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| 19/04/202 | Yorkshire were dominant up at Musselburgh, supplying six of the seven winners. Pride of place goes to Adrian Keatley's Kihavah who just held on by a head and a neck to land the £51,540 Queen's Cup Heritage Handicap, with Karl Burke's Aimeric in second. There were doubles for both Charlie Johnston (inc Caspi Star in the £20,616 maiden) and David & Nicola Barron (inc Persuasion in the £15,462 Silver Arrow Handicap), Declan Carroll also had a winner whilst the £25,770 Scottish Sprint Cup Handicap went to the locals, but John & Sean Quinn's JM Jungle was second, and David & Nicola Barron's Jer Batt third. Peter Niven took the opener on Wolverhampton's evening card. Over jumps there were winners for Andy Crook, Sam England and Micky Hammond at Carlisle . |
| 18/04/2025 | Good Friday means Open Days, and also, in the modern era, All-Weather Championships/Vase Day. On the Championship card at Newcastle Kevin Ryan's We Never Stop held on gamely to land the £77,310 All-Weather Sprint Handicap by a neck, with Karl Burke's Marshman (bred by Highbank Stud) back in third. Also on the card David O'Meara's Heathen was a decent third in the £90,195 All-Weather Championships Marathon Handicap, and Kevin Ryan's Apiarist was a neck third in the £77,310 All-Weather Championships Mile Handicap. Meanwhile on the 'Vase' card at Lingfield there was a Yorkshire double with Julie Camacho's Dingle taking the £33,501 All-Weather Vase Mile Handicap and Grant Tuer's Westmorian the £33,501 All-Weather Vase Sprint Handicap. |
| 16/04/2025 | The middle day of Newmarket's Craven meeting sees Kevin Ryan's new recruit Grand Grey finish a promising second in the Abernant Stakes G3, with Karl Burke's six year old Lethal Levi back in third. At Beverley there are winners for Karl Burke, Sam England, Brian Ellison, Philip Makin and Julie Camacho. |
| 13/04/2025 | A relatively valuable early-season card at Musselburgh today and Richard Fahey's Our Havana landed the closing, and feature, £25,770 Sky Bet For The Fans Handicap whilst there were also decent winners for Kevin Ryan and Ed Bethell. |
| 09/04/2025 | Karl Burke's ever-dependable six year old Al Qaeem landed the Further Flight Stakes L at Nottingham this afternoon, with Charlie Johnston's Align The Stars not far behind in third, picking up his first bit of black type. There were local winners at Catterick courtesy of Liam Bailey, Tim Easterby (a double), Micky Hammond, Simon Whitaker and Adrian Keatley whilst Ed Bethell had a decent winner on Kempton's evening card. |
| 05/04/2025 | No runners, let alone joy in the Grand National, although at least the winner was owned by a son of Bradford ! Things went better on World Cup Night at Meydan with Ed Bethell's Regional a good third (only a short head off second) in the Al Quoz Sprint G1 and David O'Meara's Epic Poet occupying the same position in the Dubai Gold Cup G2. Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith took the opener at Newcastle and Henry Hogarth landed the feature race on the card. |
| 29/03/2025 | The start of the Flat (Turf) Season at Doncaster for Lincoln day sees the Tony Coyle & Kaine Wood trained Thunder Roar prevail by a short head in the £38,655 Spring Mile, whilst Karl Burke's Spycatcher lands the Cammidge Trophy L by a neck, with stablemate Marshman back in third and Brian Ellison's Perfect Part an eye-catching fourth at 50-1. Down at Kempton Charlie Johnston's Cool Party nicely landed the £23,193 Queen's Prize Handicap. Newcastle's evening meeting yielded a win for Richard Fahey whilst Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith had a winner at Uttoxeter. |
| 23/03/2025 | Finally a big result over jumps with Ruth Jefferson's Lavida Adiva (well named apparently!) landing the Ladbrokes 'Big-Value You Can Bet On' Mares' Hurdle L at Kelso by 9 lengths. Seb Spencer and Mick & David Easterby had a winner each at Newcastle whilst Karl Burke and Sam England took the last two at Wolverhampton. |
| 20/03/2025 | Cheltenham has been and gone without a whimper, Yorkshire wise, but today Karl Burke's Al Qareem, still going strong at age six, made his seasonal reappearance when third (a short head off second) in the Prix de la Porte de Madrid L at Saint-Cloud. Slightly closer to home there were winners at Newcastle for Geoff Oldroyd, Kevin Ryan, Nigel Tinkler (Paddy's Day in the feature race on the card) and Julie Camacho whilst Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith and Lucinda ('wife of Brian') Hughes each had a winner at Sedgefield. |
| 08/03/2025 | Julie Camacho's Symbol Of Light just held on today at Wolverhampton to land the £25,770 Lincoln Trial Handicap by a short head. |
