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31/12/2004 Julie Camacho left it to the last day to claim her fifth flat winner of the year when Sir Nod won the maiden at Wolverhampton today. Meanwhile at Sedgefield there were winners for Sue Smith (Flake) and Brian Ellison (Hope Sound).
30/12/2004 A fairly quiet day for the Tyke trainers but there is a nice win for Sue Smith at Haydock with St Matthew, and at Lingfield for Alan Swinbank with What-A-Dancer.
29/12/2004 The big Yorkshire winners today was Ferdy Murphy's Ulusaba who won the £11,765 Stan James Mandarin Handicap Chase at Newbury. Meanwhile up at Musselburgh there were wins for Peter Beaumont (Moor Spirit), Tim Easterby (Doe Nal Rua) and his brother in law Richard Fahey (Ripntear).
28/12/2004 Today's big meeting is at Chepstow where Yorkshire horses are third in both the big races - Jedd O'Keeffee's Habitual Dancer in the Red Button Betting Finale Juvenile Hurdle G1 and Sue Smith's Chives in the Coral Welsh National Handicap Chase G1. The locals were in good form at Catterick with wins for Noel Wilson (Zanjeer), Richard Fahey (Ball O Malt), Fred Kirby (Forest Dante) and Sue Smith (Pottsy's Joy). On the all-weather flat card at Southwell there were wins for John Parkes (King Nicholas), Karl Burke (Little Biscuit) and David Barron (Quincannon).
27/12/2004 More frost sees Yorkshire interest restricted to the all-weather at Wolverhampton where there are winners for Richard Fahey (Pertemps Magnus) and Mick Easterby (Mount Hillaby).
26/12/2004 The Boxing Day fixture list is hit hard by the frost and snow but racing is on at Wetherby where Ferdy Murphy's Grand National hope gets back on the winning trail when taking the £29,000 Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase. There are supporting victories at Wetherby for George Moore (Beamish Prince) and Sue Smith (Sharp Belline).
22/12/2004 A sole Yorkshire winner today with John Norton's Printsmith winning the opener at Wolverhampton. Meanwhile the old firm is reunited with the news that Kevin Darley will once again be senior jockey for Mark Johnston next season. Darley will share with long standing fixture Joe Fanning and this follows Keith Dalgleish's decision to retire (eventually re-emerging as a jumps jockey) earlier this season.
21/12/2004 More all-weather wins, this time at Southwell where Karl Burke's Radiant Bride wins the claimer and David Barker's Whinhill House wins one of the sprint race.
20/12/2004 Both today's Yorkshire winners come on the all-weather at Haydock with Chris Fairhurst gaining third third flat victory of the year when Truckle (recently bought from Mark Johnston's yard) takes the first division of the maiden and Andy Turnell's Blue Bajan taking the second division of the same race.
18/12/2004 Across the Pennines at Haydock the Yorkshire raiders took the first and last races with Malcolm Jefferson's Roman Ark and Sue Smith's Rebel Rhythm, in between times Kevin Ryan's Petrula was third in the £20,108 Sodexho Prestige Handicap Hurdle and Sue Smith's Tipsy Mouse second in the £20,319 Tim Molony Handicap Chase. Up at Newcastle Fred Kirby has one of the biggest wins of his career when Sound Of Cheers won the £12,238 Northumberland Handicap Chase and there were supporting victories from Tom Tate (The Duke's Speech) and Ferdy Murphy (Supreme Developer). Down at Warwick Andy Turnell's The Names Bond took the opener.
17/12/2004 A quiet day, with Malcolm Jefferson's Polar Gunner winning the opener at Uttoxeter the sole Yorkshire victory.
16/12/2004 Is it me or is this getting a little tedious?!? Next year I will keep the news down to genuinely interesting stuff, which will also make the page a lot quicker to load l! Anyway ...... David Barron's Forfeiter won his maiden at Southwell today whilst closer to home at Catterick there was a winner over jumps for Ferdy Murphy (Basilea Star) and a double for Sue Smith with Oso Magic and Stagecoach Diamond.
15/12/2004 The winners switch back to jumping today with wins at Bangor for Peter Beaumont (Flight Command) and Ferdy Murphy (Mac's Supreme) and at Hexham for Mick Easterby (Dance Party).
14/12/2004 Two Yorkshire winners at each of today's all-weather meetings. At Wolverhampton the winners come from Tim Easterby (Ryedane) and Linda Stubbs (Il Colosseo), whilst at Southwell Kevin Ryan scores a double with Tyrone Sam and Cloud Dancer.
13/12/2004 Yorkshire horses win the first and last races at Wolverhampton thanks to Karl Burke's Ashes and Jedd O'Keeffee's United Spirit. The evening sees the TBA Awards Ceremony with Elite Racing Club winning the 'Smaller Breeder' award thanks to Soviet Song who was bred at Star Cottage Stud, another 'Yorkshire' horses was also a winner as Floors Stud in Scotland won the Special Merit Award for Mark Johnston's Attraction.
12/12/2004 News from Sha Tin that Cape Of Good Hope, bred at Melbourne Hall Stud, has yet again put up a good run, this time second in the Hong Kong Sprint G1., again he was beaten by the incredible and virtually unbeatable Silent Witness. At a more parochial level there were wins at Musselburgh for Ferdy Murphy (Family Venture) and Mick Easterby (Blue Buster) and on the all-weather at Southwell for Kevin Ryan (Suffolk House).
11/12/2004 Having had his first Cheltenham winner yesterday, and following it with a win in the last race, Patrick Haslam continued his love affair with Cheltenham today when Yankeedoodledandy won the opening race, the £10,939 Mr Crumb Premium Stuffings Juvenille Novices' Hurdle! The next race saw Noel Wilson's Latalomne achieve a good second in the £13,781 Jenny Mould Memorial Handicap Chase, whilst Ferdy Murphy also had to make do with placings - Joes Edge finishing second in the £12,702 bonusprint.com Novices' Chase, and Europa a strong third in the main race of the day, the £63,800 bonusprint.com Handicap Chase. It was also a case of placings in the big races at Lingfield with Murphy's Tribal Venture coming third in the £23,200 December Novices' Chase Gd2 and Brian Ellison's Carte Diamond a slightly dissapointing third in the £17,400 Summit Junior Hurdle Gd2. Having drawn a blank locally atDoncaster, the Tykes did at least manage a winner on the all-weather at Southwell where David Barron's Wahoo Sam took the penultimate race on the card.
10/12/2004 An excellent day for Patrick Haslam who had a double at Cheltenham with King Revo (in the £16,820 CFR Handicap Hurdle) and You're Special (in the £9,918 Conditional Jockeys Handicap Chase). Whilst a double at Cheltenham is always cause for celebration this was especially sweet for Haslam as it now means he has had a winner at every course in the country. Elsewhere David Chapman's Queen Of The Night won for the second time in four days, this time at Wolverhampton, whilst John Quinn's A Bit Of Fun took the selling hurdle at Doncaster.
09/12/2004 Again just the one Yorkshire winner with Geoff Harker's Cyborg de Sou taking the opener at Huntingdon.
08/12/2004 Just one winner today with John Norton's Ireland's Eye winning the last over the hurdles at Leicester.
07/12/2004 The Yorkshire runners are in good form at Southwell with David Chapman's Queen Of Night and David Barron's Old Bailey taking the first two races before Kevin Ryan's Blades Boy takes the Nursery.
06/12/2004 Another win for Ferdy Murphy when Hot Weld wins the Novices' hurdle at Newcastle, where earlier Jedd O'Keeffee's Habitual Dancer had won the second race.
05/12/2004 Ferdy Murphy's fine run of form continues with a double at Kelso courtesy of Basilea Star and Your A Gassman.
04/12/2004 Although no runners in the Tingle Creek it was still an excellent day for the Yorkshire trainers. Sue Smith led the way by winning both of the main races on Haydock's valuable card - the £34,800 Tommy Whittle Chase Gd2 with Chives, and the £32,500 Totesport Handicap Hurdle with Patriarch Express, who finished ahead of Kevin Ryan's Petrula. Down at Chepstow Ferdy Murphy kept up his recent good run with Carlys Quest taking the £15,109 ladbrokes.com Handicap Hurdle. The local meeting at Wetherby may not have been as valuable as others today, but the locals were dominant with a double for Mick Easterby (The Nomad and Middlethorpe) and winners for Brian Rothwell (Celtic Blaze) and that man again Ferdy Murphy (Fashions Monty).
03/12/2004 Two wins on the flat for the Yorkshire trainers today at Wolverhampton where Tim Easterby's Ryedane led a Yorkshire 1-2-3 in the nursery, and Lynda Ramsden's Greenwich Meantime won the stayer's handicap.
02/12/2004 Just the one Yorkshire winners today with Tim Easterby's Pay Attention taking the Novices' Hurdle at Market Rasen.
01/12/2004 A quiet day yesterday with no winners, today however John Wainwright's Joyce's Choice wins at Southwell and the locals win the last three at Catterick thanks to Ann Duffield (Prairie Sun), Andy Turnell (Six Pack) and Sue Smith (Izzykeen). At Tattersalls today all the lots with Yorkshire credentials are connected with Garrowby Stud, and the highest priced of these is Border Arrow's 1/2 sister Chanteloup who makes 45,000gns, sent up from James Fanshawe's yard.
30/11/2004 The top priced lot at the December Sales is the South African Champion Mare Ipi Tombe, who makes 850,000gns to the bid of Yorkshire based bloodstock agent James Delahooke.
