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27/02/2010	Yorkshire runners dominate at Lingfield today ; following a good start when Mark Johnston lands the opener it's a Yorkshire 1-2 in the betdaq.co.uk Cleves Stakes L with David Barron's Jaconet coming home in front of Kevin Ryan's Green Manalishi, the next is the Winter Derby Trial Stakes L in which Tom Tate's Suits Me is a good second. Over jumps the best Yorkshire performance of the day comes from Brian Ellison's Ultimate who is third in the Racingpost.com Adonis Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Gd2 at Kempton.
25/02/2010	Better at Meydan today with Mark Johnston's Bikini Babe a good second in the UAE Oaks L, picking up £30,386 for her efforts. Domestically there are winners at Southwell for Ruth Carr, David Nicholls, Declan Carroll and Brian Ellison and at Kempton's evening meet for Ian McInnes. Young Ben Haslam had his first flat runner today at Southwell, having taken over from his father Patrick, unfortunately Alphacino was a distance last.
20/02/2010	Dull, dull, dull ; just the one winner today with Kevin Ryan's Le Toreador landing the last at Lingfield.
18/02/2010	No luck at Meydan today, although Tom Tate's Balcarce Now was a decent third in the last race in Dubai. On home ground there were winners at Southwell for Kevin Ryan, David Barron, Richard Fahey and Sally Hall, the later also having won the bumper at Catterick on Monday ;a very good few days for the Middleham handler who only has two or three horses, mostly home bred and owned. Richard Fahey doubled up by taking the last on Kempton's evening card.
13/02/2010	The Yorkshire highlights today actually came all the way down at Cagnes-Sur-Mer where James Bethell has a double including Arlequin in the £11,947 Prix des Ancolies. Closer to home Kevin Ryan had a winner at Lingfield, whilst Sue Smith and Alan Swinbank flew the (White Rose) flag at Ayr, whilst Denman threw McCoy at Newbury. Evening racing at Wolverhampton sees both Bethell and Ryan with additional winners.
06/02/2010	The trips to the Redcar seaside have obviously worked wonders for the team of Ferdy Murphy with Kalahari King a comfortable top-weight winner of the £43,471 Blue Square Handicap Chase at Doncaster this afternoon, stable companion I'm Delilah having earlier finished second, beaten only a nose, in the Blue Square Lightning Novices' Chase Gd2. Mick Easterby won the last at Wetherby on what was a relatively poor day for the locals. Meanwhile on Lingfield's all-weather there are wins for Bryan Smart and Mark Johnston, the later currently leading the 'phanton' all-weather trainers championship, one of his primary jockeys, Joe Fanning, is also leading the jockeys equivalent.
30/01/2010	No Yorkshire winners at all today, although the situation wasn't aided by the meeting at Doncaster, one of their main jump fixtures of the season, being abandoned due to frost. The only bright spot today was Sue Smith's ever-dependable Mister McGoldrick finishing third in the Betfair Trophy Handicap Chase Gd3 at Cheltenham. In other news the substantial part of the Low House Stud on the Garrowby Estate is available to rent via Savills, with £1,300 pcm giving you a 3 bed cottage, 11 boxes and 37 acres made up of 7 paddocks.
23/01/2010	A flurry of pre-Cheltenham races today, but not that many Yorkshire runners in them and only Malcolm Jefferson's According To Pete made any sort of impression when third in the Peter Marsh Handicap Chase Gd2 at Haydock, albeit fourteen lengths behind the runner-up. At Lingfield the Johnston/Fanning team won the first and last races whilst more exotically David Nicholls' Lost Soldier Three won the claimer at Cagnes-Sur-Mer.
16/01/2010	A further announcement of the pending retirement of another stalwart of the Yorkshire training ranks with the news that Peter Beaumont is to retire at the end of the month and hand over his stables at Brandsby to his current assistant Patrick Holmes. Beaumont is best known as the trainer of the fantastic Jodami who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1993 (he was second the following year) as well as three Hennessy's and two Peter Marsh's. Beaumont also trained such good horses as Young Kenny, Bobby Grant, Hunters Tweed, Hussards Collonges and Niki Dee. On the track there was a double for Mick Easterby at Lingfield where Mark Johnston also had a winner.
14/01/2010	Leading Middleham trainer Patrick Haslam today announced his retirement ; he will had over Castle Stables to son Ben from February. Haslam trained Kinnaird to land the Prix de l'Opera G1 in 2005 and his other major performers since being based in Middleham include Pipe Major, Maroussies Wings, Progression, China Castle, You're Special, King Revo and Choose Your Moment. The weather must be getting better as all three all-weather meetings happen today with a winner at Lingfield for Kevin Ryan and a double for Paul Midgley at Southwell where there also winner for Brian Ellison and Bryan Smart. Evening racing at Wolverhampton sees wins for Geoff Oldroyd and Alan Brown.
13/01/2010	The 'innovative' bumper only card at Southwell today with plenty of representation from the Yorkshire jumping trainers, although somewhat amusingly the sole Yorkshire winner comes from the predominately flat yard of Kevin Ryan who, as if to prove the point, also has a winner on Kempton's flat card.
09/01/2010	Guy Reed's homebred Tiddliwinks made it two wins within a week when landing the gamble at Kempton this afternoon for trainer Kevin Ryan and five pound claiming daughter Amy. Mark Johnston had a winner at Lingfield, although Mick Easterby's Atlantic Story actually picked up more prize money for being second a couple of races later.
08/01/2010	It may be tricky even getting a run at the moment but some people are making hay ; following Declan Carroll's double at Southwell yesterday today Bryan Smart chalked up a three timer at the same venue, with a further Yorkshire winner coming from Brian Ellison.
01/01/2010	Sue Smith's old timer Mister McGoldrick becomes the first Yorkshire trained black type performer of the year when a good third in the victorchandler.com Handicap Chase Gd3 at Chelteham this afternoon. All-weather racing at Southwell sees winners for Brian Ellison (a double), Ollie Pears and Mark Johnston.

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