| Date |
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| 31/07/2010 |
Only one notable Yorkshire
result at Goodwood today, but it's certainly a good one
with David Nicholls yet again landing
the £62,310 Stewards' Cup Heritage Handicap, this time
with Evens And Odds, who was second in the race last
season when trained by Kevin Ryan. Richard Fahey won
the main race at Doncaster with Tepmokea whilst at Thirsk
there are local winners for Fahey and David
O'Meara. Meanwhile over in France there were two
Mark Johnston runners in the Prix de
Psyche G3 at Deauville with Bikini Babe
finishing well to be second but Marie de Medici could
only manage fifth. |
| 30/07/2010 |
Another treble for the
Yorkshire trainers at Goodwood today with David
Nicholls' Joseph Henry starting the ball rolling
when taking the £18,693 Stewards' Sprint, with
stablemate Victoire de Lyphar back in second. The next
was the £93,465 totesport Mile Heritage Handicap and
this saw yet another valuable win for Mark
Johnston's Sea Lord, with Nigel
Tinkler's bottom weight Webbow hanging on for
third place. The last saw a Yorkshire one-two with Kevin
Ryan's Perfect Blossom triumphing over Tim
Easterby's Confessional. It emerged that Robin
Bastiman's Borderlescott was injured whilst
winning yesterday and thus it seems like a good time to
update the 'All Time Yorkshire Trained Winningmost
Chart', shown below, in which Borderlescott has leapt
ahead of Yavana's Pace (and is only just behind Somnus)
and Jukebox Jury has broken into the top 10 (pushing
Bandari out) since the last time I shared the list. Johnston
also had winners at Thirsk and Bath, whilst Tom
Walford had a winner at Bangor and Ruth
Carr landed a double at Haydock.
| Horse |
Trainer |
Amount |
Best
Performances |
| Collier Hill |
Alan Swinbank |
£2,317,161 |
Irish St Leger G1,
Hong Kong Vase G1, Candian
International G1, Gerling-Preis G2,
Stockholm Cup International G3
(twice), Elnadim H, Old Newton Cup H., 2nd.Dubai
Sheema Classic G1,
Deutschlandpreis Preis G1,
3rd.Dubai Sheema Classic G1, Rheinland-Pokal
der Sparkasse KolnBonn G1 etc. |
| Shakespearean |
Mark Johnston |
£1,001,241 |
Goffs Million Mile,
Solario Stakes G3,
3rd.Superlative Stakes G3 |
| Attraction |
Mark Johnston |
£899,597 |
1,000 Guineas G1,
Irish 1,000 Guineas G1, Coronation
S G1, Sun Chariot S G1,
Matron S G1, Cherry Hinton S G2,
Queen Mary S G3, 2nd.Matron
Stakes G1, Falmouth S G1
etc. |
| Teleprompter |
Bill Watts |
£760,881 |
Arlington Million G1,
Queen Elizabeth II S G2, Prix
Quincey G3, Desmond S G3,
Pacemaker International S. G3 (x2),
2nd.Queen Elizabeth II S. G2
(x2), Lockinge S G2, THF Mile G2,
3rd.Eclipse S. G1, Queen Anne
Stakes G2 etc. |
| Somnus |
Tim Easterby |
£743,966 |
Stanley Leisure Sprint
Cup G1, Prix Maurice de Gheest G1,
Prix de la Foret G1, betabet Two
Year Old Trophy, £200,000 St Leger Yearling
Sales Stakes, 2nd.Sprint Cup G1,
Park Stakes G2, Chipchase Stakes
G3, 3rd.Duke Of York Stakes G2 |
| Borderlescott |
Robin Bastiman |
£739,839 |
Nunthorpe Stakes G1(x2),
King George Stakes G2, City Wall
Stakes L, Mercury Stakes L,
Steward's Cup Handicap, 2nd.Temple Stakes G2(x2),
Palace House Stakes G3, Bentinck
Stakes G3, Ayr Gold Cup,
3rd.Prix de l'Abbaye G1, King's
Stand Stakes G1, Temple Stakes G2,
Palace House Stakes G3 etc. |
| Yavana's Pace |
Mark Johnston |
£722,656 (plus more
when trained in Ireland) |
Credit Suisse Private
Banking Pokal G1, Prix du
Conseil de Paris G2, Prix
Gladiateur G3, 2nd.WGZ
Bank-Deutschlandpreis G1, Preis
von Europa G1, Irish St Leger G1,
Princess of Wales's Stakes G2,
Hardwicke Stakes G2,
3rd.Canadian International G1, Deutsche
Post Euro Express-Pries von Europa G1,
WGZ Bank-Deutschland Preis G1,
Princess of Wales's Stakes G2, Gerling-Preis
G2 etc. |
| Jukebox Jury |
Mark Johnston |
£697,879 |
Preis von Europa G1,
Jockey Club Stakes G2, Grand
Prix de Deauville G2, Royal
Lodge Stakes G2, Rose of
Lancaster Stakes G3,
2nd.Canadian International Stakes G1,
Racing Post Trophy G1, 3rd.Prix
la Rochette G3 |
| Fruits Of Love |
Mark Johnston |
£607,117 |
Hardwicke S G2
(x2), Dubai Turf Classic, Princess of Wales's S G2,
2nd.Canadian Int'l G1, Futurity
Stakes G3, 3rd.King George VI
& Queen Elizabeth II S. G1,
Grosser Preis von Baden G1, Meld
Stakes G3 |
| Double Trigger |
Mark Johnston |
£559,102 |
Ascot Gold Cup G1,
Goodwood Cup G3 (x3), Doncaster
Cup G3 (x2), Henry II S G3
(x2), Sagaro S G3 (x2),
St.Leger Italiano G3, 2nd.Ascot
Gold Cup G1 (x2), 3rd.St Leger G1 |
|
| 29/07/2010 |
That's more like it ! Three
winners at Goodwood today when Robin Bastiman's Borderlescott
returns to form to land the King George Stakes G2,
Mark Johnston's Eastern Aria lands her
first group race when taking the Lillie Langtry Stakes G3
and David Nicholls' Hamoody
rounds out the day by leading home a Yorkshire 1-2-3 in
the closing handicap ahead of Kevin Ryan's Bajan
Tryst and Nicholls' Crimea. Evening
racing at Musselburgh sees winners for Linda
Stubbs, Paul Midgley and Richard
Whitaker. |
| 28/07/2010 |
Again a couple of good placing
at Goodwood with Mark Johnston's Stentorian
leading the way when second in the Vintage Stakes G2,
albeit six lengths behind the winner, whilst stablemate
Qenaa was second in the maiden and Lady Eclair fourth in
the opener off top weight. There are Redcar winners for David
Barron, Mark Johnston, David Nicholls and Geoff