29/11/2004 Two Yorkshire winners at Newcastle today with the spoils going to Ferdy Murphy (Macs' Supreme) and Geoff Harker (Oakapple Express). The biggest race of the day was on the all-weather at Wolverhampton where David Chapman's Quito was second in the £13,501 Littlewoods Bet Direct Handicap. The December Sales re-commences at Tattersalls and Burton Agnes Stud sell Rambler, a winning 1/2 sister to Cassandra Go and Verglas, for 150,000gns, on behalf of George Strawbridge.
28/11/2004 Yet more winners for Ferdy Murphy with Ulusaba winning at Leicester and Garde Bien at Doncaster, where there were also winners for Tom Tate with The Duke's Speech and, in the main race on the card, Jim Turner with Rosie Redman, his undoubted stable star.
27/11/2004 Winners up at Newcastle for Ferdy Murphy (Your A Gassman) and Brian Ellison (Carte Diamond making a quick debut over hurdles for his new trainer) were the highlights of an otherwise poor day for the Yorkshire runners, with Ferdy Murphy's Europa finishing third in the £26,100 Ladbrokes.com Handicap Chase at Newbury the only other result worthy of mention. The Bolton Grange team were in action at Tattersalls again today, spending 60,000gns on a son of Montjeu, no Yorkshire studs were selling today.
26/11/2004 No winners today. Down at Newmarket the Theakston Stud is the only Yorkshire stud selling in the foal sale today and the two lots that sold (colts by Kalanisi and Fasliyev) each fetched 19,000gns. More breeding news is that the Cliff Stud near Helmsley has appointed a new manager, Mr.Guy Stephenson.
25/11/2004 Malcolm Jefferson supplied Yorkshire's only winner today with Roman Ark winning the opener at Carlisle. A very good day for clients of Lennie Peacock's Manor House Stud today, as they sold foals at Tattersalls for 95,000gns, 88,000gns and 42,000gns (amazingly all three to the renowned Irish 'pinhooker' Timmy Hyde), with the highest price being for a Royal Applause 1/2 brother to this seasons prolific two-year-old Mystical Land. Also having a good day was the Tibthorpe Stud who sold a son of Kyllachy for 41,000gns. Amongst the big spenders today was John Ellis and his son Andrew of Bolton Grange Stud who spent 200,000gns on a son of Johannesburg and 17,000gns on a son of Dr Fong. Another one of the big spenders was the Darley & Townsend partnership of Daleside Stud who spent 62,000gns on a son of Pivotal out of an own sister to Splice.
24/11/2004 Only two local winners at Wetherby today courtesy of Ferdy Murphy (Tribal Venture) and John Quinn (Aleron). After a day's lull the Tattersalls December Sales continued today with the foals section, and today's highest lot from a Yorkshire stud was the 9,000gns Evelyn Stud received for a son of Polish Precedent.
23/11/2004 Winners under both codes today. On the flat at Southwell there were wins for Karl Burke (Hows That), Ann Duffield (Constable Burton), David Barron (Penwell Hill) and Kevin Ryan (Roman Empire) whilst the jumps meeting at Sedgefield saw a double for Ferdy Murphy (Hot Weld and Garde Bien) and another double of sorts with Tim Easterby (County Classic) and uncle Mick Easterby (Dance Party) also getting winners.
22/11/2004 All the Yorkshire winenrs today came on the all-weather with John Wainwright's Eddies Jewel winning at Lingfield and Brian Ellison (Colemanstown), John Balding (Scary Night) and Micky Hammond (Boris The Spider) all having winners at Southwell. Only 4 Yorkshire lots catalogued in the Yearlings section of the December Sales at Tattersalls, and the probable highest price of those was withdrawn, so Garrowby Stud's son of Dr Fong and Slipper was left to take the highest Yorkshire price at 16,000gns.
21/11/2004 Just one winner today with Tim Fitzgerald's Vicentio winning the opener at Fakenham, although Ferdy Murphy's Joes Edge was a decent enough second in the £14,303 Amberleigh House Novices' Chase at Aintree.
20/11/2004 It was an unlucky day at Aintree today for Sue Smith with Town Crier second in his race and Smiths Landing third in his. This left Patrick Haslam clear to claim the biggest Tyke victory of the day with his Yankeedoodledandy winning the £16,835 totequadpot Introductory Juvenille Novices' Hurdle at Huntingdon. The only other winners came on the all-weather at Lingfield where Kevin Ryan's Spence Appeal took the opener and at Wolverhampton where Richard Fahey's Paparaazi took the nursery.
19/11/2004 Again no Yorkshire trained winners today, albeit with very few runners.
18/11/2004 Kris, the most recent Champion Sire based at a Yorkshire stud, died today in his paddock aged 28 at the de Walden family's Plantation Stud in Newmarket. Initially retired to Lord Howard de Walden's Thornton Stud in 1981 and stayed in Yorkshire until the property was sold to the Nicholson's in 1995. He was Champion British Based Stallion in 1986 and 1987, having been outright champion in 1985 when the brilliant Oh So Sharp was his biggest earner. He was also sire of such good horses as Rafha, Unite, Fitnah, Shamshir, Sudden Love, Balisada (all fillies) as well as Single Empire, Flash of Steel and de Walden's own Shavian. He is also broodmare sire of Rose Gypsy, Moonshell, Classic Park (bred at Garrowby), Invincible Spirit (bred at Cliff Stud), Okwango, Doyen, Epalo, Kissing Cousin, Rosefinch and the Yorkshire trained Group One duo of Continent and Lend A Hand. A disappointing day on the track as well with no winners, although Sue Smith's Patriarch Express was second in the £12,241 Pertemps Handicap Hurdle Qualifier at Market Rasen.
17/11/2004 Winners galore for the Yorkshire trainers today. The in-form Ferdy Murphy won the main race jumps of the day the £9,053 Racing UK Landmark Handicap Chase at Kempton with Europa and doubled up with Fashions Monty at Hexham, where Patrick Haslam also had a winner with Soleil d'Hiver. On the flat all-weather there were winners at Wolverhampton for David Barron (Rancho Cucamonga) and Noel Wilson (Yenaled) but it was Kevin Ryan who took the most valuable race of the day, the £13,418 Bet Direct Handicap with Quiet Times.
16/11/2004 The flat season may have ended in Britain, but in France today the Prix Saraca L was won by Andronikos, bred by Lennie Peacock at the Manor House Stud in Middleham, to add to his earlier victory in the Doncaster Stakes L and his good second in the Gimcrack Stakes G2. There were very few Yorkshire trained runners today, and no winners.
15/11/2004 Wins at Leicester today for Geoff Harker (Farne Isle) and Ferdy Murphy (Ulusaba).
14/11/2004 No winners today but Sue Smith's Chives (off course for 323 days) put up a strong performance to be second in the £34,800 Edward Hanmer Memorial Handicap Chase Gd2 at Haydock, his first run for the Smith's. Meanwhile Patrick Haslam's You're Special was a good third at Cheltenham.
13/11/2004 Most of the local action today centred on Wetherby where local trainers won the first four races thanks to Lynn Siddall (Mr Christie), Malcolm Jefferson (Classic Capers), Micky Hammond (Manbow) and Kevin Ryan (Petrula). Karl Burke's Harry Potter won the Classified Stakes on the all-weather at Wolverhampton. All the way across at Churchill Downs River Belle, bred at Star Cottage Stud, won the Mrs Revere Stakes G2 by two noses under an inspired ride from a certain K.Fallon! This caps an excellent year for the Camacho's at Star Cottage as they also raised Attraction's nemesis Soviet Song on behalf on the Elite Racing Club.
12/11/2004 No winners yesterday, today Karl Burke's Atlantic Quest wins on the all-weather at Wolverhampton whilst Tim Easterby's Classic Event wins at Newcastle where Uncle Mick Easterby's King's Square is also victorius. No wins at Cheltenham, but Ferdy Murphy's Luzcadou is third in the Sporting Index Cross Country Chase.
10/11/2004 A double at Kelso for the in-form Ferdy Murphy with Ballinclay King and Basilea Star obliging. There was also a Yorkshire winner on the flat with Richard Whitaker's Vicious Warrior taking the second at Lingfield.
09/11/2004 Southwell again! Winner at the Lincolnshire track today for Karl Burke (Romil Star), Patrick Haslam (Zando), Kevin Ryan (Tyrone Sam) and Richard Fahey (Sharoura). Meanwhile over jumps there was a win for Ferdy Murphy (Fashions Monty) at Sedgefield and for Brian Ellison (King Eider) at Huntingdon.
08/11/2004 Again both Yorkshire winners today came at Southwell, but this time at the 'regional' all-weather flat meeting, they were Mick Easterby's Reversionary and Bryan Smart's Alice Blackthorn.
07/11/2004 Two winners over jumps at Southwell where the victorius trainers were Peter Beaumont (Moor Spirit) and Mick Easterby (One Five Eight).
06/11/2004 The final day of the flat season, and it was a good day for the locals at Doncaster where David Chapman's stable star Quito (who won last years Ayr Gold Cup) provided the veteran trainer with his first stakes winner since Soba's 1983 King George Stakes victory by taking the Wentworth Stakes L., this was a universally popular result for the well respected trainer. The next race was the £35,425 November Handicap and this also fell to the locals with Malton trainer Brian Ellison taking the prize with Carte Diamond, who was having his first run for his new trainer since being bought out of Mark Johnston's yard for 105,000gns, this is Ellison's second win in the November Handicap following on from Batswing in 2000 (who was in the same ownership), just after he moved back to Malton. The next was won by Richard Fahey's Breaking Shadow, Kevin Ryan's Soyuz having taken the opener. Over jumps there were wins at Ayr for Ferdy Murphy (Joes Edge and Hau de Gamme) and Alan Swinbank (Cha Cha Cha Dancer) and at Sandown for Patrick Haslam who's Yankeedoodledandy took the £9,071 Juvenile Novices' Hurdle at his first attempt over jumps, having registered four second places in his flat career. Back on the level Mick Easterby's Mount Hillaby won on Wolverhampton's all-weather course.
