie's owners Knights Racing, who comprise Ron Delnevo, Martin Hyson, Peter and John Lupson. The occasion was not lost on any of his thrilled connections! It will live long in the memory!
COME ON BLUE CHIP WINS AGAIN
COME ON BLUE CHIP follows up again at Wolverhampton on 7th under champion jockey Paul Hanagan. He was running with a 6lb penalty and in theory was 6lb well in, as the handicapper had raised him 12lb for his win the previous week. Paul Hanagan always looked to have the situation under control and the horse won comfortably by five lengths. Owner Clare Blaskey of Blue Chip Feeds had come on from the Horse Of The Year Show at the nearby NEC, where Blue Chip sponsor a junior show jumping class and various top riders at the event. Clare very much enjoyed seeing the horse she bought as a foal win again.
Paul bought a gorgeous yearling by DARK ANGEL at the Goffs Orby Sale in Ireland to replace Jim Kinnear's CALEDONIAN SPRING. Ken Snell has bought a sharp SHAMARDAL colt and Roy Searle a much-admired CAPE CROSS filly from the Tattersalls Book 1 yearling sales this week.
COME ON BLUE CHIP!
COME ON BLUE CHIP finally fulfilled the promise of his first run at Newmarket in May at Wolverhampton on 29th winning under champion jockey Paul Hanagan. Paul showed why he is champion by giving the horse a confident ride to win going away. This horse has not had much go right for him in his last few runs and deserved to get his head in front. This should do his confidence the world of good and hopefully he can go on from this. His owner Clare Blaskey of Blue Chip Feeds, was on hand with husband Ian to see the horse she bought as a foal come good.
Blue Chip Feeds have sponsored our yard since we started with two horses in 1998 and their Blue Chip Pro is responsible for the wonderful bloom on our horses' coats, as borne out by COME ON BLUE CHIP, who looked magnificent in the paddock. He was napped by Racing Post Newmarket correspondant David Milnes, who had his card marked at last Sunday's owners day, along with all owners present!
CHARLIE AND RACHEL WILSON ADD TO THEIR STRING
Their POLLY HOLDER, who gave Rachel a great first ride finishing second at Southwell, has sustained an injury that will put her out of action for a few months. They have replaced her with GRANNY ANNE, again bought from Alan Bailey and the new partnership will be in action in amateur races over the coming months.
We are having an Owners' Open Day today and the weather is great and our lovely owners definitely know how to enjoy themselves!
CALEDONIAN SPRING SOLD TO HONG KONG
CALEDONIAN SPRING has been sold to continue his racing career in Hong Kong. This talented young horse will do very well out there and we wish his new owners well with him.
EDINBURGH KNIGHT runs in the Ayr Silver Cup on Saturday 17th with Eddie Ahern aboard. He should like the ground and we are hopeful of a big run.
LITTLE JAZZ had a nasty experience at Yarmouth on Tuesday when the horse in front of her suffered what looked like a serious injury and was pulled up immediately. Little Jazz was trapped behind it on the rail and jockey Cathy Gannon had no choice but to pull up. She seems none the worse and runs tonight at Wolverhampton, along with Fairyinthewind, Come On Blue Chip and Brynfa Boy, who deserves to get his head in front after a couple of near misses.
TWO WINNERS IN TWO DAYS
CALEDONIAN SPRING wins the two year old mile Listed race at Haydock on 3rd to make amends for his unlucky run in the Acomb at York in fourth. He got a good ride at Haydock from Eddie Ahern who rode him with great confidence and he strode away to win comfortably by three lengths. He was the highest rated horse in the race, with the best form, but did not go off favourite. Must be a case of not being trained by a famous enough trainer! Nice price for our followers.
DARNATHEAN won well at Kempton the previous evening in the nursery. We decided to drop him back in trip and let him stride on and it seemed to suit him well. Luke Morris, a cracking young jockey, rides this horse well. DARNATHEAN always wears blinkers, not because he is not genuine, but because they stop him spooking at everything around him. He is ridden out in them everyday. When his lad removed them going down into the winner's enclosure, he went to bolt! He is the second winner to be bred by owners Ken and Debbie Snell from a mare they raced themselves, the first one being his half-sister dual winner LITTLE JAZZ.
RACHEL WILSON FINISHES 2ND ON HER FIRST RIDE
Rachel Wilson made it on to the track on the third attempt, (see news below) at Southwell on Thursday 18th and the wonderful POLLY HOLDER looked after her like the bombproof filly she is to finish like a train in 2nd. Rachel is now looking forward to doing it again!
CALEDONIAN SPRING was incredibly unlucky not to finish better than fourth in the Acomb at York. He was too far back and then did not get a clear run and came with a storming run to challenge the front three. Great things beckon for this horse.
MCBIRNEY ran respectably at York in a class 2 handicap on Friday, in the best race he has ever run in. He is entered in the Goffs/DBS select sale at Doncaster on 9th September.
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PERFECT TIMING FOR ONGOODFORM
ONGOODFORM won at Yarmouth on 15th to give owner Jim Kinnear a boost following his arrival in this country from his native Canada earlier in the day. This was the first time Jim had been present to see his horse win and he was thrilled. Showing no signs of jet lag, Jim celebrated in a suitable fashion!
ONGOODFORM, having eventually had some help from the handicapper, scraped home in a very tight finish to win a nose under a top class ride from Eddie Ahern. ONGOODFORM's day job is as lead horse to Jim's other horse CALEDONIAN SPRING, who is engaged in the Group 3 Acomb Stakes at York on Wednesday. Luckily, Jim is able to make the trip to York to see his horse run, ridden by man-of-the-moment, Tom Queally.
RACHEL WILSON bids to make it third time lucky on Thursday at Southwell on POLLY HOLDER (see previous news entry). Both horse and jockey are in fighting form!
BAD LUCK FOR RACHEL WILSON!
Rachel Wilson has not had the best of luck this week, trying to make her debut in a race on her filly POLLY HOLDER. On Monday at Windsor, she was not allowed to ride by the Clerk of the Scales, as she would have put up too much overweight. So big anti-climax, having walked the course with Paul and Steve Smith Eccles and seen the inside of the weighing room! Rachel then started losing weight for her next ride, which was at Brighton on Thursday. She even bought new lightweight colours, breeches etc in order to do the weight. The problem being caused by Polly receiving weight for age as a 3 year old and the fact that Rachel claims 7lb, not having ridden a winner. All set for Brighton, except there was a doubt about racing going ahead to start off with, as the well-know sea fret descended! That problem overcome, course walked and weighed out successfully, target weight made including full claim, Polly proceeded to spread a plate en route to the start and was withdrawn not under starter's orders. You could not make it up! Then as Rachel cantered back down the track, the tiny saddle slipped up the filly's neck. To her great credit, Polly went straight as a die until she saw Paul, who had seen what happened and jumped out onto the track, and Polly just pulled up! What a star! These two are a great partnership and one day they will get their just rewards!
LITTLE JAZZ WINS AT WINDSOR
LITTLE JAZZ, bred and owned by Ken and Debbie Snell, wins at Windsor on 25th under substitute jockey Cathy Gannon. Matthew Davies was booked for the ride, but was stood down earlier in the day at Yarmouth, so Cathy Gannon stepped into the breach and gave the filly a tremendous ride. LITTLE JAZZ was running in snatches during the race, but Cathy didn't give up and they came good in the last furlong. LITTLE JAZZ is the first foal of a mare owned by Ken and Debbie who never won a race, so she has gone up in value. Her second foal DARNATHEAN ran really well at Newmarket recently and should add to the mare's winning tally in due course.
Yard amateur rider RACHEL WILSON is attending the assessment course at the Northern Racing College this week and hopes to make her debut at Windsor on 1st August on POLLY HOLDER.
EDINBURGH KNIGHT is extemely well and we hope he will give a very good show in Saturday's Stewards' Cup at Goodwood. He has been kept fresh for this race.
CALEDONIAN SPRING WINS £10,000 BONUS RACE
CALEDONIAN SPRING wins a hotly-contested maiden at Ascot on 22nd under a confident Kieren Fallon ride and earn his owner the £10,000 Racing Post Yearling Bonus.
CALEDONIAN SPRING is owned by Canadian Jim Kinnear, who unfortunately was not in the country to see his horse win. He was bought at the Kempton Breeze Up Sales by Ross Doyle and Paul, as a likely Royal Ascot horse and indeed did run at Royal Ascot in the Windsor Castle. The 7 furlongs of Friday's race suited him much better and Kieren's high opinion of the horse was vindicated. We have always thought a lot of this horse and will now up him in grade.
NIGHT LILY WINS AT NOTTINGHAM
NIGHT LILY wins a short head at Nottingham on 15th under a well-judged ride by Liam Jones to flash late and fast and get up in the shadow of the post. LILY has been running well without winning since her heroic second in a Listed race on the all-weather at Kempton in the spring. The handicapper has allowed her a bit of lee-way and she was able to make the most of it at Nottingham. Hopefully, if the handicapper does not go mad, she will be able to follow up. We were looking at Bath, where she won last year and loves the firm ground usually found there, but they have abandoned all races over sprint distances because of problems with the bend. Lily seems to love the firm ground and is able to bounce off it. Owners Ken and Debbie Snell were at Nottingham to cheer her on and were celebrating their wedding anniversary, so nice timing Lily! See presentation page for photo.