Harker. |
| 27/07/2010 |
Day One of Glorious Goodwood
and it's a reasonably good start for the Tyke raiders
with Richard Fahey's Changing The Guard
a good second in the opening £31,155 Betfair App For
iPhone Handicap and Kevin Ryan's Choose
Wisely third in thr Molecomb Stakes G3,
only a neck and a head behind the winner, with Richard
Fahey's Mayson further back in fourth. There are
winners at Beverley for Mark Johnston, Alan
Swinbank, Ruth Carr, Richard Fahey and Tim
Easterby whilst evening racing sees a winner at
Worcester for Sue Smith and at Perth for
Ferdy Murphy. |
| 25/07/2010 |
Finally a Yorkshire trained
Group One winner for the first time this year when the Mark
Johnston trained Lady Jane Digby lands the
Grosser Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen G1
at Munich by a length, under an excellent ride from Greg
Fairley ; his first ever Group One winner. With Kirsten
Rausing as the owner and Johnston as the trainer it's a
typically ambitious program from now on with the
Arlington Million and EP Taylor Stakes both on the
horizon for the daughter of Oasis Dream. Johnston
also had a double at Ascot with Malthouse
landing the opening maiden (usually a strong race) and
Bay Willow adding to his valuable Curragh winnings when
taking the £20,251 Rendezvous Casino Handicap, the Ebor
is a possible destination for this son of Singspiel.
Still at Ascot Brian Ellison had a
winner and Kevin Ryan's Masamah took the
£20,251 JRA Sprint Handicap. At Pontefract there were
winners for John Quinn (a double), Tim
Walford, Alan Swinbank and Mark Johnston
whilst Richard Fahey's Harrison
George was third in the Pomfret Stakes L,
with David Barron's Sirvino back in
fourth. Carlisle saw more winners for Brian
Ellison (his second prestigious ladies race win
in as many days) and Alan Swinbank as
well as for Richard Fahey and John
Weymes. Typically the Kingsley House team is
coming right into form at exactly the correct time ;
should be an excellent Glorious Goodwood, although don't
expect regular updates from me mid-week as I will be out
on my travels. |
| 24/07/2010 |
An excellent 'King George' day
at Ascot for the Tykes with Brian Ellison's Rosko
landing the opener, Bryan Smart's Don't
Call Me taking the £20,251 Dubai Duty Free and Richard
Fahey's Castles In The Air putting up an
excellent performance to secure the £47,732 Victoria
Racing Club International Heritage Handicap, in addition Fahey's
Premier Clarets was third in the Winkfield
Stakes L and Tim Easterby's Imperialistic
Diva was fourth in the Princess Margaret Stakes G3.
At York Fahey's Kaldoun Kingdom could
'only' manage second, off top weight, in the £32,380 Sky
Bet Dash, with Kevin Ryan's Parisian
Pyramid in third ahead of stablemate Tiddliwinks, Fahey
won the maiden whilst David O'Meara's flying
start as a trainer continued when he took the last. Ruth
Carr had a winner at Newmarket whilst Newcastle
saw yet another winner for Fahey as well
as for Alan Swinbank, Mark Johnston (a
double) and Richard Whitaker. |
| 19/07/2010 |
Up at Ayr this afternoon Tim
Easterby's Favourite Girl lands the £21,370 Bet
At Victor Chandler On 08000 787878 Handicap (lovely
snappy race name), further winners on the card come from Richard
Fahey, Ruth Carr and David Nicholls.
Evening racing at Beverley sees winners for Kevin
Ryan, Mark Johnston, Mel Brittain (a double),
Ian McInnes and Tim Easterby. |
| 18/07/2010 |
Mark Johnston's second
attempt at a German Group One ends poorly with Monterosso
out of the places in the Deutsches Derby G1 at
Hamburg, a little rest now and then the Great Voltigeur
and the St. Leger, surely ......... ? At the Curragh Kevin
Ryan's Bajan Tryst was a decent third in the
Rockingham Handicap whilst domestically there were
winners for Alan Brown and Linda
Stubbs. |
| 17/07/2010 |
Mark Johnston's Jukebox
Jury could only manage fourth today in the Grosser Preis
Von Lotto G1 at Hamburg, the good news
is that he was only two heads out of second place, the
bad news is that former Kingsley House inmate
Campanologist was the clear winner. On home soil the
results were better with David Nicholls' Regal
Parade (another ex-Johnston horse) landing the Shadwell
Stud Hackwood Stakes G3 at Newbury in
good style, only Yorkshires sixth group win of the
season, whilst in the Weatherbys Super Sprint Yorkshire
trained horses occupied second, third and fourth with Kevin
Ryan's Bold Bidder picking up £41,860 by
finishing second ahead of Bryan Smart's Move
In Time and Tim Easterby's Mappin Time. Tom
Tate's Distant Memories was also a good second
in the Steventon Stakes L. At Newmarket Mark
Johnston's Eastern Aria ran her best race of the
season thus far to win the Plantation Stud Aphrodite
Stakes L, whilst Linda Stubbs won
the last. At Ripon there was a fantastic treble for Tim
Easterby whilst Ruth Carr and Bryan
Smart also had winners, meanwhile there were
hurdling winners at Market Rasen for Ben Haslam and
Alan Swinbank. Eveing racing at Haydock
sees winners for Richard Fahey and Tom
Tate. |
| 16/07/2010 |
Result of the day today came at
Hamilton's evening meeting where Mark Johnston's bottom
weighted Lowdown landed the £20,562 Scottish Stewards
Cup Handicap with Richard Whitaker's Damika,
Tim Easterby's The Nifty Fox and David
Nicholls' Tajneed occupying the minor placings.