05/11/2004 Only one Yorkhire trained flat winner today with the in-form Mark Johnston's Quizzene taking the maiden at Yarmouth. Over jumps there are wins at Hexham for Ferdy Murphy (Fashions Monty) and Peter Beaumont (Cionn Mhalanna).
04/11/2004 Yorkshire trained winners at each of today's four domestic meetings. At Nottingham there are wins for Mark Johnston (Land Of Dreams' sister Starchy winning by 6 lengths on her debut) and Richard Fahey (Boppys Princess), with Fahey doubling up a few minutes later when Wrenlane wins at Wolverhampton where there is also a winner for Linda Stubbs (Zoom Zoom). Over jumps at Haydock the Yorkshire raiders are in fine form with wins for Tim Easterby (Bollin Annabel), Malcolm Jefferson (Red Nose Lady), Andy Turnell (Noble Pasao) and a double for Sue Smith (Black Frost and Rebel Rhythm). Finally there is another jumps winner with Ferdy Murphy's Union Deux taking the last at Towcester.
03/11/2004 The sole Yorkshire winner up at Musselburgh today comes from Richard Fahey's Harrison's Flyer, although the standout performance was perhaps from Mark Johnston's Winged d'Argent who, in only his fifth race, was a good second in the Totesport Willie Park Stakes L., albeit 5 lengths behind the winner! There are also Tyke wins at Wolverhampton thanks to Linda Stubbs (Il Colosseo - her tenth win of the year) and Lynda Ramsden (Greenwich Meantime).
02/11/2004 The locals were dominant at Catterick today with Mark Johnston and Joe Fanning leading the way with a treble courtesy of McEldowney, Lady Karr and Go Padero. Tim Easterby (Paris Bell) and David Nicholls (Trinculo) supplied the other Yorkshire winners at the track, the later named having his first run for his new handler, although he has won 3 races in the past and has numerous 'black type' performances both in Britain and Hong Kong.
01/11/2004 And so to the final week of the flat season, and there were two Yorkshire winners at Redcar thanks to Tim Easterby (Game Lad) and Patrick Haslam (The Pen).
31/10/2004 More of the same for Sue Smith today, this time the action is transplanted to Carlisle, but yet again she wins one of the supporting races (with Simply Supreme) only to see her challengers in the £27,300 Coors Brewers Cumberland Handicap Chase, Ardent Scout and Tipsy Mouse, beaten into second and third places respectively. Julie Camacho's Mind Alert wins the last at Lingfield.
30/10/2004 Breeders Cup day, and no Yorkshire representation, but at least it beats the usual rubbish on the TV! The day starts well for the Yorkshire trainers at Ayr's regional meeting with wins for Chris Fairhurst (Passion Fruit, Fairhurst's first win for 7 months), Tim Fitzgerald (Muqarrar) and Micky Hammond (Boris The Spider). Also on the flat at Newmarket David Barron registers a well-deserved big race success with Zero Tolerance winning the £17,400 Best Bet John Mile Handicap. Alfonso, owned and bred by Guy Reed at Copgrove Stud won the last. Over jumps at Wetherby it's a sweet and sour day for Sue Smith - in two of the big races her hopes are beaten into third - Royal Emperor in the Charlie Hall Chase Gd2 and St Matthew in the John Smith's 'West Yorkshire' Hurdle Gd2, but later on her Mister McGoldtick wins the £11,601 'Dine And View' Handicap Chase, and in the next she has a one-two with Patriarch Express and Noshinannikin. Earlier, appropriately as Charlie Hall was her Uncle, Kate Walton had won the opener with Galway Breeze.
29/10/2004 The locals dominated at Wetherby today, taking all 6 races thanks to Ferdy Murphy (Union Deux), Sue Smith (The Merry Mason and Town Crier), Mick Easterby (Middlethorpe), Kevin Ryan (Winchester) and John Quinn (Jake Black).
28/10/2004 Again, just the one winner with Bryan Smart's Bond City winning at Lingfield.
27/10/2004 Just the one Yorkshire winner today when Malcolm Jefferson's Calatagan wins the Conditional Jockeys race at Cheltenham.
26/10/2004 Nottingham and Catterick lost to the weather, and no joy at Cheltenham.
25/10/2004 Just one Yorkshire trained winner today when John Balding's Compton Micky won at Wolverhampton's 'Regional' meeting.
24/10/2004 The main news today is that, unfortunately, Godolphin have 'stolen' Shamardal from Mark Johnston's clutches and this exciting colt will be trained by Saeed bin Suroor next season. To add insult to injury they've also grabbed Lucky Story from the Kingsley House trainer. And no Yorkshire winners at Aintree, a bad day indeed although Bob Woodhouse's Donnybrook won the Handicap Chase at Towcester to ensure it wasn't a completely blank day for the Tykes.
23/10/2004 There was an early Yorkshire winner today when Tim Etherington's Regal Song took the sprint at Wolverhampton's 'Regional' meeting, to give the Malton handler his first win for four months. Events started well for the locals at Doncaster with Mark Johnston's Crosspeace taking the £14,443 opening Jock Murray Memorial Handicap, and there was another winner later on when John Balding's Matty Tun won the £12,101 Rectangle Group Handicap. Perhaps the most promising results however came in the Doncaster Stakes L which saw Tim Easterby's Harvest Warrior, Mark Johnston's Joseph Henry and Kevin Ryan's Gifted Gamble occupy second, third and fourth places respectively, with Andronikos, bred at Manor House Stud, the winner!. Down at Newbury Tim Easterby's Paris Bell won the Nursery, whilst Frank Sonata, bred at Bishop Wilton Stud, recovered his form to finish second in the St Simon Stakes G3, in which Collier Hill did run, but finished down the field.
22/10/2004 David Nicholls' Onlytime Will Tell wins the £12,550 Q Associates Handicap at Newbury, a result which will enable him to narrow the gap with Tim Easterby in the race to be the second highest Yorkshire trainer in the Flat Trainers Championship. The only local winner at Doncaster today comes from the man in third place overall in the Trainers Championship, Mark Johnston with Winged d'Argent. Over the road the final day of the Doncaster October Yearling Sales sees Mark Dwyer's Oaks Farm Stables achieve the best 'local' price when their son of Black Minnaloushe and Sunburst fetches 13,500gns.
21/10/2004 A double over the jumps at Haydock today for George Moore courtesy of Jungle Jinks and Beamish Prince. The middle day of the Doncaster October Yearling Sales and Carol Tinkler's Ivy Lea Farm have the best price for a Yorkshire stud when their daughter of Primo Valentino and Charming Lotte fetches 12,000gns to the bid of Tim Easterby.
20/10/2004 Newcastle is abandoned and only a smattering of Yorkshire runners at Nottingham sees no winners today. Day one of Doncaster's October Yearling Sales and the highest price from a Yorkshire nursery is achieved by Maurice and Sarah Camacho's Star Cottage Stud in Malton who's daughter of Bertolini and Dixie Favor (a half sister to 2 stakes winners) fetches 23,000gns.
19/10/2004 A quiet day's racing sees Yorkshire winners at Wolverhampton in the shape of Patrick Haslam's Two Of Clubs, Richard Fahey's Blythe Spirit, and John Parkes' King Nicholas.
18/10/2004 George Moore's Toldo wins the opener at Pontefract today where the other local winner was Richard Fahey's Wrenlane, who had earlier scored down at Wolverhampton with Harrison's Flyer. Due to a mix up over flights Collier Hill is not going to Canada, and may run at Newbury on Saturday.
17/10/2004 Contrary to my hopes yesterday it transpires that Mister Monet's injury yesterday was untreatable and he was sadly put down at the vet's surgery last night. The Mark Johnston bandwagon never stops however and of today's Italian raiders his Hearthstead Wings did best, coming a very creditable third in the Gran Criterium G1 at San Siro. Meanwhile at Musselburgh there was a Johnston/Joe Fanning treble thanks to Kindling, Go Padero (off the track for 349 days!) and Swift Sailor. Also amongst the winners at the Scottish track was John Quinn who's useful Bigalos Bandit won the £12,018 Weatherbys Bank Sprint Conditions Stakes. Under National Hunt rules there were wins at Market Rasen for Malcolm Jefferson (Moss Harvey) and Alan Swinbank (Golden Measure), the last named will be hoping for a good run from Collier Hill who will be running in the Canadian International in Canada next weekend.
