Good afternoon, Can you believe it's nearly Christmas?! I haven't even started my present shopping yet, though I am considering not buying Ben anything as he keeps not turning me out on account of the 'mud' - unbelievable! We have been getting in the Festive mood...
Good evening, It has been an excellent week here at Castle Hill, though this years frustrating theme of filling the winner's enclosure but just missing the top spot has rather continued! Irritating, but always better than not being there! We had a cracking Friday night at Newcastle,...
Good evening, It has been another busy week here at Castle Hill, and I am frankly exhausted from keeping these yearlings in check! We are now all going down to the Lowlands every day (right, Camacho, Lord Shanakill and Dandy Man), which is a...
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...
Good evening, So winter has arrived in a bit of a hurry this year, and my stablemates and I had a bit of a shock waking up this morning to see the world covered in a rather thick layer of white stuff! Ben naturally immediately turned...
Good evening! Now, I am sure you have all missed me over the last few weeks, but I promise I have a valid, if rather irritating, reason for my absence - I appear to have been nominated as Puppy Sitter. My eyes nearly popped out of...
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...
Good evening, We have been having quite the weekend here, and the yard has done itself proud: with a little bit of luck I could be bringing you news of a near clean sweep! I am very proud of all our horses, and love to see...
Good evening, Summer appears to have rather belatedly arrived, which is lucky as Ben has been mollifying me about the arrival of Mr Mole with plenty of field time, and I have nearly come round to the idea of him being here - indeed, I even...
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...