There were other winners at Hamilton for Ian
McInnes, Richard Fahey, Tim Easterby and Alan
Swinbank whilst the evening meeting at
Pontefract saw wins for David Brown, Neville
Bycroft, Mark Johnston and Ruth Carr and
Mark Johnston had a winner at
Newmarket's corresponding meeting. Earlier
in the day Richard Fahey's Sir Reginald
was a good third in the Rose Bowl Stakes L at
Newbury, where Mark Johnston had a win
later on the card, whilst Alan Swinbank won
the opener at Haydock. |
| 10/07/2010 |
After an excellent week today
was a bit of a let down with lots of good placings in the
major races, but no wins. At York Tom Tate's Kings
Gambit picked up £28,905 when finishing second in the
John Smith's Cup Heritage Handicap beaten only a short
head with Richard Fahey's Demolition in
third. Tim Easterby's Deauville Flyer
was third in the John Smith's Silver Cup Handicap L
whilst there were winners in the supporting
races at the Knavesmire for Mark Johnston and
Geoff Oldroyd. It was a similar story at
Chester with a Yorkshire 2-3-4 in the City Wall Stakes L
with Tim Easterby's Captain
Dunne beaten only a short head into second followed by Robin
Bastiman's Borderlescott and Kevin
Ryan's Masamah. There were no winners from a
handful of runners at Nottingham whilst Mark
Johnston provided the sole Yorkshire trained
winner at Ascot. Evening racing at Hamilton sees a double
for Bryan Smart as well as winners for Paul
Midgley and Linda Stubbs. |
| 09/07/2010 |
Another good day at Newmarket
for Mark Johnston with Sea Lord landing
the opening £24,924 32Red Casino Handicap (giving rival
trainer Kevin Ryan's daughter Amy her
biggest winner to date) and St Moritz taking the £49,848
Bunbury Cup (I'm sorry, I can't bring myself to call it
the 32Red Trophy). Richard Fahey was on
form at York with a winner in the opener followed by an
excellent victory for Rose Blossom in the Summer Stakes G3,
Declan Carroll's runner won the last.
Evening racing at Chester sees winners for Richard
Whitaker and Kevin Ryan at
Chester and for Mark Johnston at
Chepstow. |
| 08/07/2010 |
Slightly better today at
Newmarket with Mark Johnston's ultra-progressive
Corsica smartly landing the Bahrain Trophy G3
and James Bethell's Arlequin a good
third, beaten a neck and a short head, in the
sportingbet.com Heritage Handicap. Richard Fahey and
Edwin Tuer both had winners at
Doncaster's evening meeting. |
| 07/07/2010 |
Mark Johnston's Rainfall,
hotly tipped in many of the morning papers, could 'only'
manage third in the Falmouth Stakes G1 on
the opening day of Newmarket's July meeting. There were
no winners down at HQ but in the equally glitzy
surroundings of Catterick there were winners for Tim
Easterby and Ruth Carr. |
| 06/07/2010 |
A good winner for Tim
Easterby at Pontefract today when Off Chance
(owned and bred by Brook Holliday) wins the Pipalong Stakes L at
Pontefract from the Manor House Stud bred Please Sing. There are also winners
for Richard Fahey (a double) and Kevin
Ryan. Evening racing at Southwell sees another
winner for Tim Easterby as well as for David
Barron and Ruth Carr. |
| 03/07/2010 |
David Nicholls' Lovelace
made the long journey from Thirsk to Longchamp today and
was rewarded with a third place in the Prix de la Porte
Maillot G3, beaten only two necks.
