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4 Jun 2023 RACE REPORTS

Brian Barr is double-handed

Runners were in short supply during Saturday's fixture when just 33 horses faced the starter in the seven race card, with ground conditions the primary reason. Even with a going description of good,...

21 May 2023 RACE REPORTS

Globe trotter Mullins notches another big prize

By our own admission, the quality of summer Jump fixtures caters generally for less than top flight horses with some notable exceptions. The long traditions of the British season mean the best horses...

21 May 2023 RACE REPORTS

Age is just a number

Warm Spring sunshine beckoned a healthy crowd to Luddington Road yesterday where good ground greeted the 56 runners in our seven race card, considerably better ground than faced the Irish challengers...

23 Apr 2023 RACE REPORTS

Rain no dampener on our Sunday party

The damp Spring has resulted in excellent fields at the Jumps fixtures in April to date - there were 163 runners over Cheltenham's two day fixture last week and the Scottish National fixture was also...

10 Apr 2023 RACE REPORTS

Ground conditions take the breath away

Friday's rain had made the ground heavy for our second meeting, which made for some nip-and-tuck finishes to the first three races. In fact, the winning distances across all 6 races were less than...

27 Oct 2022 RACE REPORTS

A day of processions

It was a day for binoculars - an increasingly rare site on racecourses - but only the gauge the distance from winner to placed horses in a day of long winning distances for the most part, to see out...

16 Oct 2022 RACE REPORTS

A little recouped, and much to anticipate

New recruit Hermes Allen repaid a little over 1% of his purchase price when winning the Maiden Hurdle at Stratford on Saturday, earning £4,084 toward his splendid £350,000 purchase tag. The...

3 Oct 2022 RACE REPORTS

Winter kings assemble their troops

Autumn brings a changing of the guard in the Jumps game, where winter horses brought in from their summer holidays in July make their first appearances of the season as October breaks and the leaves...

6 Sep 2022 RACE REPORTS

Pipe and McCain take advantage of O'Brien absence

Just 35 runners joined the party for what often identifies as Stratford's first autumn fixture at a time where the top yards are beginning to flex their muscles. The long hot and rainless summer has...