Posts By: Simon Double

  • SOLARIO RACING NINE YEARS ON AND ON THE UP!

    Posted by Simon Double & filed under Uncategorized.

    SOLARIO RACING is today celebrating nine years since it was formally founded back in 2010 and the company is in the best shape it has ever been, both in terms of quality of horses under its umbrella and the number of new owners coming on board. A lot has happened during those nine years including… Read more »

  • FRANKIE EYE-CATCHING BOOKING FOR STAKE ACCLAIM

    Posted by Simon Double & filed under Owners Area.

    FRANKIE DETTORI has been booked to ride Stake Acclaim today in a Listed race over 6f at Lingfield today (3.15pm). The 7yo son of Shamardal was due to run at Doncaster last Saturday in a Listed contest but the meeting was abandoned and so he runs today on the all-weather.  While the horses’ previous four runs… Read more »

  • TRIPLE TURF WINNER YIMOU INTERESTING ON ALL-WEATHER

    Posted by Simon Double & filed under Owners Area.

    YIMOU is one of two stable runners at Wolverhampton tonight and he looks interesting running on the all-weather over 5f  having won three times on the turf this season over six. He is one of nine runners in the 0-95 handicap for 3yos and upwards (6.55pm) and the son of Kodiac has been well supported… Read more »

  • VILLETTE BACK FOR REPEAT VICTORY AT NEWMARKET

    Posted by Simon Double & filed under Owners Area.

    VILLETTE is the only stable runner today when lining up in the 1.30 at Newmarket today, a 1m2f handicap, a race she won last year and the 5yo bids for a repeat off a 2lb higher mark under Joey Haynes. She ran better than the bare form of her fourth of five would suggest last time out at Nottingham… Read more »

  • BADENSCOTH HAS SOUND EACH-WAY CHANCE AT HQ

    Posted by Simon Double & filed under Owners Area.

    BADENSCOTH, who ran a fine fourth last time out at York, following his promising run in the Cambridgeshire, returns to Newmarket today for a 1m2f handicap at 2.15pm and he has a solid each-way chance at around 8/1. Winner of four races this term, including on the soft at Sandown, this progressive son of Foxwedge… Read more »

  • TANGRAMM AND CLASSIC STAR THE PICK OF SEXTET

    Posted by Simon Double & filed under Owners Area.

    DEAN runs six today and Tangramm (12.50 Lingfield) and Classic Star (5.10 Kempton) look the pick of the sextet. The first runner, Tangramm has a good each-way chance at 14/1 under Ryan Tate in  1 1m2f handicap while stable apprentice Luke Bacon has each-way claims on Classic Star at around 9/2  in a 7f handicap in… Read more »

  • FLASHY FLYER BIG OUTSIDER ON HANDICAP DEBUT

    Posted by Simon Double & filed under Owners Area.

    FLASHY FLYER is as big as 66/1 for her handicap debut at Kempton this evening in a 7f nursery, due off at 5.30pm. The 2yo daughter of Helmet has not shown a great deal in three novice races in the spring over five and six furlongs and consequently is lowly rated on 49.  Her last… Read more »

  • FANTASTIC FLYER EACH-WAY CLAIMS AT CHELMSFORD

    Posted by Simon Double & filed under Owners Area.

    FANTASTIC FLYER is one of two stable runners today at Chelmsford and despite coming fifth at Kempton last time out, she is not without a chance today in a 6f handicap at Chelmsford (7pm). She was only beaten a length and a quarter at Kempton last time and this dual course winner, once over distance,… Read more »

  • FIRST QUARTER SHARE SOLD IN WOOTTON BASSETT FILLY!

    Posted by Simon Double & filed under Uncategorized.

    THE lovely, strong yearling filly by Wootton Bassett was only purchased a week ago and already the first quarter share has been sold! The new owners came up to see the set-up at Harper Lodge Farm during the summer but there were no shares available but they liked what they saw and remained in touch.  Yesterday, they… Read more »