EDINBURGH KNIGHT is on track for a crack at the Steward's Cup at Goodwood, where he will again be partnered by Jim Crowley, who rode him so well to win at Newcastle. We hope for a wet Goodwood! Sorry everyone!
NELSON'S BOUNTY did not seem to cope with the ground at Newmarket on Saturday. It seemed to be loose due to the monsoon-like conditions and he did not like it.
EDINBURGH KNIGHT WINS IN THRILLING STYLE AT NEWCASTLE!
EDINBURGH KNIGHT goes some way to fulfilling the potential we have always thought he had, when winning the big sprint handicap at Newcastle on 25th, Northumberland Plate day, in front of a capacity crowd. Settled in behind the pace by Jim Crowley, he was produced to power through the field in the last furlong. Eddie enjoyed the cut in the ground and the uphill finish. His next target will be the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood on July 30th.
Hopes of a double with MCBIRNEY were foiled by the handicapper putting him up to 83 for winning two small races. Unfortunately, the weight concession proved beyond him.
CALEDONIAN SPRING unfortunately did not run up to form in the Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot, but a good day out was had by owner Jim Kinnear, whose brother and sister both flew in from Canada for a chance to be in the hallowed Royal Ascot parade ring! The owners and trainers car park was the scene for after-racing drinks for our owners at the meeting with the best weather of the week!
We were absolutely delighted with BRYNFA BOY's run at Kempton on 20th where he finished 3rd. This horse has had more physical problems than any horse we have ever had and there is no doubt that he has the engine of a Ferrari, but the chassis of a Reliant Robin! He finished lame after his first run back this season at Newmarket on 13th May, when he fractured a splint and has been a regular visitor to the equine swimming pool in Newmarket. This has helped him back to fitness. Comments from so-called racing experts on the television coverage and the racing press were very wide of the mark concerning the lack of money in the betting for the horse equating to him not winning. On the contrary, his owners were told he had a very good chance and backed him accordingly.
CALEDONIAN SPRING is running at Royal Ascot on Tuesday 14th in the Windsor Castle Stakes. This has been his target for some time, as his Canadian owner Jim Kinnear's dearest wish is to have a runner at Royal Ascot and this horse was bought by Paul and Ross Doyle with this in mind. His form has worked out very well and he has been trained for this race. Kieren Fallon has been riding him work at home and is very keen on the horse's chances.
NEW MEMBER OF THE CLAN AT CHARNWOOD
RACHEL WILSON has joined the yard to work towards getting her Amateur Licence to ride on the flat. Rachel caught the race-riding bug when riding in a charity flat race at a point-to-point and was recommended to come to us to further her ambition to ride under rules. Rachel and husband Charlie commissioned us to find her a suitable ride and we bought POLLY HOLDER for her from Alan Bailey, who recommended the filly as a suitable ride for an amateur jockey. Rachel is enjoying getting to know her and is progressing well with jockey tuition from Steve Smith Eccles. Rachel will make her debut in August, as she has to complete the Amateur Rider's course at the end of July. Rachel, who is a writer, comes in to ride Polly as often as she can and is gaining in confidence daily.
MCBIRNEY DOUBLES HIS SCORE AT HAYDOCK
MCBIRNEY made the long trip to Haydock worthwhile when landing his second win on the trot on 19th. The ground at Haydock was superb and that was what had made us send him there for his first run on the turf. Haydock is a top-class track and they look after owners very well and the condition of the track was a credit to them. BIRNEY was given a very good ride by Andrew Heffernan, whose 23rd birthday it was, and Andrew is now only 2 winners from losing his claim. He has a very good strike rate for us. BIRNEY was well shouted home by part-owners Tik and Toby Saunders, who share the horse with Paul and Sue. Tik did all the pre-training on the horse and he caused her some problems, especially with his aversion to sheep - not a good thing on a farm! Hopefully, he can continue to progress if the handicapper does not over-react.
We were very pleased with EDINBURGH KNIGHT and CALEDONIAN SPRING at Ascot on 7th. EDINBURGH KNIGHT ran a great race to be 3rd in a very competitive handicap on his return to the turf and CALEDONIAN SPRING will really benefit from his first run in 4th. They both won best turned out, which says a lot for Blue Chip Pro, which is fed to all our horses and really helps with coat condition in particular. Blue Chip's own horse, COME ON BLUE CHIP, ran a great race last week to be 3rd first time out in a hot Newmarket maiden and hopefully goes to York next week.
NELSON'S BOUNTY WINS AT ASCOT
NELSON'S BOUNTY won on his seasonal debut on 27th, beating a large field on the straight Ascot mile under his regular pilot Tony Culhane. NELSON had been off the track since 10th September last year, when he was nearly brought down at Sandown and returned with strained muscles and it was felt prudent to give him a decent break as he is such a big horse. The patience paid off for The Newmarket Pirates, who comprise Jan and Colin Harris, Tony Burlton and Paul and Sue. Jan and Colin were not present to celebrate one of their dearest wishes of having a winner at Ascot, as they are detained on Pirate business in the Caribbean!
LITTLE JAZZ WINS AT WOLVERHAMPTON
LITTLE JAZZ gave her owners Ken and Debbie Snell a double boost on 26th winning at Wolverhampton, as she is the first horse they bred from their own mare MEDDLE. LITTLE JAZZ has been knocking on the door for some time and gained a narrow win under another good ride by Andrew Heffernan, who is two wins from two rides for the yard! Ken and Debbie also bred her half-brother the 2 year old gelding DARNATHEAN, who ran with promise earlier in the month.
McBIRNEY WINS AT WOLVERHAMPTON
McBIRNEY, owned by Paul and Sue and Sue's sister Tik and her husband Toby Saunders, repaid his owners' patience on 15th with a nice win on his first run in handicap company. He was well-ridden by 3lb claimer Andrew Heffernan, who is a regular work rider at the yard. This was his first ride for us and he made a good job of it. Let's hope Birney can go on from here.
2yo filly FAIRYINTHEWIND returns from the gallops
(Kelly Harrison up)
NIGHT LILY NEARLY PULLS IT OFF!
NIGHT LILY fails by a head to get up and win in the Listed Snowdrop Stakes at Kempton on 2nd. She was bearing down on the leader and just failed, although we were all convinced she had won until we saw the photo! Nevertheless, she has run a fantastic race and gained valuable black type. We have said it many times - we wish we had a yard full with her guts and will to win.
SPRING HAS WELL AND TRULY ARRIVED IN NEWMARKET
No, not the sunshine and the birdsong - the jockeys have emerged from winter quarters! This morning we had no less than five turn up to ride work! Liam Jones, who has been a regular all winter, Tony Culhane, returned from riding in India, and Darryll Holland, Kelly Harrison and Andrew Heffernan all graced us with their presence! We also have a new addition to the staff, young Chris Graham, who will be getting his apprentice licence very shortly.
All the horses are very well and yard stalwarts NIGHT LILY, who goes for a Listed race at Kempton next week, EDINBURGH KNIGHT who goes for a handicap at Doncaster if we get rain, which does not look likely at the moment, really looking good. BRYNFA BOY is well on the way to return, as is NELSON'S BOUNTY.
The two year olds are a super lot and we are looking forward to running them when they are ready.
BUAITEOIR, who has been doing duty all winter, runs again at Lingfield on Saturday 26th. He has been running consistently and well, with not the best of luck in running.
RUNAWAY TIGER RUNS AWAY TO WIN AT SOUTHWELL
RUNAWAY TIGER won his maiden at Southwell on 22nd by 3/4 of a length from the odds-on favourite on his third run. He is a very big horse and owner Stapleford Racing have had to be very patient with this son of TIGER HILL.
NIGHT LILY WINS HER 5TH RACE FOR THE YARD
NIGHT LILY was a topically named winner at Lingfield on 19th, as she surged home in the gathering gloom of the last race of the day! It was nearly dark in the winner's enclosure where her owners Ken and Debbie Snell had just arrived straight from the airport on return from holiday! Any signs of jet-lag were soon shaken off when LILY flew to the front in a very exciting finish to the joint top race of the day at the track. This brings her win total to five since she joined the yard a year ago and there would not be a more genuine race-mare in training. She loves her racing and is an absolute pleasure to have in the yard.
DOUBLE DUCHESS WINS AGAIN AT SOUTHWELL
DOUBLE DUCHESS again showed her liking for Southwell on her second visit on 25th to win by 9 lengths under Liam Jones, who was looking round for non-existent dangers! She did not seem to handle Lingfield last week, but put that right on Tuesday. She is very like her dam TI ADORA, in that she is highly strung, but also like her dam, she knows how to win to make it two for January. Unfortunately, owner/breeders Jan and Colin Harris lost TI ADORA, who was in foal to INDIAN HAVEN to colic last year.
We would like to wish owner Richard Lane a speedy recovery. Richard got into racehorse ownership last year with LADY PATTERN and AJOOL and soon entered into the spirit of it all!