16/10/2004 Well my hopes of a Mark Johnston double at Newmarket came true today, although not quite in the manner I may have initially envisaged! To quibble would be churlish however as today was an excellent day for Yorkshire racing, and for Kingsley House in particular. Johnston had a good start to proceedings when Joseph Henry was fourth (only a head away from third) in the opening Cornwallis Stakes G3. Better was to come when Johnston's Contact Dancer won the annual marathon that is the £75,400 Cesarewitch Handicap under a good ride from Royston Ffrench. Expectations came crashing down in the next with Johnston's Lucky Story running a shocker in the Champion Stakes G1 in which the stables other runner the well-fancied Mister Monet was pulled up by Kevin Darley with a suspected fractured near-hind pastern. Hopefully both these horses will have the opportunity to shine again next season. However the unofficial two-year-old championship race of Europe, the Dewhurst Stakes G1, was the next race and Johnston's Shamardal, despite having been off the track for 80 days, positively romped away from a high class field to win by two and half lengths easing up, in a time faster than the older horses had taken earlier in the day in the Challenge Stakes G2. This was a fantastic result for the Johnston team and Shamardal will no doubt provide Johnston with his second successive Two Year Old Champion, following Lucky Story last season. This was also Yorkshire's first victory in the Dewuhurst since Sam Hall's victory with King's Lane in 1963, and Yorkshire's ninth Group One win of the season. Mark Johnston is himself responsible for five of these wins, although with Bandari and Hearthstead Wings both running in group one races in Milan tomorrow the tally, incredibly, may increase still further! On a more mundane level there were local winners at Catterick from Noel Wilson (Yenaled), Mick Easterby (Ego Trip) and Kevin Ryan (Northern Games, winning for the second time this week). Up at Kelso there were jumping winners for Sue Smith (Town Crier) and Kate Walton (Wildfield Rufo).
15/10/2004 At Newmarket today David Chapman's stable star Quito runs well to finish a creditable third in the Bentick Stakes G3, the first piece of 'black type' in his fantastic career. Later on the same card Mark Johnston scores with Always Waining, with Joe Fanning back in the plate after a long injury. Johnston doubles up (hopefully he'll do the same in more exulted company tomorrow!) with Exit Smiling winning at Redcar where there were also winners for Tim Easterby (Most Definitely) and John Wainwright (Time To Regret). Richard Fahey has a winner all the way down at Brighton with Harrison's Flyer. The penultimate day of the October Sales at Tattersalls and the highest 'Yorkshire' lot is 1935 consigned by Trickledown Stud on behalf of Burns Farm Stud, a daughter of Diktat and Inspiring who fetched 10,000gns.
14/10/2004 Day one of Newmarket's 'Champion's meeting and although there are no Yorkshire trained winners a couple of 'our' horses run into good places. Firstly George Moore's La Sylphide took full advantage of the cut in the ground to gain some black-type by finishing third in the Severals Stakes L. The next race was the £100,000 Tattersalls Autumn Auction Stakes and this saw Kevin Ryan's Gifted Gamble pick up a useful £14,060 for finishing third. The winner of this race incidentally was Cape Columbine who's dam, Cape Merino, was bred at the Melbourne Hall Stud and trained at Beverly by the late Alf Smith. There was one Yorkshire victory today however as Patrick Haslam's Courant d'Air won the opener all the way down at Taunton. The fiscal bloodbath at Tattersalls continued (next year there will be a. a lot of horses in the 'Breeze Up' Sales and b. a lot of horses available on free/cheap leases!) and normal service was resumed in that the highest lot from a Yorkshire stud was the 15,000gns achieved by Oaks Farm Stables for Branston Stud's daughter of Efisio and Food of Love.
13/10/2004 No wins on the flat today, although hardly any runners, but there are two wins apiece at Wetherby and Uttoxeter for the Yorkshire trainers. At Wetherby (where there are now plans to build a flat course) Sue Smith's Noshinannikin won the £10,179 Bobby Renton Handicap Chase, and Micky Hammond's Manbow won the Novices' Chase. At Uttoxeter there were wins for James Hetherton (Diamond Joshua) and Malcolm Jefferson (Honest Endeavour). Of the 5 lots from Yorkshire studs at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sales today 4 were either vendor buy-backs or withdrawn, leaving the way clear for Richard Whitaker's Hellwood Stud to stake the claim for best selling Yorkshire lot of the day when his son of Vettori and Be My Wish sold for 21,000gns with the winning bid, appropriately enough, coming from Yorkshire based bloodstock agent (and one of my racing heros) James Delahooke, who was, to a large extent, responsible for the foundations of the bloodstock success of both Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms and the late Gerald Leigh's Eydon Hall Farm.
12/10/2004 A good day for the Yorkshire raiders up at Ayr today with a double for Mark Johnston (King's Account and Winged d'Argent) and also winners for Alan Swinbank (Ouninpohja) and Kevin Ryan (Northern Games). At the other end of the country at Newmarket the yearling sales continue at Tattersalls, and to my eyes many of the prices look somewhat disappointing, but Bishop Wilton Stud had a good day with their Mujahid half brother to Frank Sonata and Peaceful Paradise selling for 31,000gns and, a few lots later, their Zilzal half brother to Red Lancer selling for 22,000gns. Bishop Wilton have had an excellent couple of years since going 'full time' - John Johnson having retired as Stud Groom at Garrowby Stud. Garrowby have actually had a relatively weak sale, although they will have some very nicely bred fillies going into training next season, which will more than compensate I'm sure.
11/10/2004 Middleham trainer Jedd O'Keeffe is the man in form today (after having no winners at all in September) with an across the card double - Habitual Dancer scoring in the opener at Ayr and Snow Bunting in the last at Leicester. Brian Ellison (Artistic Style) and Tim Easterby (Paris Bell) also had winners up at Ayr, whilst Nigel Tinkler had a first and two seconds at the Scottish track, with Westborough and Sir Loin filling first and second places respectively in the sprint handicap - luckily the stable jockey (aka Mrs.Kim Tinkler) was on Westborough, or it might have been a tough journey home for the well known joker Tinkler. Meanwhile the Tattersalls October Sales recommenced and for once the top Yorkshire lot was not from Oaks Farm, but from Trickledown Stud who sold Bolton Grange's daughter of Dansili and Pizzicato for 100,000gns to agent Amanda Skiffington.
10/10/2004 Just the one winner today with Karl Burke's Hows That winning the Selling Nursery up at Newcastle.
09/10/2004 Tim Easterby's Somnus consolidates his claim for European champion sprinter honours when he takes his second French Group One of the season (and the third Group One of his career) - the Prix de la Foret G1 at Longchamp. Somnus, bred by Scampston Hall Stud (where he will now go for his traditional winter holiday) and raised at Sledmere, came fast and late with his trademark electrifying turn of foot in the dying strides under Mick Kinane to just grab victory on the line. Bryan Smart's Monsieur Bond also ran a good race to be fourth. Somnus now jumps past Fruits Of Love in the all-time winnings list. In case you're losing count - that's EIGHT Yorkshire trained Group One winners this season (dare I say so far with Champions Day still to come?!?), an all-time record. No local winners at York but Mark Johnston's Nufoos is second in the Rockingham Stakes L, her second piece of 'black type'. This filly is entered in the Autumn Horses In Training Sale, but looks sure to be withdrawn following this run. Earlier John Wainwright had his first winner for eight weeks when Joyce's Choice won a Banded Stakes on Warwick. There was only one winner under National Hunt rules with James Hetherton's Qualitair Pleasure landing the bumper at Bangor.
08/10/2004 Winners at York today for Tim Easterby (Go Tech in the £11,047 Garbutt & Elliot Handicap) and Mark Johnston (Mafaheem), whilst across at Carlisle Malcolm Jefferson records a double with Stamparland Hill and Vital Spark, the later in the bumper on his racecourse debut. For the fourth day in a row Oaks Farm Stables provide the leading Yorkshire lot at the October Sales when they consign a Montjeu filly for 43,000gns on behalf of Georgestown Stud.
07/10/2004 On the track today there were wins at Wolverhampton for Bryan Smart with Bond City and for Richard Fahey with Blythe Spirit. Meanwhile at Tattersalls there was a tie for the honour of 'highest price from a Yorkshire stud' with Manor House Stud's filly by Halling out of Arctic Air and Oaks Farm Stables colt by Marju out of Sweetest Thing both eliciting bids of 100,000gns.
06/10/2004 The former leading Yorkshire jumps trainer, Jimmy Fitzgerald, sadly died in hospital today after a long illness at the age of 69. He was licenced for over 33 years and sent out over 1,200 winners (of which around 350 came on the flat) before handing over to his son Tim early last year. Irish born Fitzgerald won the Scottish Grand National as a jockey in 1965, only for a fall to curtail his riding career the following season. He started training in Malton in 1969 and soon Norton Grange soon became one of the most powerful jumps stables in the country with the likes of Forgive N'Forget (Cheltenham Gold Cup, Vincent O'Brien Irish Gold Cup Chase, Coral Hurdle Final), Galway Blaze (Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup Handicap Chase), Androma (Scottish Grand National, twice, 2nd.Whitbread Gold Cup), Canny Danny (Royal & Sun Alliance Novices Chase), Danish Flight (Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase), Boutzdaroff (Martell Aintree Chase), Gold Options (Mitsubishi Shogun Newton Chase, Inter Punchestown Chase), Nijmegen (Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle), Sybillin (Glenlivet Anniversary Hurdle, Swinton Insurance Trophy Hurdle, Victor Chandler Chase, Tingle Creek Trophy Chase) and Uncle Ernie (Cheltenham Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup, P.M.L. Lightning Novices' Chase, Martell Aintree Chase). He was also a force to be reckoned with on the flat where his best horse was Sapience (Princess of Wales' Stakes G2, Ebor Handicap, 2nd.St Leger G1) as well as the Cesarewitch winners Kayudee and Trainglot (who was also fourth in the Ascot Gold Cup G1 and over jumps won the Coral Cup Hurdle), Treasure Hunter (Northumberland Plate) and Lincoln winner Evichstar. Amongst the jockeys who's careers he helped were long-time stable jockey Mark Dwyer (now owner of Oaks Farm Stables) and Kieren Fallon, who's first base in England was Norton Grange. Always a well respected figure he counted amongst his owners such well known figures as the Marquesa De Moratalla, Sir Peter O'Sullevan (who was racing manager to Moratalla) and Lord and Lady Lloyd-Webber.