Domestically there was another black type performance at
Haydock with Mark Johnston's Lady Jane
Digby third in the Lancashire Oaks G2,
ahead of Kevin Ryan's Les Fazzani in
fourth. Richard Fahey's Demolition
picked up £16,794 for second in the Old Newton Cup
Heritage Handicap whilst Tim Easterby and
Mark Johnston won the last two on
Merseyside. Tim Easterby and David
Barron had winners at Leicester whilst Tim
Etherington waited until the last to provide the
sole local winner at Beverley. Evening racing at Carlisle
sees winners for Ann Duffield, Mark Johnston, Tim
Easterby and Chris Thornton whilst
Tim Walford lands the last at
Nottingham. |
| 02/07/2010 |
The second day of July and
another black type performance with Richard
Fahey's Jamesway third in the Dragon Stakes L
at Sandown. John Weymes and Tim
Easterby provide the local winners at Doncaster,
with the later having earlier taken the opener at
Warwick. Evening racing at Beverley sees winners for Richard
Fahey, Bryan Smart, Brian Ellison and Ruth
Carr whilst Haydock's evening card yields
winners for Ann Duffield, Richard Fahey and
David Nicholls. |
| 01/07/2010 |
July sees Mark Johnston
send the once raced Stentorian to Leopardstown
for the Golden Fleece Stakes L, in which
he finishes second. Johnston also had a
double at Haydock and a winner at Epsom's evening
meeting, where David Nicholls also had a
winner. Johnston was also amongst the
winners closer to home at Redcar, with the other local
victories coming courtesy of Geoff Harker,
Richard Fahey (a double), Bryan Smart and
Micky Hammond. |
| 27/06/2010 |
A valuable big-handicap double
for Mark Johnston today at the Curragh,
although the primary target saw Monterosso 'only' manage
fourth in the Irish Derby G1, a faintly
disappointing show. The Kingsley House Curragh winners
were Sea Lord in the £35,951 Dubai Duty Free Double
Millionaire Handicap and Bay Willow in the £43,141 Dubai
Tennis Championship EBF Handicap. Domestically the only
winner came from Kate Walton at
Uttoxeter. |
| 26/06/2010 |
Another busy midsummer Saturday
and the main race is the Northumberland Plate up at
Newcastle which sees no joy for the Yorkshire runners
although Yorkshire stables win three of the last four
races on the card courtesy of Kevin Ryan, Richard
Fahey and Brian Ellison, the
later with Camerooney, turning out again only three days
after his win at Carlisle. The other main meeting is at
Newmarket where there are no winners although Kevin
Ryan's Shoshoni Wind is second and Tim
Easterby's Imperialistic Diva third in the
Empress Stakes L and David
Brown's Doncaster Rover is third in the
Criterion Stakes G3. At Windsor Kevin
Ryan's Parisian Pyramid lands the £28,040 Bet
At Wimbledon At totesport.com Handicap, whilst Mark
Johnston scores a double at Chester. Evening
racing at Doncaster sees just one local winner courtesy
of Ruth Carr. |
| 25/06/2010 |
Bryan Smart's Moorhouse
Lad made the long trip to Maisons-Laffitte today and was
third in the Prix Hampton L. Closer to
home there was an unusual treble for Yorkshire trained
horses at Folkestone thanks to David Nicholls,
Paul Kirby and Mark Johnston,
the later also had a winner at Chester whilst Newcastle
saw wins for Tim Easterby, George Moore, Mick
Easterby and Kevin Ryan, Alan Swinbank won
the opener at Market Rasen. |
| 24/06/2010 |
The EBF Hoppings Stakes L
at Newcastle today sees Mark Johnston's Lady
Jane Digby second with Alan Swinbank's Honimiere
back in third, there were winners on the card for Richard
Fahey, Mark Johnston (a double), Ollie
Pears and Alan Lockwood. Tim Easterby had
a winner at Warwick whilst evening racing at Hamilton saw
winners for Mark Johnston, Alan Swinbank and
John Weymes. |
| 23/06/2010 |
Carlisle Bell and Cumberland
Plate day at Carlisle today and it was so nearly a big
race double for Brian Ellison with his
Camerooney landing the £19,428 Carlisle Bell and his
runners occupying second, third and fourth in the
following Cumberland Plate. Earlier on the card there
were winners for Kevin Ryan, Bryan Smart and
Edwin Tuer, whilst Tim Easterby also
had a winner later on. Evening racing at Kempton sees
winners for Ann Duffield and Mark
Johnston. |
| 19/06/2010 |
No joy on the final day of
Royal Ascot 2010 with the best Yorkshire performance
coming from Dandy Nicholls' bottom
weight Striking Spirit, second in the Wokingham Handicap.
Although there was a Yorkshire winner up at Ayr courtesy
of Richard Fahey again the best
performance came from a Dandy Nicholls' runner-up
with City Dancer a good second in the Land O'Burns
Fillies' Stakes L. On home turf at
Redcar there were wins for Linda Stubbs, David
Nicholls, Nigel Tinkler and Jedd
O'Keeffe. Yorkshire trained horses won the first
four races at Haydock's evening meeting thanks to Richard
Fahey, Jedd O'Keeffe, David Barron and Alan
Swinbank. Meanwhile in Middleham 'Little
Spigot', part of Karl Burke's empire on
the opposite side of the road to Spigot Lodge, is for
sale via Savills with two cottages, a flat, 33 boxes and
an indoor school for £795,000. |
| 18/06/2010 |
Another good day at Royal Ascot
for Mark Johnston when Monterosso puts
up a convincing performance to land the King Edward VII
Stakes G2. Later on the card Tom
Tate's Kings Gambit is second in the Wolferton
Handicap L whilst Johnston's Corscia
was a faintly disappointing fourth in the Queen's Vase G3.
Musselburgh sees winners for Micky Hammond, Bryan
Smart and Philip Kirby whilst Richard
Fahey, Tom Tate and John Wainwright supply
the winners at Redcar. Evening racing at Ayr sees winners
for Tom Tate, Brian Ellison and Alan
Swinbank. |
| 17/06/2010 |
No Yorkshire winners today at
Royal Ascot although proceedings started fairly well with
Bryan Smart's Excel Bolt running third
in the Norfolk Stakes G2, whilst the Mark
Johnston pair of Greyfriarschorista and
Secretive ran respectively third and fourth in the
Britannia Heritage Handicap. Local runners dominated at
Ripon with winners for David Nicholls (a
double), Ruth Carr, Edwin Tuer, Julie
Camacho and Paul Midgley,
whilst Tim Pitt had a winner at Warwick.
The evening meetings saw winners at Beverley for Nigel
Tinkler, Tim Easterby, Philip Kirby, Alan Lockwood and
Alan Dickman, whilst down at Leicester
there was a double for Tim Easterby and
a winner for Mark Johnston. |
| 16/06/2010 |
Day Two of Royal Ascot and Mark
Johnston's progressive Rainfall holds on to land
the Jersey Stakes G3 by a head, she has
a good book of entries including the Falmouth Stakes G1.