BUAITEOIR GIVES LAURENCE HIS FIRST WINNER
BUAITEOIR, whose name is Gaelic for winner, did just that at Lingfield on 20th, to give Laurence Mann his first winner. Unfortunately, Laurence was unable to be present due to work committments, but his father Laurie was an able deputy, leading the horse in and accepting the prize! BUAITEOIR was given an ultra-cool ride by Liam Jones to scorch from last to first in the final furlong. The horse had gone agonisingly close in his last two runs, but the application of eyeshields helped him settle better in the race and he produced a devastating turn of foot. We are very pleased for Laurence, who thoroughly deserves this win, as he has two three year olds and one two year old with us and wanted a horse to run on the all-weather this winter. Paul found BUAITEOIR at the Tattersalls Horses in Training Sale in October for the very reasonable price of £13,000.
FIRST RUNNER OF THE NEW YEAR WINS!
DOUBLE DUCHESS, daughter of former stable-stalwart TI ADORA, won at Southwell on New Year's Day under a confident ride by Liam Jones. DD, who is owned by Jan and Colin Harris and bred by them, is the first winner for their small breeding operation. Jan and Colin were on hand to greet their winner and we hope she will go on from this, only her second run.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!
EDINBURGH KNIGHT WINS THE BIG RACE!
EDINBURGH KNIGHT wins at Lingfield on 28th in the feature race of the day, the £15,000 handicap, in the style of the good horse we have always believed him to be. There was the necessary end-to-end gallop, which enabled him to quicken up in exciting style to run down the long-time leader and win by a length. Jockey Liam Jones seems to get on very well with this huge son of SELKIRK and Eddie will now be given a break until the turf season. He is still a big baby and needs to strengthen up for his four year old campaign, which we very much look forward to.
Eddie was cheered on by enthusiastic members of Knights Racing, Martin Hyson and Peter and Elvin Lupson and friends, as he came out of the fog in the last furlong!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR OWNERS AND SUPPORTERS!
December has been a quiet month for runners, but we are hoping that WEALTH WHISPERS and BUAITEOIR will survive the weather to run before Christmas and EDINBURGH KNIGHT on 28th.
We have been able to get all the horses out to exercise, thanks to Newmarket Heath's superb facilities and the hard work of the Jockey Club Estates staff to keep it all safe for everyone.
All yearlings are now cantering and starting to shape up well and we are looking forward to seeing what they can do in the coming months. Lots to look forward to!
The end of the turf season and the beginning of the all-weather is upon us and yearlings are coming in to the yard.
News of the yard is that LAHALEEB ran respectably in Canada and has now been retired to stud. She visits GALILEO next February. NIGHT LILY and BRYNFA BOY are enjoying a well-earned break at a stud. CALAHONDA has been retired and will be re-schooled as a riding horse. NELSON'S BOUNTY is being given time to mature and ONGOODFORM is returning from injury and should be running in due course. EDINBURGH KNIGHT will campaign on the all-weather and is entered for Lingfield on 13th. We have a new horse for the all-weather for Laurence Mann, called BUAITEOIR, who won his last two races in Ireland at Dundalk. He will be running in the next couple of weeks.
To mention a couple of new yearlings into the yard, Ken and Debbie Snell have a cracking AMADEUS WOLF filly from the Tattersalls Book 1 Sale who looks ready to run now! Martin Hyson has a gorgeous filly by INDIAN HAVEN and Laurence Mann has a strong HAAFHD colt we like very much. We have a few for sale, so please let us know if you are interested.
LAHALEEB JETS OFF TO CANADA
LAHALEEB left today to ship to Canada for next Saturday 16th's E P Taylor Stakes at Woodbine, Canada. This is the Group 1 race she won last year. She ran very well at Newmarket on 2nd in the Sun Chariot and will have come on a lot for the race. She is a high class filly and we hope she will run well in Canada. She is accompanied by her big-race jockey John Egan, who will be fine-tuning her for Saturday.
NIGHT LILY WINS HER FOURTH RACE OF THE SEASON
NIGHT LILY won at Kempton on 20th for her lucky owners Ken and Debbie Snell. Lily has won four races since joining us at the beginning of the season and has proved an absolute joy to have in the yard. She is so tough and resilient and thrives on her racing. If you had a yard full like her, the job would be easy! She was very well ridden by 5lb claimer, John Fahy.
EDINBURGH KNIGHT ran another good race and will prove to be a very good horse when he strengthens up to his huge frame.
GROUP 1 FILLY LAHALEEB JOINS THE YARD
We are thrilled to have top class filly LAHALEEB in the yard. LAHALEEB won last year's Group 1 E P Taylor Stakes at Woodbine in Canada and the Group 3 Fred Darling Stakes. She was also only beaten a neck in last year's Irish 1000 Guineas and won the Rockfel Stakes Group 2 as a two year old, all when trained by Mick Channon. LAHALEEB's target is the Group 1 Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket on 2nd October. She is a very exciting addition to the yard and we are looking forward to running her at Newmarket.
NELSON WINS AGAIN AT YARMOUTH
NELSON'S BOUNTY was a topical winner at Yarmouth on 24th in the county of Norfolk, birthplace of Admiral Lord Nelson. Don't think Lord Nelson would have approved of pirates, more especially Newmarket Pirates, this horse's owners! (see previous win below). The win was celebrated in true pirate-style!
EDINBURGH KNIGHT ran very encouragingly at Kempton on 24th, maybe just not seeing out the trip when looking the likely winner.
Sadly three horses on the sidelines with injuries. BRYNFA BOY, ONGOODFORM and ICE DIVA. All good servants to the yard and a big loss from our string of only 20.
NELSON GETS THE BOUNTY FOR THE PIRATES!
NELSON'S BOUNTY rewards his owners The Newmarket Pirates who comprise Jan and Colin Harris, Tony Burlton and Paul and Sue for their patience when landing a gamble at Lingfield on 10th. He is a huge horse, who we were never able to get on the track as a two year old, due to a never-ending series of niggling problems, due to his immaturity. In the end it was decided to give up the struggle and turn him out in October last year. He went to Sue's sister Tik Saunders in Northamptonshire, who also did all the pre-training on him around the rolling hills. He is still a big baby of a horse.
Incidentally, the Newmarket Pirates name comes from the attire worn by certain people at a very good party held by Tony Burlton for his 70th birthday in 2008 which had a Caribbean theme!
ULTRA-CONSISTENT NIGHT LILY WINS AGAIN
NIGHT LILY won her third race of the season at Bath on 30th. LILY is a fantastic genuine filly, who is a delight to train and a pure professional at the game. Tony Culhane loves riding her, as she gives everything. She scooted round Bath's tight bends like a hare on the rails at greyhound racing and loves the fast ground. Owners Ken and Debbie Snell were once again on hand to greet their filly, who since she joined us, has only been out of the first two once. Wish we had a yard full like her!
BRYNFA BOY WINS AT EPSOM
BRYNFA BOY watched by most of the owners in the Golf Oil Partnership, registers his first win on turf at Epsom on the fastest 5 furlong course in the world on 22nd. BRYNFA BOY has not been having much luck in his races lately, due to the draw and lack of early pace, but he has been running consistently. Epsom's flying five furlongs proved the answer, with blistering early pace, where Tony Culhane was able to tuck him in behind the leaders and produce him up the hill in the final furlong. The partnership were thrilled to be in the hallowed Epsom winner's enclosure and were able to celebrate the win afterwards in the beautiful evening sunshine.
NURAI GALLOPS UP THE HILL TO WIN AT PONTEFRACT
NURAI has finally rewarded the patience of owners Ken and Debbie Snell, when winning at Pontefract on 28th under a fine positive ride from Franny Norton. NURAI has a beautiful pedigree, being by top sire DANEHILL DANCER out of LADY HIGH HAVENS, who we trained to win and be Group placed as a two year old. NURAI looks like her dam, but is twice as big! She has taken a lot of time to get her act together, mentally and physically and let's hope she can improve from here. Ken and Debbie have also been successful with NIGHT LILY this season.
Dual-winning two year old TUPELO has been sold privately to continue her career abroad. EDINBURGH KNIGHT has returned from a break in the paddocks.
TUPELO WINS AGAIN AT YARMOUTH
TUPELO wins her second race at Yarmouth on 10th in the space of 10 days to give Stapleford Racing some fun. TUPELO is tiny, but very game and genuine and survived a slipping saddle and some acrobatics from jockey Kieren Fox to win by four and a half lengths. The only danger to her winning was the jockey falling off, but he managed to correct the sliding saddle and push her out to win. This was 5 lb claimer Kieren's first ride for us and he did very well.
TUPELO WINS AT YARMOUTH
TUPELO is our first two year old winner of the season from only our third runner at Yarmouth on 1st. She is only a tiny filly, but she showed resolution to put her head down near the line for Liam Jones. The horses continue to run well.
