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Lossiemouth. The galloping grey mare. Lighting up Day One. Willie Mullins proving yet again that the moniker of “genius” sits well on his shoulders… Brighterdaysahead and The [...]

“All my troubles seemed so far away….” Spring sunshine. Birdsong. Skylarks rising…. Today. Entirely different. Standing on the cusp. Some might say the edge. “The [...]

From Riyadh… After an anxious few hours sitting on a Saudi Arabian runway, Harriet and Ben’s flight has just landed. Behind schedule – but so what in the bigger scheme… [...]

And Safe Home…. Hopefully… A bus headed away from the Quarantine Barns. Through the desert’s dark night to Riyadh. A flight home for Ben and Harriet. Home on Monday. [...]

Will hopefully go something like this…. A seamless route out of London to Heathrow Terminal 2… “Man, What’s Happening….??” United Airlines from Washington. [...]

To a later date… No real surprise that tonight and tomorrow’s Kings Cup meeting in Bahrain will not be taking place as planned… And hoping very much that we can get our team [...]

That effectively broke days ago… The BHA is without a leader. The “heavyweight” Lord Allen will not be throwing that weight around in racing’s ever muddier waters. That [...]

And headwinds….. Listening to news reports, switching from Al Jazeera to Sky, picking up Governmental advice, trying to keep everybody in the loop… A loop that swirls and meanders and [...]

Away on the far eastern horizon. An appropriate sky… Firstly, huge thanks for the many messages regarding our team of people and horses that are in Bahrain right now. Not quite what they [...]

Is, apparently, a good time to bury news…. Saturday’s bumper newspaper editions are already rolling out across the land. Words written and dispatched to all corners. Trucks and trains [...]