The highest price at the October Sales today from a Yorkshire stud was, yet again and rather appropriately, Oaks Farm Stables, this time the successful bid being 265,000gns for a daughter of Sadler's Wells and Brigid. Next highest was actually a 'buy back' with Dr.Anne Gillespie paying 75,000gns for her son of Grand Lodge and Oh So Well sent up from Lennie Peacock's Manor House Stud. Amongst the big buyers today was Sir Robert Ogden (of Sickling Hall Stud) who paid 200,000gns for a daughter of Gulch out of a stakes placed 1/2 sister to Russian Rhythm, having spent 65,000gns yesterday on an In The Wings filly from the family of Shake The Yoke and Kutub.
Only a couple of Yorkshire trained runners today, and no winners.
05/10/2004 Day one of the revamped October Sales (basically it has been 'merged' with the select Houghton/Highflyer sale) sees a good result for Oaks Farm Stables when they consign a daughter of Danehill and former Tim Easterby sprint star Pipalong for 300,000gns, sold to the Shadwell Estate Company (aka Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum). The next highest lot from a Yorkshire stud was the 90,000gns achieved by Bolton Grange for their daughter of Observatory and Musianica. The locals do better today at Catterick with winners for John Quinn (Harry's House), David Nicholls (Sessay), David Chapman (On The Trail) and Nigel Tinkler (Westborough). In addition Andy Turnell's Kew Jumper wins over those funny hedge things at Huntingdon.
04/10/2004 Back to the standard fayre and unusually there are no local winners at Pontefract this afternoon, although Mark Johnston's Hanseatic League scores at Windsor ..... it that 100 for the year? I don't know - I'm losing count !
03/10/2004 Not every day can be like yesterday - Fayr Jag flopped badly in his unfavoured soft ground in the Sprinters Stakes G1 in Japan, although the third placed horse was locally trained Cape Of Good Hope who was bred at the Melbourne Hall Stud. There was also no luck on the Arc card for any of the three Yorkshire runners (in the Cadran and Abbaye). Closer to home however there were Yorkshire trained winners at all three jumps meetings with Micky Hammond's Manbow and Kate Walton's Wildfield Rufo winning at Kelso, Sue Smith's The Merry Mason and Mick Easterby's Caulkleys Bank winning at Market Rasen and Sue Smith also winning the main race at Uttoxeter with Noshinannikin.
02/10/2004 The darling of Yorkshire did it again - Mark Johnston's Attraction put up perhaps the pluckiest performance of her career to take the Sun Chariot Stakes G1 at Newmarket today - her fourth Group One win of the year. Johnston walked the course for half an hour before racing and Kevin Darley headed straight for the 'sweet spot' against the far rail as soon as possible, from there she was never headed although she did change legs at least twice in the last couple of furlongs which perhaps made it look as if she was struggling more than she actually was. Richard 'Attraction's not that good - my filly has better form' Hughes was a distant third at the line, whilst Attraction took her lifetime earning to £781,848 which, as the table below shows, makes her the leading Yorkshire trained money winner of all time, roll on 2005!
Horse Trainer Amount Best Performances
Attraction Mark Johnston £781,848 1,000 Guineas G1, Irish 1,000 Guineas G1, Coronation Stakes G1, Sun Chariot Stakes G1
Teleprompter Bill Watts £758,536 Arlington Million G1, Queen Elizabeth II S G2, Prix Quincey G3, Desmond S G3
Yavana's Pace Mark Johnston £722,656 Credit Suisse Private Banking Pokal G1, Prix du Conseil de Paris G2, Prix Gladiateur G3
Fruits Of Love Mark Johnston £607,115 Hardwicke S G2 (x2), Dubai Turf Classic, Princess of Wales's S G2, 2nd.Canadian Int'l G1
Somnus Tim Easterby £572,169 Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup G1, Prix Maurice de Gheest G1, 2nd.Sprint Cup G1
Double Trigger Mark Johnston £559,100 Ascot Gold Cup G1, Goodwood Cup G3 (x3), Doncaster Cup G3 (x2), Henry II S G3 (x2)
Scott's View Mark Johnston £525,273 Magnolia S L, Serlby S L, 3rd.Queen Elizabeth II Cup G1, Dubai Sheema Classic G1
Bollin Eric Tim Easterby £506,196 St.Leger G1, Lonsdale S G3, 2nd.Hardwicke S G2, King Edward VII S G2, Dante S G2
Royal Rebel Mark Johnston £476,606 Ascot Gold Cup G1 (x2), Lonsdale S G3, Goodwood Cup G3, 3rd.Prix du Cadran G1
Zindabad Mark Johnston £434,983 Hardwicke S G2, Yorkshire Cup G2, John Porter S G3, 3rd.'King George' & QEII S. G1

Horses shown in bold are still in training, the observant amongst you will notice that the earnings of some long-retired horses have changed slightly - this is because I went back and doubled checked the lifetime earnings of all the horses in the top twenty. Incredible as it may seem Tim Easterby's Fayr Jag (currently in twentieth) could leap to the top of the above rankings if he wins in Japan tomorrow! The highest placed Yorkshire horse in today's Cambridgeshire was Mick Easterby's game Blue Spinnaker, who finished fourth. Mark Johnston nearly made it a memorable double when his Gateman was just denied victory when second in the Prix Dollar G2 over at Longchamp today - hopefully Darasim will go one better tomorrow! At Redcar there were winners for David Barron (Mistress Twister) and Tim Easterby (Go Tech) whilst Kevin Ryan's Dario Gee Gee was third in the betfair.com Two-Year-Old Trophy L, picking up £24,354 for his efforts. Evening racing at Wolverhampton sees a double for Richard Fahey with Riska King and Boppys Princess.
01/10/2004 Only a small number of runners on the flat, with the best result coming from Mark Johnston's Shanty Star who was a promising third in the Godolphin Stakes L after an absence of 123 days. The winning sequence recommenced however up at Hexham where the Yorkshire raiders were dominant with wins for Micky Hammond (Freedom Now), Ann Duffield (Allegedly Red), Mick Easterby (Gary's Pimpernel), Malcolm Jefferson (Honest Endeavour) and Alan Swinbank (Arctic Echo).
30/09/2004 All good things come to an end, today was the first day since the 18th July with no Yorkshire winners. It was still a reasonable day however with Mark Johnston getting the Newmarket Cambridgeshire meeting off to a good start when his Carte Diamond was second in the opening race, the Noel Murless Stakes L, the colt looking the likely winner for much of the race only to be outstayed in the last furlong - not often you can say that about a Johnston horse! Later on the same card Richard Fahey's Golden Legacy was a game fourth in the Cheveley Park Stakes G1, open beaten two necks and a half length, a run which will fill the Malton handler with confidence for next season.
29/09/2004 A fine haul of four winners at Newcastle today for the Yorkshire trainers with the honours going to Bryan Smart (Davy Crockett), Alan Swinbank (Bronze Dancer), Mark Johnston (Crosspeace) and Tim Easterby (Princess Kioto). Again there is also one Yorkshire winner at Nottingham when Karl Burke's Rockburst takes the Fillies Auction. 73 consecutive days of Yorkshire trained winners.
28/09/2004 Just the one winner on the flat today - Lynda Ramsden's Ecologically Sound at Nottingham, but there are two winners over jumps at Sedgefield thanks to Geoff Harker's Fairy Skin Maker and John Quinn's Low Cloud (on his jumping debut).
27/09/2004 Tom Tate's Welsh Emperor provides the sole Yorkshire winner of the day when taking the £12,174 Sam Collingwood-Cameron Conditions Takes at Hamilton. Tate, who has had many major triumphs over jumps, was keen to stress in the post-race interview that he now wants to be regarded as a predominantely flat trainer, and the success he's had in the last couple of years certainly support that stance.
26/09/2004 Mark Johnston's Bandari is a faintly dissapointing third in the Cumberland Lodge Stakes G3 at Ascot today, but there is some compensation for the Middleham handler when his Fort gamely wins the £34,800 Ascot Final Fling Handicap. Between these two races Tim Easterby's Flighty Fellow was an eye-catching third in the £12,792 Nick Cheyne Farewell Handicap. Up in Scotland Kevin Ryan's Yenaled won the claimer at Musselburgh, whilst Geoff Harker's long trip to Huntingdon was rewarded with a win for Atticus Finch in the last.
25/09/2004 In the opening races at the Ascot festival there were minor placings for the Yorkshire raiders with Mark Johnston's Elliots World and David Barker's Celtic Mill both running respectable races to be fourth in their respective Group Two events. Whilst James Bethell's Mine was a good third in the Totejackpot On Sunday Handicap the performance of the day undoubtably came from Mark Johnston's Lucky Story who belied his odds to finish an excellent second in the feature races of the day, the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes G1. Lucky Story put up by far the best performance of his curtailed season to go down to Rakti by only 1/2 a length and connections may now be tempted to take up Lucky Story's entry in the Champion Stakes in three weeks time but, on today's performance, it would seem better to keep him to a mile for now. Johnston's next-door neighbour George Moore also had a very good day with his La Sylphide taking the £19,828 EBF Reprocolor Fillies' Handicap, a race she won last year. The following race at Haydock was won by Tim Easterby's Tcherina. There was a double at Ripon for Richard Fahey (Blythe Spirit and Flying Bantam) where James Bethell also found himself in the winners enclosure for the second day running when Angelofthenorth took the Fillies' Maiden. No Yorkshire winners over jumps today although Malcolm Jefferson's Moss Harvey put up a good performance after 157 days off the track to be third in the £30,172 bet@bluesq.com Handicap Chase.