Three races later stablemate St Moritz is third in the
Royal Hunt Cup whilst Geoff Oldroyd's Ladies
Are Forever (homebred by Reg Bond of Yapham
Mill Stud) is an
excellent third, beaten two necks, in the Queen Mary
Stakes G3 to give the Bond/Oldroyd team
another good filly to go along with Lady Royale. There
are winners at Hamilton for Kevin Ryan, Richard
Fahey and Alan Swinbank and at
Ripon's evening meeting for John Weymes, David
Brown, Richard Fahey, Tim Walford and David
Nicholls |
| 15/06/2010 |
Day One of Royal Ascot sees Robin
Bastiman's Borderlescott finish a good third in
the King's Stand Stakes G1, beaten only
a neck out of the runner-up berth and Richard
Fahey's very promising Marine Commando land the
Windsor Castle Stakes L. Closer to home
in the equally salubrious surroundings of Thirsk there
were winners for David Nicholls, Richard Fahey,
Ann Duffield, Ronnie Barr, Ruth Carr and Richard
Whitaker. |
| 14/06/2010 |
A good start to Royal Ascot
week when Mark Johnston's Lady Jane
Digby lands the Warwickshire Oaks L at
this evening's meeting at Warwick where there were also
winners for Nigel Tinkler and Alan
Swinbank. Earlier action had seen winners at
Carlisle for Ann Duffield, Kevin Ryan, Edwin
Tuer, Richard Fahey (a double), Tim
Easterby and Ronnie Barr whilst
Micky Hammond and Ferdy Murphy won
the first two races at Sedgefield. |
| 12/06/2010 |
A good day for the locals at
York with pide of place going to David Nicholls' Victoire
de Lyphar who landed the £64,760 Reg Griffin Memorial
Trophy Heritage Handicap, with Robin Bastiman's Singeur
back in third. Other local winners on the card were
provided by Tom Tate (Distant Memories
in the £17,485 ladbrokes.com Handicap) and Richard
Fahey. There was an equally good showing in
Sandown's main race of the day when Tim
Etherington's Burning Thread (owned by the
trainer) landed the Totesport.com Scurry Stakes L
from John Weymes' Reignier.
This is an excellent result for Etherington who has
enjoyed a resurgence in recent seasons primarily thanks
to Fullandby, but Burning Thread now seems to be another
horse for him to compete in the big sprint races with. Up
at Hexham there are winners for Micky Hammond and
Alan Swinbank. Evening racing at
Leicester sees a winner for Kevin Ryan. It
has been announced that Anthony Gillam died last Sunday
aged 62. Gillam was the grandson of Lionel Holliday and bought Wheatlands Farm on the
Copgrove estate from his cousin Brook Holliday from where
he started training, and also ran a stud. Later he was a
Steward's Secretary until becoming paralysed following a
hunting accident with the Middleton in 2006. |
| 10/06/2010 |
A quiet day domestically with a
solitary winner at Haydock for Alan Swinbank,
however Bryan Smart's Distinctive is a
good third in the Ballyogan Stakes G3 at
Leopardstown. |
| 09/06/2010 |
Hamilton's evening meeting
today sees a good win for Ann Duffield when
her Just Lille lands the £22,666 Lanark Silver Bell from
Mark Johnston's Lady Eclair, who was
five lengths further back. The other Yorkshire winners at
Hamilton came from Ben Haslam, Bryan Smart and
Richard Fahey, whilst Ollie
Pears also had an evening winner at Kempton.
Earlier there had been winners for Kevin Ryan,
Tim Easterby, Paul Midgley, Jedd O'Keeffe and Mark
Johnston at Beverley and for David
Barron at Haydock. |
| 05/06/2010 |
No joy until the last at Epsom
today, although Richard Fahey's Premier
Clarets was a promising third in the Woodcote Stakes L.
The Derby winner was Workforce, last seen out when second
in the Dante Stakes at York (picture below). The last
race on the Downs however saw a Thirsk 1-2-3 with David
Barron's Flipando coming home in front in the
£12,462 Investec Distinctive Handicap ahead of the Dandy
Nicholls' pair of Fol Hollow and Something.
Better news from Musselburgh where Tim Easterby's
Hamish McGonagall was the neck winner of the
£31,155 Scottish Sprint Cup Handicap ahead of David
Nicholls' Striking Spirit, David
Barron's Ingleby Lady and Kevin Ryan's Masamah.
Tim Easterby had started the day well
with a winner in the opener whilst Bryan Smart's Excel
Bolt landed the £15,578 Edinburgh Castle Conditions
Stakes from Easterby's Cocktail Charlie
and Mark Johnston's Corsica was third in
the £49,848 Edinburgh Cup Heritage Handicap. Later on
the card there were also winners for David
Nicholls, Ann Duffield and Richard
Fahey. Only one local winner at Doncaster with Mark
Johnston's Sea Lord landing the £16,190
sportingbet.com Handicap. Brian Ellison had
a winner at Worcester and George Moore at
Hexham.Evening racing at Newcastle sees a double for Alan
Swinbank and a winner for Kevin Ryan. |
| 04/06/2010 |
No joy for the Yorkshire (ie Mark
Johnston) trained runners in the Oaks G1
or the Coronation Cup G1 but
some small consolation for the Johnston team
when Tartan Gigha lands the £18,693 Investec Mile
Handicap. At Catterick there are winners for Ollie
Pears, Richard Fahey, Paul Midgley, Mick Easterby and
David Nicholls whilst evening racing at
Doncaster sees a winner for Ruth Carr. |
| 29/05/2010 |
A multitude of 'black type'
races at Haydock today and although there was only one
Yorkshire winner the Tyke raiders put up a good display
with placings in all four. The opener was the Achilles
Stakes L and here Richard
Fahey's Rose Blossom was a good second. The next
was the Sandy Lane Stakes L which saw Mark
Johnston's appropriately named Rainfall finish
second ahead of David Nicholls' Mister
Manannan back in third. Kevin Ryan's Les
Fazzani provided the sole winner when landing the EBF
Joan Westbrook Pinnacle Stakes L whilst David
Brown's Doncaster Rover was an excellent second
in the day's only group race, the John of Gaunt Stakes G3.
