Good evening, As we approach the start of the flat season, things have been warming up here at Castle Hill, and we had a busy end to last week with a couple of trips to Newcastle for a piece of their all-weather action. Friday saw Bertie...
Hello! It has been a hell of a week here battling Storm Doris, and I must thank all the staff for their perseverance in what has not been overly fun conditions! Everyone has had their stirrups a couple of holes longer than normal in an attempt...
Ben celebrates first win of 2017, and first win at Kempton, as Skellig Michael scores under Adam Kirby On the 3rd day of the new month Ben makes a rare ( but not first ) trip to Kempton Park with 2 runners at an evening meeting...
Good evening, As I am sure you all know, life in a racing yard is a little like being on a plane ride in the middle of a massive storm: large areas of turbulence which are rather stressful on the nerves, followed by brief periods of...
Good afternoon, The weather has quite simply been unreal this week, resulting in our esteemed work rider Andy being blown off his horse at the top of the gallop! Nonetheless, we have soldiered on and I must thank all our staff for managing to stay so...
[caption id="attachment_18777" align="alignleft" width="300"] Eponina enjoying an early morning canter[/caption] Good evening, I hope you all had a wonderful New Year, and have taken plenty of time to recover! As you can see, it has taken me a whole week, but I think I am finally getting...
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...
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,...