SOLARIO RACING held its Owners’ Christmas lunch yesterday at The Crown in Chalfont St Giles and with just a fortnight to Christmas, everyone was in fine festive mood. Proceedings began with a champagne reception and after a glass or two of bubbly, we made our way to the dining area for a three course lunch. While… Read more »
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GUNNING FOR GLORY WORKS NICELY AT KEMPTON
GUNNING FOR GLORY went to Kempton Park yesterday morning for a racecourse gallop and the son of Indesatchel worked well. He did a spin under jockey Martin Lane over a mile with older horse, Arachnophobia (Zac Baker). The Spider led the gallop initially and after a couple of furlongs the two joined up and stepped up… Read more »
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EDINBURGH OWNERS SHINE AT ECLIPSE SPORTS CHRISTMAS BASH
SOLARIO RACING’S furthest travelling owners, Edinburgh’s Phil Matthews, Ian Anderson and Gary Headspeath (Chiltern Secret) made the annual pilgrimage to London for the Eclipse Sports Promotions Legends’ Christmas Lunch and as ever, they didn’t let the side down! I have known the “Scottish boys” for some 13 years and they have been very enthusiastic supporters throughout… Read more »
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MARTIN LANE BOOKED FOR RACECOURSE GALLOP ON GUNNING FOR GLORY
GUNNING FOR GLORY has his first racecourse gallop this Friday at Kempton Park and Martin Lane has been booked to ride. The 2yo son of Indesatchel, owned by the Solario Racing (Amersham) partnership has done plenty of work in recent weeks but will benefit from a sharpener on the racecourse with a professional jockey on board. Martin… Read more »
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GUNNING FOR GLORY CLOSE TO DEBUT
GUNNING FOR GLORY, the 2yo son of Indesatchel is not far off making his racecourse appearance. Next week, the plan is to take him for a racecourse gallop at Kempton Park to sharpen him up ahead of his eagerly awaited debut. From the family of Group One winner, Hearts Of Fire, Gunning For Glory has… Read more »
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REBELLION COLT MOVING LIKE A DREAM!
BOTH yearlings are now being ridden regularly in the indoor school and on Saturday I went up to see the Rebellion colt going through his paces in front of a prospective owner. It’s always interesting looking at yearlings a couple of months after one’s bought them as even in that short space of time, they… Read more »
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GUNNING FOR GLORY SHARE RAISES £4,500 AT MARIE CURIE LUNCH
SOLARIO RACING donated a 1/12th share in Gunning For Glory for Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Autumn Lunch yesterday and it raised £4,500. The successful bidder was Ms Jackie Ingham, who a year ago was the successful bidder in a silent auction at the same lunch for a champagne tour of Bowstridge Farm combined with Solario… Read more »
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OWNERS BOWLED OVER BY CROPREDY LAWN
PAUL WEBBER is a very welcome addition to Solario Racing and yesterday, several owners went to see for themselves the fabulous training facilities at Cropredy Lawn. They were not surprisingly, very impressed. The plan was to get to Paul’s for third lot at 10.15 am, a very civilised time but as always, there’s always someone… Read more »
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AMADEUS WOLF FILLY BACKED
THE beautifully bred Amadeus Wolf filly was backed yesterday and all went very well. She has a lovely temperament which has stood her in good stead during the breaking-in process. Zac Baker (brother of jockey George) had the leg up on her and rode her on the lunge in the indoor school. Today, the first owner… Read more »
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GREYS HIT THE TARGET FOR BOSLEY AND WEBBER
BOTH Solario Racing’s trainers, Martin Bosley and Paul Webber were on the scoreboard last week, courtesy of two six-year-old greys, Topthorn at Ludlow on Thursday and Sixtysomething at Aintree yesterday. Martin Bosley had been on the dreaded cold list for some while but connections were confident of a good run from the 6yo Silver Patriarch… Read more »
