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Grendel started a couple of 2yo threads last year which I thought were very valuable. So I thought I'd kick off a new thread for this year for...
This may seem the wrong time to put this out but in 2020 there's never going to be a right time. This trio had a disappointing 2019 though at...
Rules The competition runs from 1st June to 17th October inclusive and is for Flat races in the UK and Ireland only. Select 6 horses and these...
It is now 43 years since The Queen last won a Classic. A Classic win, indeed a Derby win, must still be the aim but it looks no nearer this year....
Of these 3 owner-breeders Cliveden Stud had very much the best of it in 2018. Horseplay (now at stud I hope) won the Group 2 Lancashire Oaks as...
As in previous years I’ll start by stating the Royal Stud is going through a phase of change which dwarfs anything it has done in the last 60...
Thought I'd try this out again but with a few modifications. There will be a few more categories but the main thing is that I will not now request...
A thread I thought I’d add so as to comment on things in the breeding world from time to time. 2yo of the moment is Dark Vision, recently...
With Ballymacoll dispersed to the winds last Autumn I have decided to keep an eye (for as long as I can be bothered) on the horses that hit the...
For the trio of other owner-breeders I normally follow (M H Dixon, Cliveden stud and Lady Howard de Walden) these are years of flux. The...
And then there was one. I started following major UK owner-breeders nearly 50 years ago and over that period have watched them drop-off one by one...
Here's a chance to show how good you are at predicting the future. Predictions 2018 Please put a name against each of the following. Entries...
With 11 days to the Oaks and 12 days to the Derby it's time to consider these great races However the following comment from AOB should not...
I was delighted that Jack Hobbs won the big 12f race at Meydan, it was not just the good feeling one gets from a horse ‘coming back’ but because...
The Royal Stud As in previous years I’ll illustrate the change that is happening with the Royal Stud by listing this year’s 2yos that would not...
My annual thread on three smaller breeders, and yes I do know it's Cheltenham this week. Cliveden Stud A good sales season led to Cliveden...
Ballymacoll Stud Not the start of the season but the start of the dispersal of Ballymacoll. Goff’s sale is selling 5 lots from Ballymacoll. One...
Noel Murless retired 40 years ago. Although I was a Dick Hern groupie I know I always felt Murless was the best trainer of that time. I would...
People have been saying there were some virus problems in Newmarket but today Saeed bin Suroor has confirmed his horses are coughing and have been...
After this years Derby Clare Balding, in one of those effusive statements she makes, said ‘that this colt (Harzand) comes from a family the Aga...