The locals dominated at Catterick taking all but one of
the races thanks to wins for Brian Ellison, David
Barron, Ruth Carr, Mark Johnston, Tim Easterby and
Ann Duffield whilst at Beverley there
were wins for Geoff Oldroyd, Paul Midgley, Bryan
Smart and Ruth Carr. Evening
racing at Cartmel sees a winner for Alan
Swinbank. |
| 26/05/2010 |
One of Beverley's bigger
meetings of the season this evening sees the Kevin
Ryan trained Geesala land the Hilary Needler
Trophy L from Geoff Oldroyd's Lady
Royale, homebred by Reg Bond of Yapham
Mill Stud. There is also
a double for Mark Johnston whilst Tim
Etherington's Burning Thread is a surprise 25-1
winner of the main supporting racing on the card. This
was the second double of the day for Johnston's who
had earlier doubled up at Ffos Las, whilst Linda
Stubbs provided the sole Yorkshire winner up at
Ayr. |
| 22/05/2010 |
A busy sunny Saturday, the
highlight of which from the Yorkshire perspective was the
Tim Easterby trained Hamish McGonagall
landing his biggest win for two years when taking the
£25,904 sportingbet.com Sprint Handicap at York, where Richard
Fahey had a double when taking the first two on
the card. Ollie Pears provided the only
Yorkshire winner over at Haydock but Robin
Bastiman's Borderlescott was third in the Temple
Stakes G2 and Mark Johnston's Al
Farahidi a good second in the £46,732 Silver Bowl
Heritage Handicap. Kevin Ryan won the
opener at Goodwood whilst there were winners at Chester
(Chester and Haydock on the same Saturday afternoon -
madness!) for Richard Fahey (another
double including Brae Hill in the £16,190 Tsingtao
Chinese Beer Handicap) and David Brown. |
| 16/05/2010 |
Kevin Ryan's Benbaun
put up a strong performance at Longchamp this afternoon
to be second, beaten only a head, in the Prix de
Saint-Georges G3. Domestically there are
local winners at Ripon for Tom Tate, Richard
Fahey, Nigel Tinkler and Tim Easterby whilst
Malcolm Jefferson's runner lands the
opener at Market Rasen. |
| 15/05/2010 |
No winners at Newbury today
although Kevin Ryan's new recruit, the
former John Gosden trained dual Group Two and
Cambridgeshire winner Pipedreamer, put up a good
performance to be fourth in the Lockinge Stakes G1,
and Mark Johnston's Monterosso was
second in the £21,808 London Gold Cup Handicap. At
Newmarket Johnston had a winner and two
thirds from four runners whilst at Thirsk there were
local winners for David Nicholls (a
double including Fol Hollow in the £12,045 Scarborough
Handicap), Alan Swinbank, Ruth Carr, Richard
Whitaker and Bryan Smart. |
| 14/05/2010 |
Final day of the Dante meeting
and again no joy for the locals in the major races
(although Tim Easterby's Crackentorp was
a good second in the £25,904 Jorvik Handicap) but there
are winners on the supporting card for Mick
Easterby and David Barron. Evening
racing up at Hamilton sees Mark Johnston yet
again land the Glasgow Stakes L, this
time with Corsica, whilst his Yes Mr President is second
in the Braveheart Handicap L. Bryan
Smart won the opener. Newcastle's evening
meeting meanwhile saw winners for Kevin Ryan,
Ruth Carr and Richard Whitaker whilst
George Moore had a winner at Aintree. |
| 13/05/2010 |
Day two of York, and your
faithful correspondent was in attendance. Again no joy in
the major races but wins for Richard Fahey (a
double) and Micky Hammond plus Tom
Tate's Balcarce Nov was third in the Hambleton
Handicap L . Nice to see two excellent
fillies in dual-Oaks winner Sariska (who of course has a
vague Yorkshire connection via the Bishop
Wilton Stud who bred her
dam) and Breeders' Cup winner Midday who were
respectively first and second in the Middleton Stakes G2
whilst the Dante G2, as usual, produced
a leading fancy for the Derby in the form of Cape Blanco
although connections seemed concerned immediately after
the race and it now transpires that he has slightly
damaged his heel. Less impressive was the three sets of
rails which now separate the punter from the course in
front of the stand making photography of the action much
harder. In the, admittedly unlikely, event that you only
want to go to York to take action photos I would
recommend parking in the car park, not paying to enter
and snap away in the home straight, take a packed lunch !
Click on the photos below for slightly higher quality
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Amy Ryan does the hand jive,
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Richard Fahey's Johannes
after landing the opener
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Cape Blanco poses after
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Sariska goes to post ....
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Sariska and Midday
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Easterby meets Middle East
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Cape Blanco lands the Dante
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Richard Hills hits the front on
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| 12/05/2010 |
Day one of York's Dante meeting
sees not much joy for the locals in the major races but
there are winners later on the card for Tim
Easterby and James Bethell whilst
David Brown's Doncaster Rover runs a
decent race to be fourth in the Duke Of York Stakes G2,
Mark Johnston's Bikini Babe is best
placed of the Yorkshire runners in the Musidora Stakes G3
but can only manage fifth place. |
| 08/05/2010 |
A busy day and the best
Yorkshire results came from Haydock where David
Nicholls' Lovelace won the Spring Trophy Stakes L
and Malcom Jefferson's Issaquah
was third in the Swinton Handicap Hurdle Gd3.
