We are all absolutely delighted that our much respected Head Lad, David Macleod is of the three finalists in the Godolphin Dedication to Racing award. The winners will be announced in London on the 18 th February and for the first time the evening will be hosted by Oli Bell who presents The Opening Show for ITV.   The finalists will be interviewed...

It was very good to end 2018 with Charmant winning at Kelso.  There was a huge crowd on their last meeting of the year and it was a rare day as every single race was won by a Scottish trainer!  As we go into 2019, the forecast again is for dry weather and so this is giving us cause for concern as...

 We have had plenty of runners over the past week with two more winners and two more best turned out awards for the yard -   Cellar Vie and Empire de Maulde . We are delighted that our Head Lad David Macleod has been shortlisted for the prestigious Godolphin  stable staff awards in the Dedication to Racing category.  This is so well deserved...

With the rain, conditions have eased and we are able to have more runners. Office Changes At the end of November we said goodbye to Adam Brook who has now gone to work for Mark Johnston in Middleham. Alongside Neil, Adam worked very hard to improve the office organisation during the time he was with us and we wish him well in...

The dry spell continues and trainers nationwide are being hampered by the current conditions. At Newcastle on the 9 th November we had two flat runners on the all-weather. I am Dand y ridden by Nicky Mackay ran another excellent race in the 1 mile Handicap and was only beaten by a length into third place.   He really does deserve to win...