Posts By: Simon Double

  • SOLARIO RACING GEARING UP FOR SANDOWN

    SOLARIO RACING is very much looking forward to Solario Stakes Day at Sandown on Saturday 1 September when we will be sponsoring the fifth race on the card, “The Solario Racing Twelfth Share Syndicates Nursery Handicap Stakes.” Solario was a beautifully bred racehorse by Triple Crown winner, Gainsborough and he inherited his sire’s genes, winning the… Read more »

  • ROMAN SENATE OH SO CLOSE!

    OH SO SHARP was a fabulous Fillies Triple Crown winner in 1985.  Our own Roman Senate will never aspire to such lofty heights, regardless of his gender but it was a case of Oh So Close, when he was beaten the shortest of noses at Wolverhampton yesterday. The son of Holy Roman Emperor put his… Read more »

  • SOLARIO RACING SPONSORING SOLARIO DAY

    SOLARIO RACING will be a major sponsor of Sandown’s Solario Stakes Day on Saturday 1 September. Named after the 1925 St Leger winner, who gave his name to the famous Solario Stakes, which was first run at Sandown in 1947, Solario Racing is sponsoring the fifth race on the card, Solario Racing’s Twelfth Share Syndicates… Read more »

  • GUNNING FOR GLORY BLAZES THE TRAIL

    GUNNING FOR GLORY has really progressed during recent weeks and may well rival Chiltern Secret into being the first of our 2yos to hit the racecourse. The scopey son of Indesatchel is very different from the filly physically, being a rangier individual and on breeding he’ll need middle distances in time.  He may not be… Read more »

  • CHILTERN SECRET FULLY SUBSCRIBED

    CHILTERN SECRET, the exciting 2yo by 2007 Champion Sprinter and first season sire, Sakhee’s Secret, is now fully subscribed. The last share was taken by a lady from the south coast who came up to the yard yesterday to see the filly work. She was not disappointed and was keen to take up the last… Read more »

  • THROW AWAY YOUR KAYAKS!

    KAYAKS,  canoes, cagoules, waterproofs, brollies…they can all go into storage as summer’s here! This week end, many parts of the country enjoyed the sunniest and warmest week end since the brief warm spell back in May and it looks as though temperatures could soar this week into the dizzy high 20s celcius. This of course is… Read more »

  • ST ALBANS COMES TO CHALFONT

    SOLARIO RACING and Bowstridge Farm yesterday played host to two ladies from the St Albans Chamber of Commerce who enjoyed a morning’s private tour of the stables. Aarti Parmar, Director of Marketing and Communications at Bang & Olufsen of Harpenden and Sabra Swinson,  Director of Cerco Communications in St Albans were shown around personally by Martin… Read more »

  • ARACHNOPHOBIA RETURNS TO FORM

    ARACHNOPHOBIA, aka “The Spider” ran a a cracker yesterday at Wolverhampton when fourth, beaten a length. Twice a course winner, he has slipped down the weights since his last win which was at Dunstall Park back in March 2010.  Now six years of age, he doesn’t have the greatest of joints and these days his… Read more »

  • ONLY ONE SHARE AVAILABLE IN SAKHEE’S SECRET FILLY!

    THERE is only one 1/12 share available in our exciting 2yo filly by Sakhee’s Secret, Chiltern Secret after two more shares were sold this week. She has been catching the eye on the gallops and we are delighted that the Latimer Syndicate is nearly fully subscribed.  As well as existing owners taking a share, several… Read more »

  • SAKHEE’S SECRET WINNER NUMBER FIVE

    SAKHEE’S SECRET continued his good recent run as a first season sire with a runaway winner this week, courtesy of Arthur’s Secret. The John Quinn trained chestnut colt bolted up by eight lengths on its debut at Beverley on Tuesday over seven furlongs under jockey Michael O’Connell.  Interestingly, the ground was Good to Soft and… Read more »