At Nottingham there were winners for Tim Easterby
and Richard Fahey. Evening
racing sees victories at Thirsk for James
Hetherton and Alan Swinbank and
at Warwick for Declan Carroll. |
| 07/05/2010 |
David Barron provided
the sole Yorkshire winner at Chester today with Archers
Road landing the £14,193 sportingbet.com Handicap. There
were also winners at Nottingham for Robin
Bastiman and David Barron at
Nottingham whilst evening racing at Ripon provided local
winners for Kevin Ryan, Alan Swinbank (a
double), Tim Easterby and Chris
Thornton whilst Hamilton saw a winner for Micky
Hammond. |
| 06/05/2010 |
No Yorkshire wins at Chester
today although Kevin Ryan's Les Fazzani
was an excellent second in the Huxley Stakes G3,
whilst there were also placings for Richard
Fahey's pair Our Joe Mac and Porgy. David
Nicholls had a winner at Ffos Las and there were
winners at Wetherby's evening meeting for Tim
Pitt, Maxine Stirk and Ben Haslam. |
| 05/05/2010 |
Kevin Ryan's new
recruit Masamah provided the only Yorkshire winner on the
opening day of Chester's May meeting today, although Richard
Fahey's Halla San was third in the Chester Cup.
Elsewhere James Hetherton had a win at
Southwell and George Moore won the last
at Kelso. |
| 03/05/2010 |
Typical low quality Bank
Holiday fayre today, but the Yorkshire trainers continued
their good run; winning all the races at the local
meeting at Beverley thanks to David Brown (a
double), Mick Easterby, John Quinn, Kevin Ryan and
Ian McInnes. At Warwick there were
winners for Declan Carroll and Kevin
Ryan whilst over in Ireland, where the quality
of racing was noticably higher, Mark Johnston's Hacienda
put up an eye-catching performance to be fourth in the
Tetrarch Stakes G3. |
| 02/05/2010 |
It may have been a
controversial 1,000 Guineas but it was another good day
at HQ for the Yorkshire trainers with the emphasis
switching to the fillies with Alan Swinbank's Honimiere
second in the Dahlia Stakes G3 and Mark
Johnston's Oaks entry Marie de Medici winning
the Pretty Polly Stakes L. Up in
Scotland it was also a good day for the Yorkshire raiders
at Hamilton where they landed every race on the card
courtesty of Kevin Ryan, Tim Easterby (a
double), Richard Fahey, Mark Johnston, Linda
Stubbs and Geoff Harker. |
| 01/05/2010 |
Proceedings started in the best
possible way for Mark Johnston at
Newmarket today withTartan Gigha landing the £31,155
Suffolk Handicap and Jukebox Jury taking the Jockey Club
Stakes G2 by nearly four lengths.
Unfortunately Johnston's Awzaan flopped
in the 2,000 Guineas but this shouldn't be allowed to
detract from what was overall a good day for the
Middleham based Scot. Later on at HQ Robin
Bastiman's flag bearer Borderlescott ran an
excellent seasonal debut to be second in the Palace House
Stakes G3, one place better than he
managed in the same race last season. At Goodwood Mark
Johnston's Hafawa put up a good effort to be
second in the EBF Conqueror Stakes L whilst
at Uttoxter Sue Smith's Auroras Encore
put up a surprisingly good performance to take the
£28,505 Totepool Handicap Chase L.
Closer to home there were winners at Thirsk for Mark
Johnston, David Nicholls, Richard Fahey,
Geoff Harker and Tim Easterby although
unfortunately the Thirsk Hunt Cup went 'abroad'. Evening
racing meanwhile sees a winner for Richard
Whitaker at Doncaster and for Sue Smith at
Hexham. |
| 27/04/2010 |
Dandy Nicholls' Mister
Manannann lands the Prix Sigy L at
Chantilly by two lengths today, an excellent seasonal
debut. Wins at Sedgefield for Ferdy Murphy, Kate
Walton and Alan Swinbank runners. |
| 25/04/2010 |
Richard Fahey's Anglezarke
is a decent third in the EBF Lansdown Fillies' Stakes L
at Bath today whilst Alan Swinbank's Merchant
Of Dubai is second in the Vintage Crop Stakes L at
Navan. There are local wins at Wetherby for Tim
Pitt and Micky Hammond. |
| 24/04/2010 |
Despite Punchestown and Epsom
it's been a fairly quiet week again from the Yorkshire
perspective, let's hope the season hots up soon. Still,
the lesser winners continue to flow and today saw
victories at Leicester for Richard Fahey, Kevin
Ryan and Mark Johnston whilst Malcolm
Jefferson had a double at Market Rasen. Closer
to home the locals had a poor start at Ripon but there
were later winners for Alan Swinbank and
Alan Brown. Evening racing sees wins at
Wolverhampton for David Nicholls and Mick
Easterby and for Geoff Oldroyd at
Haydock. |
| 16/04/2010 |
No joy in any of the big races
today, the good form at local tracks continued however
with wins at Thirsk for Kevin Ryan (a
double), Bryan Smart, Alan Swinbank, Declan
Carrol and Mel Brittain. Evening
racing at Doncaster saw winners for Brian Ellison
and David Nicholls. |
| 15/04/2010 |
Hardly any Yorkshire runners at
Newmarket today meant that the respective third and
fourth places for David Brown's Doncaster
Rover and David Nicholls' Evens And Odds
in the Abernant Stakes L was a fairly
good showing. For the second day running the Tyke
handlers won every race at their local meeting, this time
the venue was Ripon and the winning trainers were Tim
Easterby, Geoff Oldroyd, Tom Tate (a double),
Mark Johnston, Alan Swinbank and Bryan
Smart. |
| 14/04/2010 |
Not a brilliant start to the
Craven Meeting at Newmarket for the Yorkshire runners in
either the £250,000 Tattersalls Timeform Trophy or the
Nell Gwyn Stakes, however David Barron's 40-1
outsider Fighter Boy was a good second in the Feilden
Stakes L, with Mark Johnston's Marie
de Medici only a head back in third. Closer to home the
locals won every race at Beverley courtesy of Tim
Easterby, Ian McInnes, Richard Fahey, David Brown, John
Quinn, Tom Tate, Kevin Ryan and Mark
Johnston. Evening racing at Kempton saw a winner
for Paul Kirby. |
| 10/04/2010 |
No luck in the Grand National Gd3
although both Yorkshire runners jumped around safely ; John
Quinn's Character Building finishing seventh and
Paul Murphy's Cerium (fifth last year)
in eleventh. It's been a poor National meeting all around
for the Yorkshire runners but there was some small
respite today in the £25,048 John Smith's Handicap
Hurdle (Conditional & Amateurs) with Malcolm
Jefferson's Issaquah finishing second and John
Quinn's Leslingtaylor third. Evening racing at
Wolverhampton sees winners for Ruth Carr, Nigel
Tinkler and Richard Fahey, the
later is currently in rampant form with four winners
yesterday at Musselburgh. |
| 07/04/2010 |
Richard Fahey's Halla
San picked up black type today when third in the Further
Flight Stakes L at Nottingham, where
there were also winners for Kevin Ryan and
John Weymes. On home territory there
were winners at Catterick for Ollie Pears,
Richard Fahey, David Nicholls (a double) and Paul
Midgley. |
| 03/04/2010 |
You can tell the flat turf
season has started because there's hardly any flat turf
racing, and certainly non today, go figure. Sue
Smith picked up a valuable win at Carlisle today
when Himalayan landed the £16,262 totescoop6 Handicap
Chase, whilst reliable stablemate Mister McGoldrick
followed up his Cheltenham fourth with third place in
Haydock's £31,310 Betfred Daffodil Vase Handicap Chase, Malcolm
Jefferson having a winner later on the card.
