MICHAEL FISH will forever be remembered for his 1987 weather forecasting howler: “Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way… well, if you’re watching, don’t worry, there isn’t!” Er…there was! I think we can be fairly assured that forecasting over the last 26 years… Read more »
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YEARLING PARADE – SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER
IN case it had passed you by…the 2013 Solario Racing Yearling Parade is on Sunday 6 October, 10am – 1pm at Dean Ivory’s Harper Lodge Farm Stables, Radlett, Herts. Preparations have been well under way for some time and everything seems to be coming together nicely for what promises to be an enjoyable morning. The… Read more »
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NOTNOWIVORHEADACHE RUNS A CRACKER ON DEBUT
NOTNOWIVORHEADACHE, the 4yo filly by Notnowcato ran a wonderful race on her debut when second in what looked a fairly good bumper at Worcester on Friday. Owned by Attwood, Coggon, Edwards and Neville and trained by Paul Webber, the half-sister to multiple sprint winner, Klynch, runs in the colours of Solario Racing and was bought for the quarter… Read more »
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AMADIVA PREPARING FOR RACECOURSE DEBUT
AMADIVA, the beautifully bred Amadeus Wolf filly and a half-sister to seven winners has thrived since moving to Harper Lodge Farm and is gearing up for her racecourse debut next month. A relatively small yearling, she went through a growing spurt earlier in the year but she’s really started to fill out her frame during… Read more »
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THEWAYYOUARE YEARLING SHINES ON THE LUNGE
THEWAYYOUARE yearling bought at Doncaster’s Premier Yearling Sales last month has now been at Harper Lodge Farm nearly four weeks and he’s close to being backed and ridden away. At the moment, he’s doing plenty on the lunge and while this £18k February born youngster out of a Desert Prince mare has been a bit… Read more »
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FOSSA WIN MOVES IVORY EVER CLOSER TO RECORD SEASON
DEAN IVORY’S fantastic season took another step forward today with the win of the admirably consistent Fossa at Wolverhampton and the Radlett trainer is now just two wins short of a record year. The 3yo son of Dubai Destination is a model of consistency, having now won four of his last eight starts, all on the all-weather… Read more »
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YEARLING PARADE – SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER 2013
SOLARIO RACING will be hosting this year’s Yearling Parade at Dean Ivory’s Harper Lodge Farm Stables at Radlett, near St Albans, Hertfordshire on Sunday 6 October, 10am – 1pm. These are very exciting times for Solario Racing. Dean Ivory has had 11 winners since we moved the horses from Bowstridge Farm two months ago and… Read more »
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IVORY BANDWAGON ROLLS ON!
DEAN IVORY continued his superb recent run with another victory today at York, courtesy of Lancelot Du Lac. The 3yo Shamardal colt, who was the third leg of a stable treble two weeks ago when victorious at Newmarket, won the 0-95 3yo 6f handicap by half a length under Jim Crowley. The success was win… Read more »
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RED COSSACK CATCHES EYE ON DEBUT
RED COSSACK made his eagerly awaited debut on Tuesday at Leicester over 7f and was beaten just six lengths. Of the eight runners, the Paul Webber trained 2yo son of Rebellion was the only one never to have run before and one cannot over emphasise the importance of previous racecourse experience. He took the preliminaries well, although was a… Read more »
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SUPERB OWNERS’ DAY AT CROPREDY LAWN
CROPREDY LAWN staged its annual Owners’ Day yesterday and as the English summer continued into September, over 200 owners and potential owners enjoyed a fabulous parade of the Cropredy horses in training followed by drinks and a buffet lunch. The horses were paraded in clockwork fashion in the “pre-parade ring” in groups of eight and they… Read more »
