SPRING ROMANCE went down to Kempton Park yesterday morning for a racecourse gallop and he thoroughly enjoyed himself. It was a crisp but very cold winter morning at the Sunbury track with temperatures barely above freezing, so “Neville” and his galloping companion, the nine-year-old Lancelot Du Lac, did not hang around limbering up in the pre-parade… Read more »
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SIR PRIZE WINS BACK-TO-BACK AT KEMPTON
SIR PRIZE may have been a surprise winner at Kempton earlier this month when obliging at 20/1 but he was quite strongly fancied to double up at the track yesterday and he duly did so at 5/1. He was drawn wide when he first won and it was a similar story second time around, so again… Read more »
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SIR PRIZE MAKES IT THREE OUT OF TEN!
SIR PRIZE was the stable’s tenth runner of 2019 and he made it win number three, when winning at Kempton last night in a 1m4f handicap under Robert Winston. Having just his fifth career win, the 4yo son of 2006 Derby winner, Sir Percy, went off at 20/1, having been backed down from much bigger odds earlier in the day. Drawn 14, he was… Read more »
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SOLARIO RACING OWNERS CELEBRATE AT CHRISTMAS LUNCH
SOLARIO RACING OWNERS have had plenty to cheer about this year and they celebrated in style at the annual Owners’ Christmas Lunch yesterday. Spring Romance and Don’t Look Down owners gathered in force at the fabulous Sauté Grill & Meze Restaurant in St Albans to reminisce over the last year over a four course lunch as… Read more »
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GARSWOOD COLT HAS FIRST GALLOPS CANTER!
SOLARIO RACING’S Garswood yearling colt took another step forward today when having his first ever canter on the Harper Lodge Farm gallops and he relished his new surroundings. Since arriving at the yard, he has been broken in and spent time walking, trotting and cantering in the indoor school and in the outside canter ring. … Read more »
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VILLETTE AND BLAZE COMBINE FOR 38/1 KEMPTON DOUBLE
THE YARD has been in a rich vein of form this month and so it continued yesterday with a Kempton 38/1 double, courtesy of Villette and Blaze Of Hearts. The Sixties Icon 4yo filly, Villette, started the ball rolling when recording her third win at Kempton and her third victory in her last five outings. … Read more »
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GARSWOOD COLT BACKED AND RIDDEN AWAY
THE GARSWOOD colt was backed and ridden away today by stable apprentice Jack Duern and he behaved impeccably. Since he arrived at Harper Lodge Farm fifteen days ago, “Woody” as he is known in some quarters has been a dream to break in. Jack has been lunging him and and they seem to have struck up a… Read more »
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GARSWOOD COLT ON THE LUNGE
SOLARIO RACING’S new acquisition, an attractive, really good moving colt by second season sire Garswood, is progressing nicely at Harper Lodge Farm and is on the lunge each day after a spell on the horse walker. He arrived at Radlett ten days ago after being purchased by Solario Racing on the first day of Tattersalls Yearling Sale,… Read more »
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GARSWOOD X PACHANGA YEARLING SETTLED IN WELL
SOLARIO RACING’S new addition, a lovely yearling colt by Garswood out of Pachanga has settled in well at Harper Lodge Farm. Purchased at Tattersalls last Thursday from the October Yearling Sale Book Three, he was transported from Newmarket to Radlett last Friday morning. The bay colt is currently stabled next to a previous Solario Racing… Read more »
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LIVVY’S DREAM WINS SOLARIO SPONSORED RACE
LIVVY’S DREAM was the winner of the Solario Racing Personal Racehorse Syndication Handicap Stakes over a mile at Windsor today. Owned by International Plywood (Importers) Ltd, trained by Charlie Hills and ridden by Callum Shepherd, the 3yo daughter of Declaration Of War won by 1 3/4 lengths from the favourite, The Groove. Livvy’s Dream was… Read more »