CALAHONDA WINS AT WOLVERHAMPTON
CALAHONDA returns to winning form on 27th to follow up NIGHT LILY'S win and FAZBEE'S close second to give us a good week from our small string of 20 horses. Loyal members of Gongolphin & Racing, John Lewis and Paul and Ken Butler were on hand to shout home their filly, who has bounced back from injury sustained last year. Bought for only 6,000 guineas, she has now won 3 times at 2, once at 3 and now again at 4. She would make a fantastic broodmare, as she always battles and has a wonderful temperament.
NIGHT LILY FOLLOWS UP AT THIRSK
NIGHT LILY makes it two in a row with an exciting win at Thirsk on 24th. It has been four years since we have had a runner at Thirsk, but we will be back in North Yorkshire after experiencing some excellent hospitality from the track. Jockey Tony Culhane loves NIGHT LILY, as she gives everything and is as genuine as they come. She is a joy to have in the yard.
ICE DIVA IS THE COOL LADY!
ICE DIVA wins at Nottingham on 18th to make up for her narrow defeat at Yarmouth last month. She was given a confident ride by Tony Culhane to beat some nice fillies in a competitive class 4 handicap. The Diva is a big, scopy filly we have always rated, but she is very highly strung and has taken some love and care to get her to produce her best. She has to go in the stalls with a blanket and her trusty best friend, Head Lad Aubrey Knights and she is now beginning to be a proper racehorse. It was very gratifying to have a winner for Mark and Sue Harniman, as she is the first horse they have had with us.
LADY PATTERN ran a blinder at Newbury on Saturday on her return from serious injury to give the newly-formed Rum Racing partnership a thrill to get into the winner's enclosure in 4th place. Members Jan and Colin Harris and Richard and Toni Lane were thrilled with her. She may run again on Saturday at Newbury. BRYNFA BOY aims to follow up his great run in 2nd at Newmarket on Friday at Yarmouth this coming Friday.
NIGHT LILY BREAKS OWNERS' HOODOO!
NIGHT LILY won at Lingfield on 7th to give Ken and Debbie Snell their first winner when they have been at the races! They have had winners before, but never when they have been able to be there, so it was with great relief and excitement that they watched their filly hold on to win. She was following up from her encouraging second at Doncaster last week on her debut for the yard.
EDINBURGH KNIGHT did not stay a mile in the Craven, so reverts to sprinting at Ascot on 28th in the 6 furlong Listed race. On his pedigree, he should get 1 mile 2 furlongs, but he doesn't seem to know that! Have got runners every day this week, so busy time ahead. New inmate NIGHT LILY will make her debut at Doncaster on Friday and stalwart FAZBEE will hopefully get her favoured fast ground at Folkestone on Thursday. ICE DIVA is stepping up in trip to 1 mile 2 furlongs at Yarmouth on Tuesday and ONGOODFORM will contest another likely cavalry charge in the 6 furlong handicap at Newmarket on Guineas Saturday.
Of the two year olds, one coming along nicely is JONELHA, a smart-looking daughter of KYLLACHY, whose progeny we have done well with in the past, notably KYLAYNE. Also progressing well is PEARL HAVEN, daughter of INDIAN HAVEN and BLACK SEA PEARL, both trained by us. She is owned and bred by Jan and Colin Harris. Two very nice two year olds for later in the year are RUNAWAY TIGER, a gelded son of TIGER HILL and MRS LOVELY, out of CIRCLE OF LIGHT, Lord Derby's filly who we trained to win as a two year old and was Listed placed three times at three
EDINBURGH KNIGHT MAKES IT TWO FROM TWO THIS YEAR.
EDINBURGH KNIGHT follows up his maiden win at Lingfield on 17th February to win a handicap at Wolverhampton on Saturday 13th in great style. I don't think we have ever made any secret of our great regard for this monster of a horse and is now really learning his job. Last year he was talented, but weak, due to his size and after his one run at Newmarket in August, he was put away to mature. He has really grown into his frame and is a very powerful-looking horse now. His temperament is great and he is becoming a proper racehorse. He now goes to Newmarket on 15th April for the Craven and if he aquits himself well, he has entries in the English, Irish and German Guineas. He is also still in the Epsom Derby. Some David and Goliath-type dreams - but we have done it before!!
His sporting owners, Ron Delnevo, Martin Hyson, Peter and John Lupson are getting a great deal of pleasure from this lovely horse. When he won at Lingfield, Ron sponsored the race and entertained 40 people in a box and the amount of noise before, during and after the race, was noted and commented on! On Saturday, Eddie ran in Peter and John Lupson's colours, notably carried in the past by old stalwart EASTERN BREEZE and it was great to see them in the winner's enclosure again. Lots to look forward to!
FAZBEE GIVES US SECOND WIN OF THE WEEK
FAZBEE won at Lingfield on Saturday 23rd, following up her good third the previous week under the same jockey Tony Culhane. Tony seems to have found the key to FAZBEE, who has been knocking at the door without winning. Like many winning two year olds, she found the going tough as a three year old, but has regained the winning thread and hopefully can win again. This was her first win in Tony Burlton's colours, as Faz used to run in the late Dot Burlton's name. Losing Dot left a huge hole in all our lives and she would have been so proud and pleased to see Faz win. We miss her greatly.
BRYNFA BOY FOLLOWS UP AT LINGFIELD
BRYNFA BOY was able to make it back to back wins at Lingfield on 20th under regular pilot Tony Culhane. He was cheered home by rather more of the Golf Oil Partnership than last time, as Lingfield is closer to them than Wolverhampton! Last time's supporter Darrell Breese was joined by Derek Lodge and Ian Mearns and their other halves to receive the trophy.
We are very pleased to see the announcement of William Buick's appointment as first jockey to John Gosden, as we gave William his very first winner on BANK ON BENNY in September 2006! He was always something special right from the start of his career.
DONTUWISHITWERESO gives the Redesdalers a very Happy New Year at Southwell on 2nd January
Paul and Sue and Tik and Toby Saunders were on hand to give 'DONT' a good cheering home at Southwell for a New Year's present to remember when he won the last by 3 lengths under the most fantastic ride by Liam Jones, who was having his first ride of the year. This was our first runner of the year, which makes it extra special. DONT ran a great race at Southwell on Tuesday 29th to finish 4th under Tony Culhane, who told the partnership to run him again and he would win. Unfortunately, he did not have enough weight for Tony to ride him yesterday, but Liam proved an able deputy. He is a very hard ride, as he is always slow away from the stalls and seems to find every bit of trouble going, but not this time! The other members of the partnership were not able to be present this time unfortunately, but are great supporters. James Rumsby, senior and junior; Trish and Bob Deakin and Tony Burlton, along with Tik and Toby and Paul and Sue formed the Redesdalers to run Tik's horse REDESDALE, who unfortunately met with an accident on the gallops in November and had to be put down. Sue's pet and our lead horse DONT was hurriedly brought on as a substitute and has given everybody some tremendous fun.
TROPHY BEING RECEIVED BY DARRELL BREESE AND PAUL AND SUE D'ARCY, MEMBERS OF THE GOLF OIL PARTNERSHIP
BRYNFA BOY wins at Wolverhampton on Friday 11th under a good ride from Tony Culhane for the Golf Oil Partnership. BRYNFA BOY has not run since June, owing to physical problems and he showed a good cruising speed to win his maiden by 3/4 length. Darrell Breese, who is local to Wolverhampton was on hand to receive the trophy for the partnership, alongside Paul and Sue, who are also members of the partnership.
DONTUWISHITWERESO will aim to put an unlucky run at Kempton on Thursday behind him next week. DONT was slow away and when looking likely to run into a place, was hampered. That's apprentice races for you!
YEARLINGS OUT ON THE HEATH
The picture above was taken by Jan Harris and shows some of the yearlings walking back home from their first canter. They are led by Jan's pride and joy HARRY THE HACK! Harry was bought by Jan to ride herself, but proved too much for a novice rider, so came to us last February. He has since proved himself a very good trainer's hack and is well-known on the Heath.
We look to have a few runners this week including DONTUWISHITWERESO, BRYNFA BOY and FAZBEE. We have a new partnership to run DONT, including James Rumsby senior and junior and Trish and Bob Deakin, who are very excited!
We seem to be having a bad case of seconditis just lately with our last three runners finishing second! ONGOODFORM has run very honourably the last twice to be second, but is getting fed up with seeing the blue Godolphin colours in front of him! He will now have a break and come back for next season. He has been a smashing first horse for Jim Kinnear, winning once, placed second three times and third once from his six runs. ICE DIVA ran well yesterday at Wolverhampton to finish second and John Egan echoed previous jockey Darryll Holland's comments that she is still weak. She is a very big scopey filly and will now have a break to strengthen up.
Things are fairly quiet runner-wise, as we wait for several horses to come back from injury or surgery, most notably BRYNFA BOY, who will be running this winter. FAZBEE has just returned from a break, having been turned out at Richard and Jaci Hills' lovely stud. Mark and Sue Harniman's filly ICE DIVA ran a cracking race at Doncaster on 23rd to finish 5th in a very hot fillies maiden and we will be looking to win a race with her in the very near future. Jim Kinnear's ONGOODFORM runs tomorrow (26th) at Lingfield, having finished a good second in a nursery handicap at Warwick. We think Lingfield will be right up his street surface-wise and he is a very nice horse. New horse in the yard is REDESDALE, who we trained as a two year old. He is now in new ownership headed by Sue's sister Tik Saunders and has done all his prep work around the Northamptonshire countryside. He will be racing for a partnership of existing and new owners. He is shaping up very well and we are looking forward to a successful campaign on the all-weather this winter.
