Good evening. It has taken a fair bit of persuading from Alice and Ben to convince me to put my hoof to paper this week, as it is fair to say I am NOT impressed with Ben. He had the temerity to disappear this weekend to...
Good evening, Apologies it has been a couple of weeks, I've been busy trying to sort out my headache from the over excited chatter going on in the yard. It was bad enough before those blooming fillies even got to the races, but since they have...
Hello again. I am glad to report the carrots have been sufficient in numbers for me to agree to continue with my 'stable survelliance,' as I now like to call it. I was also secretly quite pleased when Alice grudgingly reported how much more people seemed...
Ben starts 2016 in fine style with a second place from Freeze A Crowd The honour of being the first runner of 2016 from Castle Hill Stables falls to the 3 year old Freeze A Crowd. The filly, owned by Middleham Park Racing, runs at Chelmsford...
Hello! I was having a quick check round the yard today and went for a quick tour of the office - thought I better check on the paperwork seeing as I'm boss round here (yes, I know Ben holds the licence, but only because of some...
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...