24/09/2004 Today sees Yorkshire winners in the first race at Haydock (Richard Fahey's Tagula Sunrise in the £10,868 BarryCase Handicap) and the last at Ascot (James Bethell's Granston).
23/09/2004 Plenty of local winners at Pontefract today courtesy of Mark Johnston (Wise Owl), James Hetherton (Blue Maeve), Tim Easterby (Go Tech in the £12,006 Dalby Screw-Driver Handicap) and David Nicholls (Lucayan Dancer).
22/09/2004 A very quiet day from a Yorkshire perspective, but the winning run was maintained with George Moore's Show No Fear taking the Novices Hurdle up at Perth.
21/09/2004 The local trainers successful at Beverley today were David Barron (Gifted Flame) and Mick Easterby (Emperor's Well), with the later being somewhat more local to Beverley than the first named!
20/09/2004 Not many Yorkshire runners today but Karl Burke's Platinum Pirate maintained the winning sequence (now 64 consecutive days of winners) when taking the Claimer at Leicester.
19/09/2004 Ever the bridesmaid Patrick Haslam's smart filly Kinnaird was second in group company for the third race in a row when filling the runner up berth in the Blandford Stakes G2 at the Curragh today. On the flat at Hamilton there were winners for Mark Johnston (Love Palace) and Julie Camacho (Lauro - her first winner since May). Over jumps meanwhile Sue Smith won the first two races on Uttoxeter's card with Izzykeen and St Matthew.
18/09/2004 It's almost difficult to see how today could have been any better, from a Yorkshire racing perspective anyway. The opener at Ayr was the Firth Of Clyde Stakes G3 which was won by Richard Fahey's Golden Legacy, with Mark Johnston's Nufoos promoted from third to second in the Steward's Room. This was Richard Fahey's well-deserved second group win, following on from Superior Premium in 2000, and caps an excellent year for the Malton trainer. The next was the £12,267 Ayrshire Handicap which was won by Young Mr Grace, trained by Fahey's brother-in-law Tim Easterby. Next up was the big race, Europe's richest sprint handicap the £70,000 Ayr Gold Cup. David Nicholls saddled five of the runners and was rewarded when Funfair Wane (winner of this race in 2002) led all the way to take the prize, followed by John Quinn's Fantasy Believer (who was also runner-up in the Stewards Cup) and then by Nicholls' Continent (winner of this race in 2001). This gives 'Dandy' a Gold Cup record of four wins in the last five years. Down at Newbury there were only two Yorkshire runners, both running in the John Smith's Heritage Handicap and both trained by Mick Easterby, unfortunately the duo didn't win, but Jabaar and Blue Spinnaker did pick up £33,000 between them for finishing second and third respectively. At Catterick there were winners for John Quinn (Leslingtaylor) and Mark Johnston (Secret Pact).
17/09/2004 Another good day at Ayr for the Yorkshire trainers, in the first two races Bryan Smart's Mary Read is a good second in the Harry Rosebery Stakes L, and John Quinn's CD Europe fills the same position in the Ayr Silver Cup. In the next Mark Johnston's Market Trend lands the maiden and then Richard Fahey's Hout Bay takes the sprint handicap to round off a very satisfactory day.
16/09/2004 Day one of the Ayr meeting and the Yorkshire trainers do better up in Scotland than they do at Pontefract (where there are no local winners) with winners for Karl Burke (Thunderwings), Tim Easterby (Eboracum), Noel Wilson (Locombe Hill) and Brian Ellison (Artistic Style).
15/09/2004 Richard Fahey's excellent run continues when his Bo McGinty takes the opener at Sandown whilst there are winners closer to home at Beverley for Mick Easterby (Emperor's Well), Tim Easterby (Wing Collar), Mark Johnston (King's Account) and Bill Tinning (Compton Plume).
14/09/2004 Winners locally at Thirsk today for John Quinn (Taras Treasure), Mark Johnston (Hadrian), Mick Easterby (Ego Trip) and David Barker (Fox Covert).
13/09/2004 No winners locally at Redcar today but Kevin Ryan (Blades Boy), Tim Easterby (Jeepstar in the £10,109 Musselburgh Gold Cup Handicap) and Richard Fahey (Mobane Flyer) fly the flag for Yorkshire by getting winners at Musselburgh.
12/09/2004 Yorkshire trainer Alan Swinbank had the most important victory of his short training career today when stable stalwart Collier Hill took the Stockholm Cup International G3 at Taby - the trainers first group win. Swinbank even managed to make it a double for the day when Arctic Echo, on his debut, took the bumper at Hexham, where earlier Micky Hammond's Freedom Now had won the Novices' Hurdle.
11/09/2004 With no Yorkshire runners in the St Leger today eyes turned across the Irish Sea to Leopardstown where Mark Johnston's Attraction ran in the Matron Stakes G1. The result brought mixed emotions as the filly ran well to put her previous poor outing at Deauville behind her, but she was yet again denied victory in the closing stages by the game Soviet Song, who was bred and raised at Maurice Camacho's Star Cottage Stud in Malton for the Elite Racing Club. This makes a good week for Star Cottage as Dancing Bay (also an Elite Racing horse bred in Malton) was third in the Doncaster Cup G2 earlier in the week. A race like the Prix de la Foret looks tailor made for Attraction's next outing, although she also holds entries in the Sun Chariot and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. It was a good day for Johnston at his beloved Goodwood however with Hearthstead Wins taking the Stardom Stakes L and Gold History making a long overdue return to the winners enclosure by winning the £13,878 Mirror Image Handicap by a head and a neck. Johnston also won with Just A Fluke at Musselburgh where the first race, the £15,103 totesport.com Handicap saw a Yorkshire 1-2-3 with David Barron's Flipando prevailing ahead of Tim Easterby's Mrs Moh and Johnston's Penrith. The lunchtime Regional meeting at Carlisle had earlier seen winners for Mark Johnston (Secret Pact), Bryan Smart (Megabond), Richard Fahey (Dancing Tilly) and David Barron (Penwell Hill).
10/09/2004 With the Mark Johnston's Elliots World dissapointing in the Champagne Stakes there was only one Yorkshire winner today, but that was Richard Fahey's Tagula Sunrise who took the opener at Doncaster, the £27,000 DBS St Leger Yearling Stakes, this was Fahey's 54th win of the year, showing he has recovered well from the infections in his Malton yard earlier in the season. Malton trainer Brian Ellison will be hoping for similar things after paying 50,000gns for Oaks Farm Stables son of Dayjur in the Doncaster sales ring.
09/09/2004 The local runners were just edged out of the placings in Doncaster's two group races today (Golden Nun fourth, Darasim a disappointing fifth), but David Barker's Celtic Mill put up an excellent performance to land a strongly run Scarbrough Stakes L in his preferred fast ground. Not only is Celtic Mill trained in Yorkshire, but he was bred (and is still owned) by former Yorkshire trainer Peter Asquith at Burns Farm Stud. Today's only other winner came at Chepstown where Kevin Ryan's Dune Raider landed the three-year-old maiden. In the Doncaster Sales ring there was only one lot from a Yorkshire stud, Oaks Farm Stables son of Dansili who fetched 28,000gns.
08/09/2004 Day one of the St Leger meeting at Doncaster belonged to Frankie Dettori and the Godolphin team who had four winners. However it was also a pretty good day for local trainer Kevin Ryan who's Halmahera made history when taking the £32,500 Portland Handicap for the third year in a row. However the Ryan prizemoney had been boosted even more in the previous race, the £200,000 St Leger Yearling Stakes when Distinctly Game finished second to pick up a more-than-useful £69,360! At lot fewer local lots at the sales today, two in fact both from Oaks Farm Stables who's son of Cape Cross fetched 24,000gns.
07/09/2004 Two local winners at Catterick with Mel Brittain (Melandre) and Anne Duffield (Jubilee Street) landing the spoils. Down at Lingfield Karl Burke's Platinum Pirate won the claimer. The start of Doncaster's St Leger yearling sales, and the highest price achieved by a Yorkshire stud was the 44,000gns Highflyer Bloodstock paid to Mr & Mrs. Dennis for their Royal Applause colt sent down from the historic Manor House Stud in Middleham.
06/09/2004 Just a couple of winners today, both up at Newcastle where Richard Fahey (Market Avenue) and Kevin Ryan (Roman Empire) were the winning trainers. Looking ahead it was announced that Soviet Star will be taking on Attraction (or possibly that should be the other way around?!?) on Saturday in the Matron Stakes G1, I'm not sure whether that is good news or bad, I'll let you know on Saturday !
05/09/2004 Lucky Story made the initial running but finished in the chasing pack in the Prix du Moulin today, albeit not far behind the winner. However there were two local winners at York thanks to Mick Easterby (Mount Hillaby) and John Quinn (Jake Black) whilst Sue Smith's Ross Comm won over fences at Worcester.
