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...
Apologies it has been so long since I have put an update on here - being busy is never an excuse but it is the best I can come up with! Things have been ticking along at their usual fast pace here at Castle Hill...
June opens in fine style as Moon Over Rio wins at Ripon with a career-best performance June opens in the best possible fashion when, on just the second day of the month, Moon Over Rio contests a mile and a half handicap at the picturesque Ripon...
3rd place for our stable stalwart Hi Dancer at Sedgefield On May 5th Ben takes our veteran 12 year old, Hi Dancer on the short trip to Sedgefield to contest a 2 mile 1 furlong handicap hurdle. Heavy rain on the morning of the race decimates the...
Apologies for not updating the website sooner, we are starting to enter silly season here at Castle Hill Stables and I am still adjusting to the fast paced activity of April! In between Sales and racing, Ben's feet (and mine!) have hardly touched the ground,...
Now that everything has finally settled down from the Middleham Open Day 2015, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the incredible amount of people who turned up in their droves, despite the slightly nasty weather conditions (typically, it has been bright sunshine ever...