Month: December 2023

Racehorse trainer Sussex

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all our readers. Boxing Day was a little bit quieter than expected as a few of the possible participants appeared elsewhere the week before, but we got a really good run from CLONDAW ROBIN at Fontwell. In testing conditions he shaped as if a success was a possibility coming off of…
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Christmas 2023 Update

Highlight of the week, (mostly) crushing all the agonies of Monday, came twenty-four hours later, when GOLD CLAREMONT comfortably won the long distance handicap chase at Fakenham. Her love of soft ground was accommodated by the Norfolk weather on raceday and Sean gave her a very canny ride to avoid the most chopped up parts…
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Mid-December 2023 Bulletin

Was it only this time last month that the weather seemed quite reasonable for the time of year? Is this the right time of year for rhetorical questions? We took a couple of runners to a very windy Market Rasen, where the going was not the glutinous mess that the advance report implied, but was…
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Monty’s Award – December 2023 Blog

Update from the barn, where the deer and the antelope roam. How has the dove become a symbol of peace when they are in reality amongst the most annoying of birds? Probably chosen by somebody who never had to live in close contact with doves. Or maybe had peacocks nearby and decided that anything less…
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End of November round-up

After a spell of encouraging runs all round, the outings around the end of November were notable for not all turning out to be the steps forward expected. GODOT got bogged down in the copious mud at Southwell, BACKINFORGLORY found the lesser sogginess at Lingfield still a bit too taxing (she looks like good ground…
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