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Dec 17, 20204 min read
An Interview with Top Owner Sir Martin Broughton
Sir Martin Broughton has been involved with racehorse ownership for 29 years. His red and green colours are carried by horses of which he...
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Dec 11, 20204 min read
An Interview with Andrew Reeves - Racing Groom and Author
Andrew ‘Andy’ Reeves is a genuine horse lover. He was raised in Luton and Milton Keynes, not having had a horsey upbringing. Yet, all...
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Dec 8, 20204 min read
An Interview with Charlie Parkin - Race Day Presenter
Having called announcements for years, Charlie Parkin has become the voice of many racecourses, most notably Cheltenham. He is also seen...
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Dec 4, 20205 min read
An Interview with Jaimie Duff, Assistant Trainer and Head of Travelling to Lucinda Russell
Jaimie Duff loves racing. She stumbled into working in this sport and has become a huge part of Lucinda Russell’s yard in Kinross,...
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Nov 29, 20209 min read
November 2020 Diary
On Halloween, I had a great day at Wetherby when ‘my’ Arrivederci won first time out – it was the first winner I’d led up this season...
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Nov 27, 20204 min read
An Interview with Birdie - Artist, Cartoonist and Racing Supporter
Darren Bird has become to racing what Norman Thelwell was to the Pony Club. No plump, devilish ponies with ‘Birdie’ but vivid depictions...
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Nov 24, 20204 min read
An Interview with Top Owner John Hales
John Hales had his first runner on a racetrack, trained by the late Gordon Richards, in March 1996 and it was not a fairy tale finish....
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Nov 19, 20204 min read
An Interview with Molly Hobbs - Office Manager at NARS
Molly Hobbs learnt to ride as a child and could not escape from being pony mad; this turned into a love of racehorses! After completing...
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Nov 17, 20203 min read
The History of Jackdaws Castle
The inspiration for a training establishment to be built at Jackdaws Castle, near Ford in Gloucestershire, arose from the mulling over a...
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Nov 13, 20204 min read
An Interview with Top Owners Richard and Donna Evans
Richard and Donna Evans lived a dream at the October meeting at Cheltenham when their Tegerek won under conditional jockey Kevin Brogan....
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Nov 10, 20201 min read
The Pool 2019
Last summer, estate manager Federico Bazan, Madalin Radu (Doc) and the maintenance team undertook the challenge of fixing a leak in the...
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Nov 7, 20205 min read
An Interview with Leigh Pollard, Head of Travelling to Kim Bailey.
Leigh Pollard, 37, is a familiar sight next to Kim Bailey’s runners. Her love of horses goes beyond the racecourse and she competes her...
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Nov 3, 20208 min read
October 2020 Diary - Part 2
On October 16th, Carys’ Commodity won his second race over hurdles. He won well at Fakenham, making his groom Lauren Hay very happy. CC...
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Oct 29, 20207 min read
October Diary 2020 - Part 1
On October 2nd, I took Opine to Huntingdon, where he ran in the juvenile hurdle. He ran really well, finishing second. It was the start...
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Oct 23, 20204 min read
An Interview with Ben Hastie - Head of Groundstaff at Cheltenham Racecoourse.
Head Groundsman at Cheltenham Racecourse is Ben Hastie’s dream job. Originally from Banbury in Oxfordshire, he might have detoured...
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Oct 19, 20203 min read
An Interview with Former Jump Jockey Lizzie Kelly
Lizzie Kelly, now Partridge, rode approximately fifty point-to-point winners whilst studying and went onto ride at the top level with...
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Oct 14, 20203 min read
An Interview with Flat Jockey, Nicola Currie.
Nicola Currie, 27, began show jumping but sought a different challenge, so found racing through a friend. The rest, as they say, is so...
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Oct 9, 20203 min read
An Interview with Champion Jockey Dickie Johnson
Richard ‘Dickie’ Johnson was in AP McCoy’s shadow for too long – he was runner-up to him 16 times in the Jockeys’ Championship. AP’s...
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Oct 5, 20203 min read
The Racing Life of Carolyn White
In her former role as head of travelling, Carolyn White was a familiar sight alongside Dr Newland’s runners. In the past, Carolyn led up...
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Sep 30, 20204 min read
September 2020 Diary
On 5th September, Imperial Command (Pumba) ran at Haydock under Oisin Murphy. Once again, he ran a blinder and finished third, beaten by...
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