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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 »

  • 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 »

  • 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 »

  • SOLARIO RACING PURCHASES CRACKING COLT FOR £18,000

    SOLARIO RACING struck relatively early yesterday at Doncaster’s Premier Yearling Sales to purchase a cracking chestnut colt for £18,000 by second season stallion Thewayyouare. In superb, sunny hot South Yorkshire weather, yours truly looked at over 220 yearling colts from Sunday morning through to yesterday morning and came up with a short list of fine-looking… Read more »

  • RED COSSACK – ANOTHER SHARE SOLD!

      RED COSSACK, the exciting 2yo by Rebellion from the family of 1000 Guineas winner, Hatoof, is not only catching the proverbial pigeon on the gallops but also the eye of many a shrewd owner. Another share has been sold in this very good-moving chestnut who will either head to a 7f maiden at Kempton next week or Leicester the… Read more »

  • RED COSSACK WORKS WELL ON THE GRASS

    RED COSSACK went for an “away day” to Hughie Morrison’s stables at East Ilsley on Saturday to work on the grass. After an overnight shower, the ground was perfect and after a limbering canter on the all-weather, the 2yo son of Rebellion did a piece of work over 6f with 3yo Codebreaker and an unraced 2yo. Starting… Read more »

  • AMADIVA THRILLS SYNDICATE OWNERS

    AMADIVA is the new name for the 2yo Amadeus Wolf filly and she thrilled her syndicate owners on the gallops at her Naming Day yesterday. Dean Ivory, who took charge of the filly last month, has done a wonderful job with her.  As a yearling she was rather diminutive but during the last three months, she… Read more »

  • RED COSSACK EDGING CLOSER TO DEBUT!

    RED COSSACK, the 2yo by Rebellion in training with Paul Webber continues to impress and is getting ever closer to his racecourse debut. The horse worked nicely at Cropredy Lawn on the all-weather last Saturday with a horse rated in the mid-70s on the flat and went very easily.  According to his work rider, “he had a… Read more »