We have got some nice yearlings in already including Jan Harris's home-bred pair of fillies. One is by INDIAN HAVEN out of BLACK SEA PEARL and this will be the first time we have had a horse that we have trained both parents! Jan's other filly is by VAL ROYAL out of the super racemare TI ADORA, who unfortunately died of colic in the summer. Both fillies are real chips off the old block and the BLACK SEA PEARL is a right two-year-old type! Others to mention are a TIGER HILL filly out of AKANTA, who was bought for Selena Bailey by her husband Paul as a surprise present! Selena, who has to be one of the most glamourous owners in the sport, is thrilled with her new filly!
ONGOODFORM WINS HANDSOMELY AT YARMOUTH
ONGOODFORM ran away with his maiden on 17th September under Neil Callan to follow up his good third at Kempton previously. Canadian owner Jim Kinnear was not in the country, but was thrilled with his horse's performance.
HORSES RUNNING WELL, BUT NOT QUITE HITTING THE TARGET!
We had a frustrating week last week with our three runners getting placed. FAZBEE, who has struggled with the handicapper all season, runs her best race to be second at Epsom. Tony Burlton, husband of desperately missed Dot, was very cheered at her performance and we hope to go one better very soon. ONGOODFORM ran a great race at Kempton to finish third in a very hot maiden for Canadian owner Jim Kinnear. ONGOODFORM, who suffered from sore shins following his promising debut at Newmarket in July, may run again this week. LADY PATTERN was then third at Wolverhampton in the hottest two year old claimer this year! She is rated 80 and has really struggled in Nurseries since winning her maiden at Newbury. As ever, the handicapper is the biggest problem!
We are eagerly awaiting the debuts of two nice two year olds ICE DIVA and NELSON'S BOUNTY. They are two strapping sorts who should give a good account of themselves on the track.
We have found out today that SUZI'S DECISION is not coming back to the yard and has been sent to Mark Johnston. We are obviously very disappointed to lose a filly that cost 2500 guineas as a yearling that we have made into a filly rated 107 and the winner of two Listed races and over £80,000 in prize money.
As our all our owners were aware, on the way back from Haydock when she won a Listed race at the end of May, Suzi's Decision jumped over the partition of the horsebox and ended up trapped in the groom's compartment. With the help of the Fire Brigade and at considerable risk to himself, Paul got her free and back to Newmarket Equine Hospital for treatment of her superficial injuries. She then returned to Greenstead Hall Stud (home of owner Steven Gay) for recuperation. She was expected to make a full recovery for return to training now. This was an unfortunate unexplained event which happened for no reason whatsover, as she was an experienced traveller and this was confirmed by an independent expert appointed by the insurance company.
The owner of the horse Steven Gay and his son James of Greenstead Hall Racing have not even had the decency to inform us, neither has Mark Johnston had the courtesy to contact us. For the record, Mark Johnston has trained 5 horses from yearlings to race for Steven Gay and they have won prize money of £12,000.
We had great plans to further her career in Group races both here and abroad and unfortunately now will not get the chance. Everyone at the yard wishes the filly well.
CALAHONDA WINS ON GONGOLPHIN & RACING GOLF DAY FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING!
CALAHONDA seems to be at her best when members of the Gongolphin and Racing partnership play golf before she runs! Yesterday after 18 holes on Southwell's tricky golf course in the middle and around the outside of the racecourse, members were celebrating her game win in the last at 12 to 1. Well-ridden by Seb Sanders, she just managed to hold on to her lead to win by a nose. Partnership members Chris Handley and John Lewis had to toss a coin to see who was to get the trophy, as Paul Butler and Brian Day each had a trophy from two of her three wins last year. John won the toss, so Chris will have to wait till next time! Her win was well-celebrated in time-honoured fashion!
Calahonda's win hopefully brings to an end an amazingly frustrating period of time where the horses have been running well, without winning. We have also suffered a lot of injuries this year, with horses such as SUZI'S DECISION, INVASIAN, BRYNFA BOY and EDINBURGH KNIGHT on the sidelines.
INVASIAN REGAINS THE WINNING THREAD AT YARMOUTH
INVASIAN was dropped into a claiming race at Yarmouth on 14th and made the most of the lesser company to win easily. The 8 year old is a madcap old tearaway, as is well known. He is not exactly 'Mr Consistency' on the track, is a complete handful at home and has bad feet, but sometimes makes it look easy! We tried to school him over hurdles last year and he frightened himself and us to death. He has no respect for the hurdles whatsoever and the exercise was swiftly abandoned! He runs again at Leicester on 16th in a similar race. N.B. He won that one too!
LADY PATTERN WINS AT NEWBURY
LADY PATTERN is our first two-year old winner from only two horses to run this year at Newbury on 23rd. She gave her owner Roy Searle a real thrill when battling off all-comers to win over 6 furlongs by 2 and a half lengths. Roy bought the filly himself at Tattersalls December Sales for 9000 guineas. Quite a snip! He also has a very nice Dalakhani filly for later in the season, again bought by him! Eddie Ahern was very taken with LADY PATTERN and thinks she will go on from that.
SUZI'S DECISION PICKS UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF.
SUZI'S DECISION, who ended last season with a win in a Listed race at Newbury in August, does it again on Saturday 30th at Haydock in the £60,000 EBF Joan Westbrook Pinnacle Stakes. This race had been her target to start the season, as it is the most valuable Listed race in the fixture list and also she escaped a penalty for her previous Listed win under the conditions of the race. This fact had not been picked up by anyone and may have had something to do with her starting price of 11/2 gratefully taken by by connections! We had been worried throughout the week that the ground would not be fast enough, but due to some beautiful sunshine, the ground dried out enough for her to take her chance. Another problem of the jockey arose in mid-week, when it transpired that John Egan, the winning jockey at Newbury last season, would not be available. This led to ringing round of jockeys' agents to find a replacement. As there were three good meetings on Saturday and most top jockeys already committed, we decided to look at the best Ireland had to offer! The Irish jockeys' agents are always a pleasure to deal with and with no hesitation Pat Smullen was booked. Pat gave SUZI D a fantastic confident ride and really brought out the best in her. He has superb hands and had her relaxed out the back until she made her challenge up the straight. Then it was a case of the further she went, the better she went to win by 2 1/2 lengths. James Gay of Greenstead Hall Racing was on hand to receive an impressive trophy to add to her haul!
TWO YEAR OLDS WORKING AT HOME. P D'ARCY UP ON MIDDLE ONE
INVASIAN WINS ON HIS DAY OFF!
Yard lead-horse INVASIAN gallops the opposition into the ground at Newbury on 18th on Dubai Duty Free day to win the last race of the day over a mile and a quarter. The old campaigner has been leading fillies CALAHONDA and FAZBEE in all their work this spring and was spared for the day to go to Newbury! Young Louis Beuzelin, who is apprencticed to Sir Michael Stoute, rode his first winner of the year since returning from work riding in the USA. Louis was third on this horse last year and they seem to have a good understanding. CALAHONDA did not cope with the sticky ground at Newbury and was not given a hard time once her chance had gone. Earlier in the week, FAZBEE had run a massive race to finish 6th in the Nell Gwyn at Newmarket to the delight of the Burlton family.
GONGOLPHIN DAY AT THE YARD.
Friday 27th saw the first get-together of 2009 for the Gongolphin & Racing partnership. Everyone assembled at the yard, then went out on the gallops to see CALAHONDA and DUNWHINNY do their stuff. The winner of three of her starts last year, CALAHONDA will be making her seasonal debut in the Group 3 Fred Darling Stakes at Newbury on 18th April. She has strengthened up from last year and looks in great form. DUNWHINNY is a very nice horse and is coming on well (still some shares available in him). Most of the hardy crew then ventured down to Newmarket's Links Golf Club for a keenly-fought game of golf, won by Jenny Day.
DONTUWISHITWERESO gives us our first winner of 2009 from only our fifth runner at Southwell on 19th. He follows up his promising debut second (see below) to win his maiden in good fashion. Still quite green, Robert Winston gave him a good ride to further his education and hopefully he can score again.
GEARING UP FOR THE NEW SEASON!
Things are hotting up here for the start of the new turf season, which is always an interesting time. We have several nice two year olds coming along, including DUNWHINNY, named after a hole at Gleneagles!, who will be running for the new Gongolphin & Racing Partnership (some shares still available). The three year olds are coming to the boil nicely, including COOPER ISLAND KID and BEAUBRAV, both of whom have benefited from a winter rest. FAZBEE is on target for the Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket on 15th March, to try and emulate KYLAYNE's gallant second last year. KYLAYNE was sold to continue her career in USA.