04/09/2004 The big race of the day was Haydock's Sprint Cup G1 which saw Tim Easterby's grand gelding Somnus (last years winner) finish second by the shortest of short heads to Tante Rose despite rallying in the final few yards, this was his best effort on non-soft ground for some time and his consistency (and the lack of consistency of some of the other contenders) gives him an outside chance of Champion Sprinter honours, although as Tante Rose is unbeaten this season she may, as in today's race, just prevail. Not only Yorkshire trained Somnus was bred by Lady Ledgard of Scampston Hall Stud and raised at Sledmere Stud. At Kempton Mark Johnston's Mystical Girl put up a good effort to take the £12,145 Pentax Handicap, but the same trainers Bandari was faintly dissapointing when only third in the September Stakes G3, albeit giving weight all round. Unfortunately there was only one local winner at Thirsk when Kevin Ryan's Poppys Footprint took the fillies' handicap. Next week sees the Leger meeting at Donnie, but first up is Lucky Story tomorrow at Longchamp.
03/09/2004 Not many Yorkshire runners today but luckily the winning streak is maintained when David Barron's Premier Fantasy takes the opener at Haydock.
02/09/2004 The winners continue (46 consecutive days and counting....) today with Bryan Smart (Caitlin), Lynda Ramsden (Trojan Flight), Brian Rothwell (Zan Lo) and Alan Swinbank all scoring just across the border at Redcar. Carlisle's meeting see's an across-the-card double for Bryan Smart courtesy of Mon Secret and the now to be expected Richard Fahey winner with Turn Of Phrase in the last. Wetherby trainer Robin Bastiman also got in on the action but his Maromito had to travel all the way to Salisbury to register his win in the last.
01/09/2004 The inevitable rubbish in the internet media (and tomorrow's papers) after the arrests of Yorkshire trainer Karl Burke, Yorkshire based jockey's Fergal Lynch and Darren Williams and the champion jockey Kieron Fallon, who was of course formerly based in Yorkshire. If I was a betting man (and personally I find betting the least interesting aspect of racing) I would firstly probably be slightly more concerned and secondly lay odds that no charges will ever be laid against these four people as a result of this morning's 'dawn raids'. Another quiet day on the track sees three local winners at York thanks to Tim Easterby (Eboracum), David Barron (Partners In Jazz in the £12,783 BASF Handicap) and Richard Fahey (Bramantino) who's horses can do no wrong at the moment. Tim Easterby's duo of Fayr Jag and Golden Nun are unplaced in Germany today.
31/08/2004 The Bank Holiday follow-on meeting at Ripon today sees a good win for James Bethell when Stretton takes the £9,396 City Of Ripon Handicap whilst there are also local winners for Bryan Smart (Familiar Affair) and Richard Fahey (Breaking Shadow). The day's only other meeting is over jumps at Sedgefield and this sees wins for Micky Hammond (Freedom Now) and Sue Smith (Undeniable).
30/08/2004 The usual Bank Holiday mass of meetings, and Yorkshire trained horses took their fair share of the glory. The locals were dominant at Ripon where the Tim Easterby trained Space Shuttle was a game winner of the main race on the card the Ripon Champion Two Year Old Trophy L. The winner was bred just up the road by Sally Hall at her Brecongill Stud, whilst Brian Ellison's Sentiero Rosso, who only broke his maiden 3 days ago, was a promising third. The other big race at Ripon was the historic Ripon Rowels Handicap and this was won by Tom Tate's Another Bottle, which represents another good flat win for the trainer who, until recently, was primarily known for his jumpers. The other local winners at Ripon were Nevile Bycroft (Apetite) who's having an excellent season and David Barron (Imperial Echo) who is chalking up the winners in his customary fashion, although he is lacking a 'big horse' this year, Racoon's early season form excepted. Down at Epsom it was predicatably David Nicholls who won the big sprint handicap of the day - the £23,200 Toteexacta Sprint Handicap - with Atlantic Viking. Up at Newcastle there were wins for Richard Whitaker (Just Waz), Linda Stubbs (Eastern Hope) and Jedd O'Keeffe (Tytheknot) whilst Mark Johnston had to go all the way to Chepstow for his winner (Torrens). Over jumps there were wins for Micky Hammond (Green 'N' Gold) and Kate Walton (Galway Breeze) at Cartmel.
29/08/2004 All the Yorkshire trained winners today came locally at Beverley with wins for Kevin Ryan (Kings Rock), Mark Johnston (Nufoos in the £10,758 Britannia Rescue Nursery), Richard Fahey (Bramantino) and Nevile Bycroft (Shotley Dancer).
28/08/2004 The winners continue to flow and it's always especially sweet to have winners at Newmarket, and today there were three thanks to Richard Fahey (Fonthill Road in the last) and a fansatic double for Kevin Ryan with Coleorton Dancer in the £14,040 Siemens Smart Home Technology Nursery and My Paris in the £14,170 Chris Blackwell Memorial Handicap, in addition Alan Swinbank's Red Romeo was a good third in the Be Hopeful Stakes L. Closer to home Yorkshire couldn't strike in the two big races at Beverley but there was a double for Richard Fahey (Hout Bay - again, and Riska King) and a winner for James Bethell (Snowed Under). Over jumps John Quinn's Basinet won the last at Cartmel. At Windsor's evening meeting Mark Johnston's Gateman ran his usual game race to be second in the Winter Hill Stakes G3 and Karl Burke's Munaawashat won the last. There were winners for Bryan Smart (Bond Playboy) and Patrick Haslam (Restart) at Redcar's evening meeting.
27/08/2004 Winners galore for the Yorkshire trainers today. Racing at Thirsk saw winners for local trainers Lynda Ramsden (Entailment), Alan Swinbank (Beaumont Girl), Mark Johnston (Secret History), James Bethell (Master Wells) and David Barker (Mecca's Mate). There was a winner down at Newmarket for Richard Fahey (Hout Bay), whilst the evening meeting at Newcastle saw a Brian Ellison double (Sentiero Rosso and Artistic Style) as well as wins for David Barron (Old Bailey) and Karl Burke (Thunderwing).
26/08/2004 The Yorkshire winners came in Wales and Scotland today with Kate Walton's Billie John and Sue Smith's TheMerry Mason winning at Bangor whilst up at Musselburgh there were winners in the last threee races for Kevin Ryan (Yenaled), John Balding (Justalord in the £10,277 Quality Racing On Racing UK Handicap) and Bryan Smart (Saros).
25/08/2004 An even quieter day, but the Yorkshire-trained winning sequence is extended to 38 days when Richard Fahey's Polly Whitefoot takes the last at Perth.
24/08/2004 The usual dull Tuesday fayre, but the winning sequence is narrowly maintained when David Nicholls' Lucayan Dancer takes the last at Brighton.
23/08/2004 A decent win at Hamilton for Richard Whitaker when Nevada Desert takes the £10,410 Alex Salmond Scottish Trophy Handicap, there was also a winner on the same card for Tim Easterby with Eboracum taking the next race. Evening action switches to the all-weather at Southwell where there are wins for Mick Easterby (Roko), Kevin Ryan (Paris Tapis), David Chapman (Headland) and Andy Turnell (Dubonai).
22/08/2004 Not many Yorkshire runners today but wins in the opening two races at Southwell for Robin Bastiman (Were Not Stopping) and George Moore (Iron Express) maintain the Yorkshire winning run.
21/08/2004 Mark Johnston fielded three highly fancied hopes in Group races today but unfortunately only one came good and that was Mister Monet who continued his good run to take the Prix Guillaume d'Ornano G2 at Deauville under Joe Fanning. This is his fourth win in a row and he will now probably go for the Champion Stakes at Newmarket. This was Johnston's 12th group win of the season to date, and Yorkshire's 18th. On the domestic front things went rather disappointingly, although the situation was rescued in the last two races at Chester which were won by Tom Tate's Dr Sharp and Richard Fahey's Kings College Boy; his trainers 16th winner of the month.
20/08/2004 The White Rose trainers continue their excellent run of form by winning ten races at four meeting today. Leading the way is Richard Fahey who has winners at Chester (Claret And Amber), Ayr (Boppys Princess) and Sandown (White Ledger). The other winner at Sandown was Mark Johnston's Brahminy Kite whilst James Bethell's King Harson won the main race at Chester, the £12,232 Chester Chronicle Rated Handicap. The other winners at Ayr were John Weymes (Fenrir) and Noel Wilson (Locombe Hill). On the all-weather there were winners at Southwell for David Chapman (Zarin), Brian Ellison (Master Mal) and Karl Burke (Khanjar).
19/08/2004 The locals grabbed a big one on the final day of the Ebor meeting when David Nicholls' proven mudlark Bahamian Pirate made the most of the prevailing conditions to take the historic Nunthorpe Stakes G1 by a neck and a length. The nine-year-old son of Housebuster was winning his first Group One, and indeed his first group race since 2001, although he was 2nd in the July Cup G1 of 2002, he thus became the oldest horse to win a British Group One race. Following the success of Tim Easterby's duo of Fayr Jag and Somnus this is Yorkshire's third Group One sprint of the season, and with Attraction's treble gives 'us' six wins at the highest level this year, the best total ever, and there's still plenty more time to add to the tally. Later on the same card. This was 'The Sprint Kings' second victory in the race following on from Ya Malak's titanic dead-heat with Coastal Bluff in the 1997 renewal. Tom Tate's Welsh Emperor was beaten a mere short head to be second in the City Of York Stakes L. There were wins at Chester for Karl Burke (High Voltage in the £13,975 bet@bluesq.com Handicap), Kevin Ryan (Coleorton Dancer, his third consecutive victory) and Mick Easterby (Hills Of Gold). An excellent day was rounded out nicely when Kevin Ryan achieved an across-the-card double when Trysting Grove won at Chepstow's evening meeting.