| 05/03/2025 | Today saw Karl Burke's progressive three year old Rebel's Gamble land the Spring Cup L at Lingfield. Evening racing at Kemton yielded a winner for Julie Camacho whilst Paula Smith and Sam England had a winner apiece at Catterick. |
| 01/03/2025 | Holloway Boy's lucrative winter holiday in Meydan continued this afternon when he was second, for £60,869, in the Singspiel Stakes G2 for Karl Burke, Brian Ellison's Onesmoothoperator was fifth in the Dubai City of Gold G2. Ruth Carr and Richard Fahey took the last two races at Newcastle whilst Fahey and Simon West had a winner apiece at Southwell. |
| 28/02/2025 | All weather championships trial day at Lingfield sees the Edward Bethell trained, West Moor Stud homebred, Quandary land the £23,193 AWC Fillies & Mares Trial Handicap, with Brian Ellison's Callianassa in second. Karl Burke's Silky Wilkie is second in the Sprint Trial Handicap and Charlie Johnston's Cool Party third in the Marathon Trial Handicap. Richard Fahey and Charlie Johnston each had a winner on Southwell's evening card. |
| 22/02/2025 | Whilst Richard Fahey's Spirit Dancer couldn't land the repeat in the Howden Neom Turf Cup G2 'only' picking up a 'mere' £32,000 for sixth place, there was considerable Yorkshire consolation with David O'Meara's Epic Poet landing an eye-watering £400,000 for second in the Red Sea Turf Handicap G2. At Southwell Karl Burke's Royal Champion put up another good performance when landing the Winter Derby Stakes G3, a trip to Hong Kong is now being considered for the seven year old gelding. Burke's Marshman (bred by Highbank Stud) was second in the preceding Hever Sprint Stakes L, in which Tim Easterby's new recruit Fivethousandtoone was a promising fourth. Grant Tuer picked up a decent handicap later on the card. In the £41,624 Eider Handicap Chase at Newcastle Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith's O'Connell was a decent second, albeit 16 lengths adrift of the winner, Adrian Keatley, Ben Haslam and Mick & David Easterby scored on the undercard. |
| 21/02/2025 | Today Brian Ellison's Onesmoothoperator was a decent third in the Nad Al Sheba Trophy G3 at Meydan. Domestically Gemma Tutty had a winner at Southwell. Things potentially hot up over the weekend, racing and weather wise ! |
| 16/02/2025 | Another good placing in Qatar, this time at Al Uqda, where Kevin Ryan's Washington Heights was a decent second in the Dukhan Sprint (Local Group 3) , picking up £70,400 for connections. Weatherby's published analysis earlier this week which showed that Yorkshire has the second highest population of breeders in the UK (after Suffolk) with 217 breeders based in the county ; with one breeder having more than 30 mares, three having 11-20 broodmares and ten having 5-10. |
| 15/02/2025 | A good day at Haydock for Mark Walford when Battle Born Lad gave him the biggest victory of his career to date when landing the Albert Bartlett Prestige Novices' Hurdle Gd2 by over 5 lengths, a promising future awaits ! Meanwhile in Doha Ed Bethell's Point Lynas put up a strong performance to pick up the £88,000 runners-up prize in the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Cup (Local Group 2). Closer to home Mike Sowersby, Tim Easterby, Craig Lidster and Bryan Smart had winners on the all-weather at Newcastle. |
| 02/02/2025 | Karl Burke's Marshman (bred by Highbank Stud) continued his rennaisance at Lingfield today when landing the Kachy Stakes L , never seemingly under any threat. Richard Fahey provided Yorkshire's only other winner on the card and, indeed, the day. |
| 01/02/2025 | The freshly minted training partnership of Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith struck at Sandown this afternoon with favourite O'Connell landing the £26,015 Virgin Bet Masters Handicap Chase. Jedd O'Keeffe and Micky Hammond had a winner apiece at Wetherby whilst, on the level, Charlie Johnston had a winner at Wolverhampton and Alan Brown, Paul Midgley, Charlie Johnston and Kevin Ryan all scored at Newcastle. |
| 25/01/2025 | A fairly good day at Meydan featuring the same horses that shone on the 3rd of the month ! Karl Burke's Holloway Boy was an excellent third in the Jebel Hatta G1 whilst David O'Meara's Epic Poet occupied the same position in the Al Khali Trophy G3, both on turf. Domestically Harriet Bethell and Bryan Smart both had winners at Southwell. Not sure I can bring myself to even recount the Steve Parkin 'revelations'/accusations this week ! |
| 03/01/2025 | A good start to the year in Dubai today with David O'Meara's Epic Poet landing the closing £39,130 Zoho Conditions Stakes by a neck. Earlier Karl Burke's Holloway Boy was an excellent second 'on the nod' (short head) in the Zabeel Mile G2. It was a pretty good day domestically as well with a Charlie Johnston double at Lingfield, where John & Sean Quinn also had a winner whilst Karl Burke had a winner at Southwell. |
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