DONTUWISHITWERESO made a pleasing debut at Southwell on 10th to finish second and make an odds-on hotpot work hard. He should go one better in the near future. SUZI'S DECISION has returned from her owner's stud in good order to continue her upwardly-mobile campaign and gain more valuable black type. She has grown and matured well and is a very powerful big filly. Lots to look forward to!
DOT BURLTON
It is with great sadness that we have to tell you of the death of our lovely owner Dot Burlton. Dot bore her short illness with great courage and fortitude, which was typical of her ebullient personality.
Dot was devoted to her cracking filly FAZBEE and the feeling was mutual. FAZBEE always knew Dot's voice and would be waiting for her carrots as soon as Dot and Tony arrived in the yard. Dot and Tony fell in love with her at first sight and she rewarded them with two wins last year.
Dot was the original party animal and no-one celebrated their winners like Dot did. Everyone who knew her, loved her and we will always miss her. Tony will carry on with our support and love.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Having a quiet time at the moment on the racing front, with only a couple of horses to run on the all-weather, namely RAMPANT RONNIE and INVASIAN. RAMPANT RONNIE, a winner at Warwick last year, has had a break and will run this month.
We have a super bunch of two year olds for the coming season and we are very excited about them. We have some new owners, including Mark and Sue Harniman, who have a lovely grey filly by VERGLAS out of LA COQUETA and Roy and Carol Searle, who have two stunning grey fillies by DALAKHANI out of ROYAL BALLERINA and VERGLAS out of PATTENESS. Ken and Debbie Snell have a lovely big filly by DANEHILL DANCER out of LADY HIGH HAVENS. We trained the dam to win two races as a two year old and 2nd in the Group Two Cherry Hinton and this filly is the spitting image of her dam, but twice the size! We also welcome back Peter and Elvin Lupson, owners of past hero EASTERN BREEZE, who have a share in EDINBURGH KNIGHT, by SELKIRK out of PIPPAS SONG, along with Ron Delnevo and Martin Hyson. EDINBURGH KNIGHT has already been given a Derby 2010 entry. Our sponsors Blue Chip Feeds have sent us a very sharp colt by FRAAM out of SHOUTING THE ODDS. New owners John and Silvija Cleeve have sent us their home-bred filly by RESET out of BE MY TINKER, who is very sharp. We still have available for sale the BAHAMIAN BOUNTY colt out of SANTISIMA TRINIDAD, who will be an early two year old and shares available in Gongolphin and Racing Too in a very nice colt by TOBOUGG out of POSSIBILITY.
Just returned from their holidays at Stanley House Stud are top-class fillies FAZBEE and CALAHONDA. They both look absolutely fantastic and will be adding to their 2008 winning tolls of two and three respectively.
CALAHONDA - WHAT A LITTLE STAR!
CALAHONDA wins her third race of the year at Great Leighs on 15th to cap Gongolphin and Racing's fantastic season! There were scenes of great jubilation in the Winner's Enclosure when this gutsy filly repelled all raiders to win a very keenly-contested Conditions race under a fantastic ride from Robert Winston. This has been a dream come true for partnership members and present on Saturday were long-standing yard supporter John Lewis, new-to-racing Paul Butler and his father Ken. Sadly not able to be present because of golfing committments - Chris Handley and Brian Day! This is her final race of the year and she now has a well-earned break at Lord Derby's Stanley House Stud under the eagle eye of Stud Groom Pat Cronin.
We will shortly be announcing details of a new Gongolphin and Racing Partnership and to register an interest please contact Sue D'Arcy.
KYLAYNE again ran a brilliant race at Ireland's new all-weather track at Dundalk on 14th to finish 2nd in a Listed race under Johnny Murtagh. Total little star KYLIE never gets any credit from the press or pundits, but she is a gem and has had a wonderful year gathering black type! She is entered in the Tattersalls December Sales on 1st December.
We were delighted to finish in the top 100 trainers for the turf season when the statistics were published on 12th. We finished 99th out of 500 trainers winning prize money in Britain with £136,364 total prize money won from 16 winners and 24 placings from only 92 runners. That gives us an amazing strike rate of 17%, which is higher than many trainers in the top 30. Given that we only have around 25 horses, we are thrilled with the results, which shows how hard we work to get owners prize money! Highlights of the turf season were KYLAYNE's gallant second in the Nell Gwyn, SUZI'S DECISON's Listed win and the late-lamented SIR DUKE's five timer. Every single winner has been a great thrill.
We have a small select team for the all-weather to keep us ticking over.
Things are fairly quiet on the racing front with a few exceptions, CALAHONDA finishing second at Goodwood, beaten a nose and BOSUN BREESE a good second at Ascot. The last named was sold at Doncaster Sales yesterday, together with EQUIPE DE NUIT, who was second to subsequent Group 3 Winner ASHRAM, both to make way for new yearlings coming in. The new yearlings are beginning their education now and are on the road to becoming racehorses for next year. It is always nice to see how much they change and of course, each one could be a potential superstar!
Horses to look out for in the future are BRYNFA BOY, half brother to SUZI'S DECISION. He is a big, powerful horse and has not been rushed to get on the track, but the patience will pay off. YANKEE STORM, a new horse to us is pleasing on the gallops too.
CALAHONDA DOES IT AGAIN AT YARMOUTH!
CALAHONDA outbattles the hot favourite to land the 7 furlong nursery handicap on 16th. John Egan took up the running two furlongs out on CALAHONDA and hard as Jamie Spencer tried on the favourite, he could not out-tough our filly. This is the second time she has won at Yarmouth to give the Gongolphin and Racing Partnership a fantastic season. She has only once been out of the first four once when she was knocked into at Kempton. All the partners were present except Chris and Jo Handley and Jenny Day, who had not previously been able to see the filly run, got the prize for the most excited owner on the day. Brian and Jenny Day, John Lewis and Paul and Ken Butler were kindly asked to the sponsors box, Scottish and Newcastle Breweries, to continue the celebrations.
IT'S YEARLING SALES TIME AGAIN!
It is now the time of year when everyone is thinking of next year's winners! With that in mind, Paul has started the trawl through the yearling sales catalogues to find the next stars. He bought a fabulous colt at the Doncaster St Leger Sales by BAHAMIAN BOUNTY out of SANTISIMA TRINIDAD. We love the progeny of BAHAMIAN BOUNTY and have done very well with the likes of BERK THE JERK, TREASURE CAY and BOSUN BREESE. We think this horse is the best of all of these and has all the attributes necessary for a racehorse. He is very mature mentally and physically and has already been backed and ridden away, taking everything in his stride. He is for sale and a photo can be found on this website.
Yesterday was a very sad day for Jan and Colin Harris and all at Charnwood Stables when we lost SIR DUKE at Chester. He suffered a tragic million to one accident when his front foot was at full stretch and he caught the hind foot out equally at full stretch of the horse in front of him which had moved out into his path. He clipped heels and went down in a gut-wrenching fall and sustained a break to his shoulder. Unfortunately, it was not possible to save him.
The loss felt by Jan and Colin and ourselves and staff is very great. Not only are we mourning a fine young horse, who won five races this year, but also a great character in the yard.
The story of Dukey began at the yearling sales in October 2005, when Colin Harris decided that he had to have "A Danehill". As this was his last crop to come on the market and with Danehill being the top sire forever, this was not going to be an easy exercise without very long pockets! Paul dutifully looked all through the offerings at Tattersalls and got it down to a shortlist. One of the horses Paul liked, Colin did not get there in time to see and they bid on some very high priced ones and then along came this gawky bay colt out of a Sadler's Wells mare. They duly bought him for 55,000 guineas and the consensus of opinion was that if he ever grew into his head, he would be a nice horse! Very quickly named SIR DUKE by Colin after the Stevie Wonder song, he proved a real boy to break in and ride and his faithful lad Kipper Stead, who is one of the best riders in Newmarket, was frequently dumped on the Heath. This was something he never really grew out of! Dukey had one run as a two year old at Newmarket when he spent the entire time shouting at the others and came in a very long last! After this, it was decided that he must become a gelding to which Colin reluctantly agreed, seeing his 2008 Derby entry go out of the window. Dukey ran as a three year old, winning two and being placed several times, but he really came into his own this year. He spent time in the winter with Tik Saunders in Northamptonshire, turned out in the field and came back much more the finished article. He won on his first outing at the inaugural Great Leighs meeting, followed by four more wins and two seconds and one third, all his runs this year.
This is an amazing record and makes his loss much harder to bear, as we felt he could have perhaps progressed even further next year. Ironically, it was decided that he would not go jumping, in case something happened to him.
He has been a real flag-bearer for us and a little yard like ours cannot stand such a loss easily. We do not have big battalions from which to draw more ammunition. Besides which, Dukey was a funny horse, full of character and everyone loved him. And no, he never quite grew into that big old head! We will miss you Dukey.
FAZBEE WINS AT GREAT LEIGHS
FAZBEE wins on 26th to give Dot and Tony Burlton a great introduction to the charms of Great Leighs on their first visit to the course. Darryll Holland was oozing confidence on this lovely filly and she cruised into the lead in the straight, then stormed away under hands and heels for a confidence-boosting success. FAZBEE had been unable to use her daisy-cutting action in her last race in the Group 3 Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket in the heavy ground, but found no such problems with the polytrack. The management at Great Leighs do a very good job with hospitality for owners.
