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Finding horses that can win valuable chases is renowned to be difficult and usually involves a bit of skill, a bit more luck and a lot of money.  So we consider ourselves very fortunate to have been at Horseheath on a very wet cold day in the spring of 2023 to spot the long distance […]

It’s been a tough year and we are all still grieving the loss of Mark in the Spring, but focusing on the horses has been a great panacea. They have been rewarding us for the attention they have received with some magnificent performances!  Last weekend (16th – 18th November) there were victories for both parts […]

My First Winner as a Fully-Fledged Trainer It seems like many hundreds of years ago that I rode my first winner at Hereford on a funny, old, bad tempered friend of mine called Assured. On 14th October 2024, Hereford was the scene of another heartwarming first, when we sent out our first winner since I […]

The 2019/2020 has been a frustrating one for us at the Old Manor Stables. The winter months were pleasant for ducks and big strong racehorses who can perform on bottomless ground but an absolute nightmare for the rest of us. We have always managed to get our horses to outperform their purchase prices by buying […]

Having very much enjoyed revisiting the point to point world with Carruthers at the end of his illustrious career, we decided that there was a definite place for separating a part of the back yard to dedicate to pointing. Since then we have had great success with Southfield Theatre. He has won no less than […]

We finished an up and down 2018 with a fine run from our stable star Coneygree in the King George.  He jumped and travelled with an enthusiasm that was a pleasure to see and Sean (Bowen) said that, although he had been done for a turn of foot turning out of the back straight, he […]

A little bit of time has passed since we finished the season with yet another thrilling, prestigious race victory in the Bet365 (previously known as the Whitbread) at Sandown.