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Oh my it was a warm one!! Temperatures more associated with forging steel than racing saw some proactive measures introduced by the BHA, who rescheduled some meetings and abandoned others.   I...

A quiet week – no runners, but there was still plenty to be done! A phenomenal week of sport though – the football world cup continued, five days of Royal Ascot, the start of the second...

They are a bit like London buses! You wait an age for a runner – and then you get two in one day! Both for the same trainer too! At least he declared them in two races 3 hours apart, with just a...

Meteorological summer has started a lot more cool, and wetter than the last week of meteorological spring!  This week I saw another of ‘my teams’ lose – no shock there – I...

Well, that was a warm one!! A week that saw temperatures soar, Birthday celebrations kicking on apace with plenty to eat and drink, and a young horse showing us that he could be another very nice...

Before we crack on – there has been a fantastic response to the invitation to our Open Day at Ivy Lodge Farm in July – for those that missed the news last week – here are the...

A week when we said ‘Goodbye’ to one of the horses on the squad, a sad day, but a good day – as she has gone on to her next career as a broodmare. We had a cracking day out at the...

This game is full of ups and downs – and this week, for a range of reasons, was one that served up (mainly), downs! The car crisis continued, two went to the races, but neither troubled the...

The annual ‘Pilgrimage’ to Punchestown this week. What a week it was! Amazing weather, great craic with the best people and some fantastic racing! It really is one of the best weeks of the...

A sunny, breezy week – perfect drying conditions, that certainly made life very difficult for Clerks all around the country. Early in the week – the one thing it wasn’t - was warm...