WOW - WHAT A DAY FOR THE GONGOLPHIN AND RACING PARTNERSHIP!
CALAHONDA steams up the straight at Yarmouth under John Egan to cap a fantastic day for the partnership (previously advertised on this website) to win on 6th. Earlier in the day, the members of the partnership had 18 holes of golf at the nearby Caldecott Hall course at Fritton and rounded off the day with a well-backed win. There was much celebrating at the 19th hole at Yarmouth (otherwise known as the Owners and Trainers Bar!) by jubilant members including John Lewis, Chris Handley, Paul Butler, Brian Day and Paul and Sue D'Arcy.
HOT STREAK CONTINUES WITH SUZI'S DECISION WINNING THE LISTED CHALICE STAKES AT NEWBURY ON 3RD
SUZI'S DECISION vindicates Paul's judgement to up her in trip to a mile and a half and up in class to her first listed race to win at Newbury under John Egan. John, who won on her at Newbury earlier in the season, carried out Paul's orders to the letter to beat some very smart fillies and gain valuable black type for owners Greenstead Hall Racing and their new stud. SUZI D is as honest as the day is long and thoroughly deserved this win, her fourth of the year.
Our strike rate is something in the region of 24%, which is not bad for a little yard!
FAZBEE WINS AT YARMOUTH.
FAZBEE went to Yarmouth on 28th for a confidence-boosting race prior to tackling the Group 3 Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket on August 9th. Although the winning margin was not very big, she won comfortably with Alan Munro just having to send her about her business in the final furlong. This was her first try over 7 furlongs and the trip suited her well and she will come on for the race. FAZBEE was supported by owners Dot and Tony Burlton and family and the shower of rain was not enough to dampen spirits!
PROUD OWNER DOT BURLTON WITH FAZBEEE AT YARMOUTH
BOSUN DOES THE BIZZ!
BOSUN BREESE gallops up the Sandown hill under a confident Richard Hughes on 24th to beat the so-called "good thing" by 3 lengths. BOSUN obviously likes Sandown, as his win last year was gained at the same track. His owners definitely do! The win was celebrated in good style by Derek Lodge, Martin Hyson, Ron Delnevo and Darrell Breese and assorted friends and relations. BOSUN will attempt to follow up on Friday 1st at Glorious Goodwood.
A good run by two year old EQUIPE DE NUIT at Lingfield on 23rd to finish 2nd first time out for owners and breeders Anthony and Virginia Phipps. FAZBEE and CALAHONDA to be seen out again in the very near future.
SIR DUKES MAKES IT 5 WINS THIS YEAR.
SIR DUKE has become the epitome of consistency this year, winning five, being second twice and third once from all his runs. His latest win came at Doncaster, where he is two from two on Thursday 17th. DUKEY was dropping back in trip and benefitted from the strong gallop set in the race, to sweep past at the two furlong marker under Philip Robinson, who was the fourth different jockey to win on him this season! If you had a yard full of horses like him, the game would be easy!
KYLAYNE is having a mid-season break, as she has been on the go a while and will return for a September campaign. FAZBEE and CALAHONDA will be running in the near future and superstar SUZI'S DECISION will be again flying the Greenstead Hall Racing flag in the next few weeks.
RED-HOT RUN CONTINUES WITH SUZI'S DECISION.
SUZI'S DECISION maintain's our high strike-rate at Leicester on 5th with a nice win in the fillies handicap under an extremely cool ride from Shane Kelly. SUZI D looked boxed in at the two furlong marker, but Shane did not panic and eased her out to put her in front on the line. She will attempt to follow up under a penalty at Newmarket on Thursday at the July meeting in a valuable handicap.
RONNIE IS VERY RAMPANT AT WARWICK!
RAMPANT RONNIE owned by Ron Delnevo, who named the horse after Cristiano Ronaldo, not himself, lands a serious gamble in the seller on 4th. Eddie Ahern was always in control to win nicely. Ron, dedicated Manchester United fan needless to say, was giving the horse maximum vocal support, as only he can! This was Ron's first win in his red and black colours, although he has had success as part-owner of BOSUN BREESE.
SIR DUKE wins his fourth race this year at Doncaster on 27th in very workmanlike fashion under a competent ride by Eddie Ahern. DUKEY went some way to compensate Jan and Colin Harris for KYLAYNE'S unlucky run the day before in the Eternal Stakes at Warwick. KYLIE exited the stalls very awkwardly, which she has never done in her life, then suffered interference from two other runners in the race and could not get the position in the race John Egan required. She finished an unlucky third, especially as the saddle had slipped when she stumbled out of the stalls!
We were all very impressed with the facilities for owners and trainers at Doncaster - well done to them. A huge improvement on most tracks. DUKEY has been a total star this season and has really rewarded Jan and Colin's patience.
SUZI'S DECISION wins again at Newbury on 24th in a very competitive fillies handicap over a mile and a quarter. SUZI D put her disappointing run at Musselburgh behind her, where things did not go right for her, to wear them down in good fashion down Newbury's long straight. She is a lovely big scopey filly, who hopefully will be the flagbearer for Greenstead Hall Racing's newly-set up stud.
KYLAYNE bids to win the listed Eternal Stakes at Warwick on 26th and is in great form. FAZBEE is having a break to strengthen up, as she has started to grow.
SUZI'S DECISION gallops up the hill at Pontefract to win on Friday 23rd, giving Franny Norton his third winner for us in the space of a week. Franny, deputising for the banned John Egan, had an armchair ride on SUZI D to follow up her promising first outing of the season at Newmarket last week. She is a lovely big filly, who was well bought by owner Su Gay for 2,500 guineas as a yearling. Su thought that if she didn't make a racehorse, she would make her a nice hunter. Some hunter!
SIR DUKE follows up his win at Newmarket in the last at Wolverhampton on 19th and BOSUN BREESE goes down by a short head to foil an across the card last-race double. SIR DUKE was given a vintage Franny Norton ride from the front to capitalise on his being in top form, showing the way home to several well-fancied rivals. BOSUN, under last-minute subsitute jockey Richard Hughes, takes the solitary route up the far rails where Paul thought the fastest ground was to go down very narrowly to the favourite.
SIR DUKE gives Jan and Colin Harris their first winner at Newmarket on 16th. DUKEY has benefitted from the patience shown by Jan and Colin to win twice this season. He was a very backward horse at two and three years and still could improve next year. He bids to follow up tonight at Wolverhampton. Colin and Jan also welcomed the arrival of a beautiful filly foal out of their grand servant TI ADORA. By VAL ROYAL, the filly is the spitting image of her dam.
The horses are running very well, from six runners last week, we had one winner, two seconds and one third. FAZBEE ran very well to be close-up fifth in the Listed fillies race at York over 5 furlongs. CALAHONDA and SUZI'S DECISION both ran very well to be 2nd and hope to go one better next time!
Click below to see pictures of TI ADORA's bay filly and BLACK SEA PEARL's brown filly
FAZBEE ran very well on her debut at Windsor on 28th. Although drawn 1 on the unfavoured side of the course, she gave the winner a fright, taking the lead at the furlong pole and being carried across the course to go down by half a length to a more experienced rival. Owners Dot and Tony Burlton were thrilled at their filly's run and we have some lofty targets in mind for her.
SIR DUKE DELIVERS AT GREAT LEIGHS
SIR DUKE wins at the inaugural meeting at Britain's first new racecourse for 80 years in the last race of the day to cap a great week for Jan and Colin Harris. DUKEY was given a great ride by John Egan to put our names down in the history books! John Holmes and his team at Great Leighs have done a marvellous job and it is going to be a very successful asset to British racing. The facilities for the horses, owners and staff were top-class, although not all finished. We look forward to going again.
KYLAYNE GETS THE JOB DONE IN THE NELL GWYN!
(SEE PREVIOUS ENTRY BELOW)
see Kylie on link below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkLehV8aFM0
KYLAYNE powers up the Rowley Mile to finish 2nd to new 1000 Guineas favourite Infallible, 3 lengths in front of the rest of the highly-touted field in the prestigious Group 3 classic fillies trial. Dismissed by press and tv as a no-hoper, she was allowed to go off at 66-1, with her supporters availing themselves of her generous SP for a place bet punt. Kylie had been laid out for this race all winter and Paul was confident of a good showing. We do get a little tired of the press and tv's preoccupation with the big yards and their tendancy to ignore any horse not from a 'fashionable' yard. Paul confounded them with INDIAN HAVEN, now with KYLAYNE and there will be others.
Kylie in the winner's enclosure below with Jan and Colin Harris, Louise Bevan, travelling head girl and Kipper Stead.
KYLAYNE bids for glory in the Group 3 Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket's Craven meeting on Wednesday 16th.
Jan and Colin Harris are looking forward to an exciting week, which started with the birth of a cracking filly foal to BLACK SEA PEARL. The filly, by our Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas winner INDIAN HAVEN, was born at Robin Sharp's new stud at Fox Farm, Hundon and is a very nice foal indeed. TI ADORA will foal to VAL ROYAL next month.
