Mervyn Buckley’s Form Analysis
Good first race on turf as Eponina finishes 4th at Doncaster at 25/1
Our first runner of the new month is Eponina who runs in a Class 5 handicap over 7 furlongs at Doncaster's Friday evening meeting on 2nd June. After 4 races on the all-weather...
Eponina confirms 2 year old promise with second place in Southwell handicap
After a quiet first week of May Castle Hill Stables burst into life as Eponina takes in a 7 furlong handicap at Southwell on the 8th of the month. The filly, owned by the...
3rd place finish at Sedgefield for J P's Hawkhurst
Our first runners of April are on Friday 7th when Hawkhurst and Rey Loopy leave Castle Hill Stables in entirely different directions. First off is Hawkhurst and J P McManus's 7 year old runs in a 2...
Kempton winner Skellig Michael shows even better form to finish second at Newcastle
Into March, and on the 3rd of the month Ben takes 2 of our 3 year olds, Violet Mist and Skellig Michael, to Newcastle for an evening meeting on their all-weather track. Violet...
Ben celebrates first win of 2017, and first win at Kempton, as Skellig Michael scores under Adam Kirby
On the 3rd day of the new month Ben makes a rare ( but not first ) trip to Kempton Park with 2 runners at an evening meeting...
A very Happy New Year to all our readers and everyone at Castle Hill Stables sends their good wishes for 2017.
As for ourselves we just wish for perhaps a kinder rub of the green in this new year than we sometimes experienced in 2016. For...
Outside draw this time beats Epeius in bid to gain first victory
Not too many runners in the early part of the month but on the 13th December Ben appears to find a very suitable race for the unlucky Epeius. Credit to Ben for finding this...
Another near miss for Bourbonisto at Newcastle
In the frame in 4 of his 5 races to date Ben ups Bourbonisto to 7 furlongs and tries Daniel Shapiro's 2 year old on the all-weather surface at Newcastle for the first time on November 4th in an...
Saint Charles takes 3rd place at Towcester
On 5th October Ben takes Saint Charles to Towcester for a Class 4 Novices' Chase over 2 miles. Ridden as usual by Richie McLernon, who was successful on J P McManus' 6 year old in a chase at Southwell...
Nice introduction from Dursey Sound, our latest recruit from J P McManus
On the first day of the new month Ben takes Dursey Sound, at the time, our latest recruit from leading owner J P McManus ( though 2 more have joined us subsequently, the illustrious...