18/08/2004 Not that many Yorkshire horses with chances today at the Ebor meeting, and this was reflected in the results. Whilst Richard Fahey won the opening and closing races yesterday, today David Barron was second in the equivalent races with Zero Tolerance and Dispol Katie both picking up reasonable prize money for their efforts. Yorkshire training performance of the day came from John Quinn's Bigalos Bandit, who was a decent enough third in the Roses Stakes L, only denied second place by a head. The winning run was maintained however as Sue Smith's St Matthew took the Handicap Hurdle at Worcester, and Tim Easterby's Roman Mistress won at Nottingham's evening meeting.
17/08/2004 Ebor Meeting Day One, and it's hard to see how things could have gone any better for the locals. There was a Yorkshire one-two in the first race the £15,925 Knavesmire Handicap, with Richard Fahey's Sualda coming home a neck ahead of Brian Ellison's Court Of Appeal in a fantastically hard fought finish. Mark Johnston's King Of Dreams broke a pastern in the race (leading to Mick Easterby's Sporting Gesture unseating his rider) and unfortunately had to be put down. The next race was the Lonsdale Cup G2 and whilst the sole Yorkshire trained representative, Royal Rebel, didn't feature the second place horse was Dancing Bay (formerly with Julia Camacho) who is a product of the Elite Racing Club's breeding operation, which is centred upon Maurice Camacho's Star Cottage Stud. The feature race of the day, the Juddmonte International Stakes G1 didn't feature any local runners, but the second (in a tight finish with Sulamani) was Norse Dancer who only five days ago narrowly beat Mark Johnston's Lucky Story at Salisbury, so this result will give Kingsley House a massive boost. There was further good news for Mark Johnston when his Elliots World took the Acomb Stakes L, a race which his sire, King's Best, also took before achieving greater glory at Newmarket. The penultimate race of the day was the £11,798 Irwin Mitchell Solicitors Nursery Handicap, and this again saw a Yorkshire one-two with Tim Easterby's Space Shuttle coming home ahead of Kevin Ryan's Distinctly Game. This also represented another local breeding coup as the winner was bred by trainer Sally Hall at her Brecongill Stud. The last race was the £11,895 Partington Haven Leisure Park Handicap and this not only gave Richard Fahey a memorable day as his Fonthill Road was the winner, but also summed up the day nicely as Yorkshire horses filled the first four places with another Fahey horse, Watching, in second ahead of John Balding's Tom Tun and Kevin Ryan's Cloud Dancer. Hopefully tomorrow will go just as well for the locals! Up at Hamilton there was a double for Bryan Smart with Creskeld in the £10,160 Totepool Series Final Handicap and Bond Playboy in the sprint handicap, and Richard Whitaker's Lord Of Methley won the seller.
16/08/2004 The calm before the storm, there was no racing in Yorkshire today, the day prior to the Ebor Meeting at York. However this didn't stop the winners from flowing as Kevin Ryan (Coleorton Dancer), David Nicholls (Continent in the main race), Mick Easterby (Dance To My Tune) and Brian Ellison (Artistic Style) all had winners at Nottingham this afternoon. The evening meeting at Windsor saw another winner for David Nicholls (Onlytime Will Tell) and also for Karl Burke (Munaawashat).
15/08/2004 Yorkshire's star filly, Mark Johnston's Attraction, flopped in the Prix Jacques le Marois G1 at Deauville today. The ground was soft and it is to be hoped that this was the reason for her finishing last of the ten runners, the going does seem to be the most likely explanation as she has never encountered anything softer than 'Good' going before, and on the available evidence, soft going would not immediately seem to be ideal for her - especially given her action. On a more parochial level there were winners at Pontefract for John Quinn (Graze On), Tim Easterby (Jeepstar in the £9,373 Racecard Competition Handicap), Lynda Ramsden (Double Vodka) and David Chapman (On The Trail).
14/08/2004 Ripon's main race of the season, the £29,000 Great St Wilfrid Handicap, sees a typical David Nicholls assault, especially as this is one of the few big sprint handicaps that he has not won, but unfortunately he can 'only' manage 2nd, 3rd and 4th with Pieter Brughel, Hiccups and Machinist. Earlier Kevin Ryan's Dario Gee Gee had won the opener whilst John Quinn took an open maiden with Zomerlust. David Nicholls did manage a winner at Newbury however with Sawaah taking the opening £9,275 Stan James Rated Handicap.
13/08/2004 Yet more winners for the seriously in form Richard Fahey today with a double at Catterick courtesy of White Ledger and Pertemps Magnus, Karl Burke's Romil Star won the opener on the same card. The evening meeting at Newmarket sees a win for Nigel Tinkler with Bright Sun in the opener.
12/08/2004 Only one 'daytime' Yorkshire runner to day (with Beverley being abandoned) - but it's an extremely exciting one as Mark Johnston's Lucky Story (last season's leading English trained two-year-old and one-time 2,000 Guineas favourite) makes his much anticipated seasonal debut following a string of problems, primarily with his legs. Whilst not quite a fairytale result Lucky Story puts up a good performance after 335 days off the track to be second by a mere short head to the battle hardened Norse Dancer in the Sovereign Stakes G3 at Salisbury under Darryl Holland. Apparantely Lucky Story has only had one proper gallop prior to today, and whilst the jockey's assertion that he will win a Group One race next time out looks a trifle optimistic, he will certainly come on for the run and looks a promising candidate for the second half of the season. What odd's Lucky Story and Attraction (who may run on Sunday at Deauville subject to the going) BOTH in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes in a month? This evening's meeting was at Haydock and there were winners for Patrick Haslam (Hopelessly Devoted), Mick Easterby (Trouble Mountain) and Richard Fahey (Boppys Princess).
11/08/2004 In sharp contrast to yesterday there are a multitude of Yorkshire trained runners and winners today. The local meet at Beverley sees wins for John Wainwright (Alpine Hideaway), Lynda Ramsden (Trojan Flight - who ran second two days ago at Thirsk) and Mark Johnston (Can Can Flyer). Down at Yarmouth there is a winner for Nigel Tinkler with Treason Trail, whilst evening racing up at Hamilton sees another win for Mark Johnston (Spy King) as well as a double for Richard Fahey (Danelor in the £12,168 Captain JC Stewart Handicap and Richtee in the last).
10/08/2004 Only two Yorkshire runners today endangers the 23 days of consecutive winners, but luckily David Nicholls' Atlantic Viking comes up trumps in the opener at Bath, the only other Yorkshire runner at the meeting is John Balding's Lady Protector, who is third in the last.
09/08/2004 Winners at Thirsk today for Neville Bycroft (Dara Mac), Karl Burke (Thunderwing), Kevin Ryan (Coleorton Dancer) and James Bethell (True Magic). At Southwell Sue Smith's Look The The Future won the selling hurdle, and the evening meeting at Windsor saw Karl Burke double up for the day when Tequila Sheila tokk the Nursery.
08/08/2004 The Tim Easterby trained Somnus put up his usual excellent soft going run today to take the Prix Maurice de Gheest G1 at Deauville, his second Group One victory following last season's victory in the Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup G1 at Haydock, and his trainers second Group One sprint of the season. The Yorkshire bred (Scampston Stud and then raised at Sledmere) gelding was being ridden for the first time by the American 'Film Star' (Seabiscuit) Gary Stevens, whilst trainer Tim Easterby was, typically, to be found in the slightly less exulted setting of Redcar! Always travelling well Somnus held on at the line by two necks and a head, and will now go to Haydock hoping for consecutive Group One wins. With career winnings of £522,669 Somnus now goes upto 7th in the list of winningmost Yorkshire horses behind Teleprompter, Yavana's Pace, Attraction, Fruits Of Love, Double Trigger and Scott's View.. Elsewhere Easterby's brother-in-law Richard Fahey saddled the only Yorkshire winner at Redcar when Claret And Amber took the £10,481 Nursery, whilst Nigel Tinkler's Shinko Femme took the Seller at Leicester where, later on, Kevin Ryan's Rising Shadow took the £12,414 Leicester City Handicap.
07/08/2004 The highlight of a busy Saturday's racing came at Haydock where the Mark Johnston trained former Guineas hopeful Mister Monet made the step up from Handicap to Group class when taking the Rose Of Lancaster Stakes G3 in facile fashion, although he seemed to lose interest when he has well ahead and the final margin was not a fair reflection of his dominance of the race. Tim Easterby's Young Mr Grace won the £10,180 Lester Piggott Handicap on the same card. It was Shergar Cup Day at Ascot, and there were no winners for the Yorkshire trained horses although good placing were achieved by David Barron (Lamh Eile 3rd), Richard Fahey (Wing Commander 3rd) and Mark Johnston (Double Obsession 2nd). The local meeting at Redcar saw winners for Patrick Haslam (The Pen, his first winner for over two months), Bill Tinning (Righty Ho) and James Bethell (Havetoavit), whilst Neville Bycroft's Efidium was a good second in the main race on the card, with Tim Easterby's Tedstale back in third. The wins continue at Ayr's evening meeting where Richard Fahey (Marshallspark), David Nicholls (Bailieborough) and Alan Swinbank (Rutters Rebel) are successful, whilst John Wainwright has a winner down at Lingfield with Cut Ridge. It was announced today that Mark Johnston's decent middle distance horse Scott's View will be out for the rest of the season with a tendon injury, although it is hoped that he will race again next season.
06/08/2004 Again a fairly subdued day but it still manages to be the nineteenth consecutive day of Yorkshire trained winners with Mick Easterby's Baymist and Linda Stubbs' Double Ransom winning at Haydock's evening meeting, and Lynda Ramsden's Polygonal winning the main race at Newmarket's evening meeting. Events earlier in the day saw a double over j