Della Delights Patient Owner-Breeders
We were delighted to see the victory of Della Mare at Kempton on Wednesday, giving Dr Lesley-Anne Hatter and Geoffrey Golbey their first success on the track as owner-breeders. Della Mare is by our late…
Consistent Salvatore Strikes Under Rules
The point-to-point community is enduing a frustrating winter with the suspension of the sport during lockdown but there was some consolation for the connections of the hugely consistent Salvatore, who won the Scottish Foxhunter Chase…
Cityscape Winning From France To America
Cityscape’s three-year-old daughter Avenue De France continued the bright start made to her career with a first success in her adopted home country on the opening day of the Santa Anita meet in California. The…
Point-to-point winners for Schiaparelli and Alice Stevens
It was a good weekend on the point-to-point field, not just for Overbury stallion Schiaparelli but also for our sponsored rider Alice Stevens. On Saturday, Salvatore, the prolific seven-year-old son of Schiaparelli, scored his tenth…
Cityscape’s top-rated Ka Ying Star returns to G1 action
Sunday sees Cityscape’s hugely consistent son Ka Ying Star line up for the second time at Sha Tin’s international meeting in the G1 Hong Kong Cup Mile. Now five, the British-bred gelding (pictured here at…
Cityscape’s stats: he’s one of the best in Britain
Cityscape’s exceptional ability to sire high-class horses shines through in a new table published by the Thoroughbred Stallion Guide, 2021. In a list leading sires of Stakes winners 2018-20 – useful as it shows the…
Schiaparelli’s chase winners to the fore
Schiaparelli enjoyed an excellent weekend with three winners in steeplechases at Doncaster, Bangor and Ffos Las. Enry Iggins got the ball rolling on Friday when recording his third victory and first over fences under rules…
Tea Time On Mars strikes for Schiaparelli
Tea Time On Mars became the latest winner over fences for Schiaparelli, a day after the chase victory of Enry Iggins at Bangor. Trained by Sue Gardner and ridden by her daughter Lucy, the eight-year-old…
Thyme Hill returns victorious in G2 Long Walk Hurdle
Ahead of an exciting weekend of action, it was wonderful to see the Overbury-bred Thyme Hill return in great style at Newbury to win the G2 Ladbrokes Long Distance Hurdle. One of the outstanding novice…