I hope you all enjoyed your New Year celebrations and are looking forward to 2016 as much as we are! We have had a quiet end to the 2015 year here at Castle Hill Stables, using the time to build up our team for next year....
Just one runner in December, but Ben is looking to have a number of horses out in the first week of 2016, particularly on the all-weather. Ben, and Alice, and all the staff at Castle Hill Stables, send all readers of Ben's website their very best...
Whilst it can be generally accepted that the best of days at the racecourse are those spent in the winners enclosure at the end of it, it was proved to us this month that there can be the odd notable exception! We were very lucky...
Ever So Much makes the frame once more at Sedgefield Now the Flat Turf season has ended we still have a number of horses to run over jumps, as well as on the all-weather, this winter. One of our most consistent jumpers over the past 12 months...
We have had a slightly frustrating time of it over the last couple of months here at Castle Hill Stables, with the horses running well but not quite making it to the winners spot. However, there have been plenty of positives to take from many...
Whisky Marmalade unseats at the last at Huntingdon when in contention after an improved performance On Sun 4th Oct Ben takes 2 horses to Huntingdon. First off is Whisky Marmalade a 3 year old filly who came to Ben early in the summer from David O'Meara....
4th places for both Epeius and Lady Lekki after promising runs at Beverley After a quiet start to the month Ben takes both Epeius and Lady Lekki to Beverley on 16th September. Epeius, a 2 year old colt by Arakan, runs in a 7 furlong 100 yards...
Whilst we have been relatively quiet on the runners front over the last couple of weeks - typical trainer headaches of soft ground when hard is needed and vice versa! - this has, at least, given Ben a chance to study the Sales Catalogues that...
Moon Over Rio and Megan Nicholls take 3rd place on Ladies Night at Carlisle It's Ladies Night at Carlisle on Mon 3rd Aug and all 7 races at the meeting are exclusively for ladies only ! Ben sends both Moon Over Rio, ridden by Megan Nicholls,...
Whisky Marmalade takes 3rd place in Wolverhampton claiming race After no runners in the early part of July Ben sends Whisky Marmalade to Wolverhampton on 13th July to contest a claiming race over a mile and a half. Whisky Marmalade, who joined Ben in early June...