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...
Good runs from Quiet Moment and Saint Charles After a quiet couple of weeks in terms of runners Ben takes Quiet Moment to Ripon on Sat 13th Aug for a 6 furlong maiden race. Once again Quiet Moment has to make his run down the outside...
Operateur shows welcome return to form at Nottingham On the second day of the new month Ben takes 2 horses to Nottingham for their Saturday evening meeting. First off is Operateur who drops down in trip to 1 mile 2 furlongs to contest a Lady Amateur Riders'...
Another excellent run from Hi Dancer as the 13 year old narrowly fails to make all at Cartmel Whilst our stable is in such excellent form Ben starts June off by taking Hi Dancer to Cartmel for a 2 mile 1 furlong handicap hurdle on the...
Charlie's Approval runs best race to date at Thirsk Ben takes Charlie's Approval to Thirsk on Sat 7th May for a 6 furlong selling race on their evening card. Raul Da Silva has the 4 year old at the rear of the field in the early...
Lady Lekki scores second career win at Redcar under masterful Graham Lee ride On Mon 11th April Ben takes 2 horses to Redcar and whilst Charlie's Approval is unable to trouble the judge Lady Lekki returns to form and gives Ben his second win of 2016...