What flat racing there was occured on Kempton's
all-weather where Mark Johnston had a
winner. Roll on the Craven meeting. |
| 27/03/2010 |
The three Yorkshire raiders
flopped badly in Dubai today (although Kevin
Ryan's Benbaun still picked up a useful £24,691
for sixth place in the Dubai Golden Shaheen G1),
but otherwise it was a good opening day to the flat
season at Doncaster with Richard Fahey landing
the opening £31,155 William Hill Spring Mile with new
recruit Irish Heartbeat. The next was the Cammidge Trophy
L and this fell to David
Nicholls' Inxile (ridden by Irish Hearthbeat's
jockey Paul Hanagan) with David Brown's Fitz
Flyer a promising looking third. The big race of the day
was the £77,888 Lincoln Handicap which fell to Newmarket
based (but Yorkshire 'bred' !) William Haggas with
Penitent although Richard Fahey's bottom
weight Prime Exhibit picked up £23,325 for second place.
John Quinn and Tim Easterby landed
the last two races at Town Moor whilst the Fahey/Hanagan
combination picked up two more races (including The
Brocklesby) to make it four wins for Hanagan and three
for Fahey. |
| 20/03/2010 |
Quite a good day at Lingfield
today for the Yorkshire trainers, slightly less good for
a certain K.Fallon ! In the Sportingbest Supports Heros
Spring Cup L Mark Johnston's Greyfriarschorista
put up a good display to be second, and the same placing
was filled by Tom Tate's Suits Me in the
Winter Derby G3, the next race. Kevin
Ryan's Arganil won the Hever Sprint Stakes L,
with David Barron's Jaconet back in
third, Johnston won the last. Harry
Hogarth provided the days sole NH winner at
Newcastle, whilst Mark Johnston's Saint-Cloud
raider could only finish fourth in her listed race. |
| 19/03/2010 |
No luck for the Yorkshire
runners at Cheltenham today on Nigel Twiston-Davies
benefit day. Mark Johnston has a winner
at Lingfield and Mick Easterby and Richard
Fahey at Wolverhampton. |
| 18/03/2010 |
No Cheltenham winners today
although Ferdy Murphy's Galant Nuit was
third in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap
Chase and Sue Smith's Mister McGoldrick
fourth in the Byrne Group Plate. Winners at Hexham for Malcolm
Jefferson and Paul Kirby. On
the flat David Nicholls, Bryan Smart, Alan
Swinbank and Brian Ellison were
amongst the winners at Southwell. |
| 17/03/2010 |
No joy at Cheltenham yesterday,
but better today with Ferdy Murphy's Poker
de Sivola landing the £45,015 National Hunt Chase
Challenge Cup under Katie Walsh, whilst Murphy's stable
star Kalahari King was third in the Queen Mother Champion
Chase Gd1 , presumably Murphy
would have preferred these results the other way around !
Tim Pitt had a winner at Huntingdon
whilst there were Yorkshire winners at Southwell for Brian
Ellison, Richard Fahey and David
Nicholls. Mark Johnston had a winner at
Kempton's evening meeting where his Record Breaker was a
good second in the Digibet Dragonfly Stakes L. Yorkshire
racing stalwart Simon Scrope died last
week at the age of 75. Scrope, of Danby Hall, hailed from
a prominent Catholic family and was a director at
Pontefract as well as a member of York's Committee until
2004. |
| 13/03/2010 |
Dull. No joy in any of the
traditional pre-Cheltenham races at Sandown. Ferdy
Murphy will be glad to have a pre-festival
winner with Seize landing the penultimate race up at Ayr.
On Wolverhampton's all-weather there are winners for Kevin
Ryan and David Barron whilst Mark
Johnston's Lovelace is third in the Lady
Wulfruna Stakes L and Richard
Fahey's Albaqaa fills the same position in the
Lincoln Trial Handicap. |
| 06/03/2010 |
A quiet day in the run-in to
Cheltenham but Ferdy Murphy has a useful
across-the-card double with De Boitron landing the
£16,262 Sportingbet.com Handicap Chase at Doncaster
(where earlier John Quinn had a winner)
and Bedlam Boy taking the £13,010 Cyril Alexander
Memorial HBLB Novices' Chase at Kelso. |
| 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. |