KYLAYNE is in top form for her seasonal debut. She has got her summer coat and is well forward. She won first time out as a two year old last year in April. John Egan has been to ride her work and her preparation has gone according to plan. Jan and Colin's SIR DUKE makes his seasonal debut on Sunday at Great Leighs, at the inaugural meeting of the long-awaited new course. He is in great form. BOSUN BREESE has been entered for Thirsk on Saturday and is flying on the gallops.
On a sadder note, BUGSY'S BOY has left the yard to be trained by the owner's son-in-law George Baker. We wish him well.
BUGSY'S BOY gave us a brilliant start to the turf season on 25th at Pontefract, winning the marathon 2 miles 2 furlongs handicap on his turf debut. This was our first runner of the turf season. Robert Winston has struck up a great partnership with this horse, following up their win at Wolverhampton on 29th February. BUGSY was enthusiastically cheered home by his owner/breeders Richard and Libby Seaton Evans.
Some of our other horses to look out for are FAZBEE (Fasliyev-Kelpie) a two year old filly owned by Dot and Tony Burlton. She is working very well and will be making her debut in the near future. BOSUN BREESE, who has wintered very well and will be looking to make his mark in good sprint handicaps this year. KYLAYNE, dual winner last year and put up some excellent performances in Group races. She has developed and grown over the winter. SUZI'S DECISION, winner last year as a two year old, which was a bonus, as she is a very big filly.
WHAT A BUZZ has returned to his owner Derek Beresford for a break, as he is still immature and will be a serious chaser in the future.
As our all-weather team this year has been quite small, we have not had very many runners this winter. WHAT A BUZZ, our promising National Hunt horse, had to miss his engagement at Haydock, as the meeting was abandoned. His next target is the NH Novice Hurdle at Fakenham on 15th.
We have a super bunch of two year olds this year and ones looking very forward at the moment include CHARISMATIC CHARLI (King Charlemagne-Emly Express), owned by Selena Bailey. This is Selena's first racehorse and she is extremely excited about it! The Gongolphin and Racing partnership's filly CALAHONDA (Haafhd-Californie) is also very sharp. Long-standing owner Jan Harris has two very nice two year olds COOPER ISLAND KID (Arch-Raven Quiver) and MUSTANG VALLEY (Fantastic Light-Resourceful). Jan also has SIR DUKE for this season, who has benefited from a winter's rest and will combine flat and hurdles. Jan's cracking filly from last year, KYLAYNE, is being aimed at some nice early season targets. Good two year old sprinter from last year, BOSUN BREESE, is another to have benefited from a winter break, and looks tremendous. We are expecting great things from him this year.
INVASIAN gallops his rivals into the ground at Wolverhampton. Micky Fenton gets on very well with this horse and they built on their partnership by making every yard of the running on Friday 14th to win the £11,000 Class 3 handicap. INVASIAN seems to be improving and will be campaigned in the big handicaps on the all-weather this winter for his owner/breeder Dr Karen Sanderson.
BUGSY'S BOY GALLOPS TO VICTORY AT WOLVERHAMPTON ON 8TH. (see previous news below)
BUGSY'S BOY gave his owner/breeders Libby and Richard Evans something to celebrate last Saturday night, as it was their weddling anniversary and also their first winner! BUGSY made virtually all under Liam Jones to win by 5 lengths at his first attempt at two miles. He is a lovely young horse, with still plenty of maturing to do.
INVASIAN bids to build on his fine 3rd in a Listed race at Kempton on 1st on Friday night at Wolverhampton in a mile and a half handicap.
We were thrilled to bits with WHAT A BUZZ's hurdling debut at Cheltenham, where he finished 3rd in a very hot race. He will probably run again at Ascot, later this month. BUGSY'S BOY gave his owner/breeder Libby Evans a thrill finishing second at Wolverhampton last month and endeavours to go one better on 8th, again at Wolverhampton. Our yearlings are going very well and look an extremely nice bunch. Two are still for sale, please see the website
VALLEMELDEE wins over a mile and a half on 4th for owners Dot and Tony Burlton to give them their second winner this year with this filly. Franny Norton gave the filly a positive ride and she responded very gamely. Hopefully, she will be able to continue to campaign on the all-weather this winter.
OTHER NEWS
KYLAYNE and INVASIAN were retained at the sales, so KYLAYNE has gone for a break at Lord Derby's Stanley Stud in Newmarket under the watchful eye of one of Newmarket's top stud grooms, Pat Cronin. She joins the great OUIJA BOARD, also under Pat's care and due to foal in the spring.
INVASIAN has been schooled over hurdles and will run in due course. He will mix hurdles with flat and is due to run at Wolverhampton on 10th. BANK ON BENNY runs on 8th at Wolverhampton to bid for a double. Of our last four runners at Wolverhampton, three have won and one has been third.
WHAT A BUZZ has been schooling brilliantly over hurdles under retired top jump jockey Steve Smith Eccles and runs at Cheltenham on 18th.
Most horses are enjoying a well-earned break, including SIR DUKE, BOSUN BREESE, ASTANIA, REDESDALE and RAMPANT RONNIE, who ran so well to be 3rd at Wolverhampton last time. The last named is a lovely horse who will make up into a nice dual-purpose horse next year for his owner Ron Delnevo. Greenstead Hall Racing's SUZI'S DECISION, will shortly be going back to their stud for the winter. Her half-brother PIPPA GREENE, is favourite for the Doncaster November Handicap. We also have their yearling half-brother by NAMID, who is very sharp.
YEARLINGS. The Gongolphin and Racing Partnership have a super filly for next year by HAAFHD, from his first crop (see partnership page). Jan and Colin Harris have two nice yearlings, a colt by ARCH and a filly by FANTASTIC LIGHT. We have two yearlings currently for sale, details will be shortly on the horses for sale page.
BANK ON BENNY returned from his summer break to win at Wolverhampton on 19th to give his owners, the Golf Oil Partnership a great thrill.
KYLAYNE gives Jan and Colin Harris their second winner in the space of a couple of days, when winning decisively under John Egan in a very competitive conditions race on 17th. Kylie has run exceptionally well all season in Group and Listed races and deserved the reward for her honesty and toughness. She now goes to the Tattersalls Horses in Training Sales on 29th October.
Jan and Colin Harris' SIR DUKE wins at Wolverhampton on 12th for the second time this season. DUKE will now be given time to furnish his huge frame and develop into a very nice horse for next year. Liam Jones, who is a very good young jockey, gave DUKE a very positive ride to gain the day.
BOSUN BREESE followed up his excellent 9th in the valuable Tattersalls Autumn Auction Stakes at Newmarket, with a gallant second at Bath on 14th. BOSUN had been raised 8lbs by the handicapper for being 9th, went under by a length and a half, giving the winner 4lbs. He has given his owners a lot of fun throughout the season and now will be put away until next year. He is a very talented young sprinter.
BANK ON BENNY returns on Friday 19th at Wolverhampton and WHAT A BUZZ will be making his hurdles debut in November. This fabulous big horse has returned from his summer break at owner Derek Beresford's stud in great shape.
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Karen Sanderson’s home-bred 6 year old gelding INVASIAN makes all on his first try over a mile and a half to win a nice handicap on the July course on 4th. Robert Havlin, having his first ride on the horse, makes it look easy with a nicely judged ride.
INVASIAN only joined our yard three weeks ago, along with another nice horse of Karen’s, the two year old colt AUGMENTATION, by stallion of the moment, DANSILI.
AUGMENTATION holds a Derby entry for 2008 and is looking extremely promising.
BOSUN BREESE runs very well on the same card to dead-heat for third in a hot nursery
over 6 furlongs. He was supported by his enthusiastic owners, including Darrell Breese,
Ron Delnevo and Martin Hyson, who are enjoying their first racehorse.
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What a day – KYLAYNE scoring first time out at Warwick, our first two year old runner of the year, for lucky owner Jan Harris (pictured above), followed by HIGH AMBITION at Yarmouth in the first-time visor. KYLAYNE, (SEE FEB NEWS) bought by Paul at the Tattersalls December Sales for 15,000 guineas enhanced her value with an eye-catching performance under Darryll Holland. We hope she will go on to better things.
HIGH AMBITION, owned and bred by Anthony and Virginia Phipps, was originally sent to us to run in Bumpers, but we were not convinced he got the trip and so it proved when he won over 7 furlongs under a brilliant ride from Seb Sanders. This will have done his confidence the world of good and coupled with the tremendous job done on him by his devoted lass Louise Bevan, we hope he can follow up in due course. He may go summer jumping, as he has already schooled very well over hurdles.
WHAT A BUZZ will hopefully run in the Champion Bumper at Aintree on Grand National day, then will go back to his owner Derek Beresford for a summer break. This horse will go to the top when he goes jumping.
BLACK SEA PEARL is currently in Ireland, to be covered by our star horse INDIAN HAVEN and then return and run in foal. BANK ON BENNY is also having a break out in the field, which will be very beneficial, as he still needs to furnish up to his huge frame. One to watch – TI ADORA is coming to hand very nicely and looks to have improved from last year. She got valuable black type last year and we hope she can add to it.
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