05/02/2012
Winners in UK and Hong Kong
Two winners in the last few days. Firstly in Hong KOng a horse known as Noonenose over in Europe won a handicap nicely in Shatin. It was the 2nd win for his new owner and I hope he can now move up in grade and win ag...
01/02/2012
HONG KONG TRIP
I am planning with 90% certainty to travel to Hong Kong on the 17th or 18th of February and to stay there for about 1 week. I will be staying at the Royal Park Htel in Shatin and will be contactable on my UK cell...
01/02/2012
MORE APOLOGIES
Well , the promise of regular updates was shortlived. I could blame Christmas and the New Year ( both western and chinese) but I would be hiding behind a screen. The truth is that not much is happening in the wint...
21/11/2011
UPDATES
My sincere apologies to anyone who looked at the site hoping for some news or updates. With everything that has been going on, I have not updated the site as I should have done Here are some of the highlights of t...
29/05/2011
CRIMSON CHINA SCALES THE HEIGHTS
The Lamplighter Stakes at Monmouth last night really lit the fuse under CRIMSON CHINA. Coming off a slightly below par effort in the Blue Gras...
22/05/2011
GITANO HERNANDO WINS SINGAPORE CUP
Under a really positive ride, GITANO HERNANDO came back to his best today at Kranji in Singapore and added some US$ 1.5 million to his earn...
16/04/2011
BARGAIN BUY FIFTH AVE STAMPS HER AUTHORITY
When she went through the ring at the tattersalls Horses in Training Sale last year FIFTH AVE did not get anyone excited and w...
16/04/2011
THEE NICE COLTS BOUGHT AT TATTERSALLS
The Craven Breeze Up Sale was a bit of a challenge this year. By effectively combining the cream of the Craven sale of years gone by with some of the horses which would previously have been catalogued in the 'lesser'...
11/04/2011
I GET THE EXACTA IN THE LA PUENTE
For the first time ever I believe I managed to buy the first two finishers in the same Stakes race on Sunday in The La puente Stakes SURREY STAR won the race and MAJOR ART finished a close 2nd. I hit the exacta . ...
02/04/2011
THREE SMASHING HORSES PURCHASED AT KEMPTON
Goffs 'Ready to Run' sale at Kempton has improved the quality of the horses on offer every year and 2011 was no exception. There were some very nice horses there and a good crowd turned up to watch the 90 odd hor...
02/04/2011
CRIMSON CHINA SO NEARLY SCORES
CRIMSON CHINA Showed that he is a very good horse although he only finished 2nd in the Rushaway Stakes at Turfway last weekend. Having been balloted out of his intended target ( THe Spiral Stakes the same day) CRI...
02/04/2011
DAM PURCHASE PROVIDES ANOTHER GROUP WINNER
Some years ago I selected and purchased the filly HEART STOPPING for a client who put her in foal to Oratorio and then sold her on. Well the produce is LOLLY FOR DOLLY who won a Group 3 a few days back and runs again...
20/03/2011
MAJOR ART SCORES IN GOOD STYLE
MAJOR ART took a decisive step to justifying his reputation by winning the feature race at Santa Anita on Friday afternoon. Although he only wo...
14/03/2011
ANDINA AND SO BELLE KEEP THE FLAG FLYING
ANDINA AND SO BELLE which I found and bought in collaboration with Jamie Lloyd both did themselves proud in the last few days at Santa Anita. SO BELLE was closing so fast that another step or two would have taken...
04/03/2011
GITANO ON COURSE FOR WORLD CUP
Quite a few of the 'big guns' who will contest the Dubai World Cup at the end of this month were lined up for this Round 3 of the Group 2 Maktoum Challenge at Meydan Racecourse yesterday. Once again the pace was f...
25/02/2011
SO CLOSE
It could have been a dream US debut for EASY TICKET in the feature race at Santa anita yesterday, but he was denied by a nose. A stride before the wire he looked to have his nose in front and it looked like it again ...
16/02/2011
CRIMSON CHINA BECOMES A RISING STAR
Bought privately for Team Valor out of Brian Meehan's stable at the end of last year, CRIMSON CHINA surpassed all expectations when coming with a storming late run to win a first level allowance at Gulfstream today. ...
04/02/2011
TIMELY UPDATE
This is a uqiet time of year, so I am finally able to sit down and update this section of the site. The winter is also the time where I can reflect on what happened in 2010 and what the plans for this coming year are...
05/11/2010
6 HORSES BOUGHT AT NEWMARKET
As I feared before the sale the scratches did little to help matters. Neither did the vet reports. All in all our list (which had started off looking quite healthy) quickly dwindled and it was very hard to find the r...
21/10/2010
TATTERSALLS HORSES IN TRAINING SALE
Well, it's nearly time for the marathon Horses in Training Sale at Newmarket starting on Monday. As usual a massive catalogue ( 1600 horses) but also as usual a large amount of scratches, unfortunately quite a few at...
21/10/2010
TWO TROUBLED TRIPS
The weekend had me wishing that one did not need jockeys to ride these magnificent horses. Two Graded Stakes runner, one 3rd and one 4th. Firstly GITANO HERNANDO in the Champion Stakes at Newmarket. A gallant 4th ...
02/10/2010
TALE UNTOLD just fails
What a game filly and what a nail biting finish. For the 2nd time in two weeks Tale Untold finished 2nd beaten a nose in the $ 500,000 Tattersalls Million Sales race. Two strides past the line she was in fro...
01/10/2010
IRISH FIELD GALLANT 4th IN MIDDLE PARK
IRISH FIELD ran a very solid race to finish 4th behind runaway winner Dream Ahead in the GR 1 Middle Park Stakes at a rain soaked Newmarket this afternoon. He was only beaten under 1 length for 2nd and was rallyin...
01/10/2010
GITANO RETURNS TO WINNING WAYS
After six months on the sidelines with a few niggling problems, GITANO HERNANDO showed he is stil at the top of his game with a cheeky win in the GR 3 Diamond Stakes at Dundalk this evening. Kieren Fallon had made...
30/09/2010
EXCITING WEEKEND
The next few days will be exciting ones Tonight on opening day at Oak Tree, GET A GRIP runs first time for Neil Drysdale. Will probably need the race but I hope for a bold show.. Then later on the same card...
30/09/2010
Welcome
Welcome to the new Webisite...I hope it is well received and I promise to keep it updated more regularly. Do check out the news section for the most up to date stories on our previous purchases and also forth...
25/07/2010
IRISH DESTROYS THE FIELD
About two weeks ago I persuaded some clients in Hong Kong to buy the 2yo old IRISH FIELD. Nothing spectacular about this you think. However this colt was trained in Spain and had won two minor races in Madrid before ...
17/07/2010
MISS SINGHSIX GALLANT 2ND IN DELWARE HCAP
It was always going to be a tough task , but Miss Singhsix proved once and for all she is a mare that can hold her own in the big time, as she sparkled to finish second to favourite Life at Ten in the $750,000 Delawa...
17/06/2010
GITANO HERNANDO
There is an old horseman's adage that a bad horse will not hurt itself. Well the converse of this is that a really good horse is more prone to injury. And so it has been with GITANO HERNANDO. Last year he sprained...
27/12/2009
Del Mar
What feels like ages ago I bought the Goulds and Jim Cassidy a filly called Singhalese who went on to be a Group 1 winner ( Del Mar Oaks) On Friday at Del Mar her full brother KID EDWARD came back from a 7 mon...