It is always very important for us to find good homes after our horses retire so that they can go on to have an interesting and happy second career.   Below are some recent photos of our previous stable stars. Civil Unrest now aged 17 won 12 races over the course of nine seasons and was wonderfully consistent and never failed to win each...

Congratulations to Brian Hughes for winning the Jump Jockeys’ Championship for the third time with a lead of 40 winners over Sean Bowen.   Being the perfectionist that he is, he expressed disappointment that he had not reached 200 winners as he did last year!  As a very skilled and sympathetic horseman, he provides a great example of hard work, determination and dedication and...

On Easter Monday Chloe McHattie had her first point-to-point ride at Corbridge on Ask Cory in the Novice Riders and Veterans race.  She made this a winning debut and sending Cory on three out, he held on strongly up the hill to win by 4 lengths in the joint fastest time of the day.   This was a brilliant start for Chloe who has...

It was great that Thistle Ask got off the mark at Ayr on the 10th March to win the 2 mile Maiden Hurdle by 24 lengths under a fine ride by Danny McMenamin.  Lake Takapuna also ran well at the same meeting to come third in the 2m Handicap Chase. Thistle Ask and his owners after his win at Ayr Some of our...

It was exciting to watch Brian’s skilful ride on The Blame Game at Sedgefield  on 23 February and register another winner. Yard News We are very proud of Leah Barnfather who has been appointed a George Crawford  Memorial Trust Ambassador.   https://georgecrawfordlegacytrust.org.uk/ Leah is a very accomplished rider and helps us out part-time and at weekends.   She had her first run with her racing...