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Coneygree has given us one of the great rollercoaster rides of highs and lows during his career. From the Gold Cup win on that fabulous day in 2015 to nail biting hours waiting for him to come through surgery, we’ve had it all, and this season has been no different.

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The ride on the Coneygree rollercoaster continues and we were all delighted that he had responded dramatically well to his most recent wind operation. However, returning from one of the best pieces of work that he has done since he won the Gold Cup, we found he was lame. This was desperately disappointing but his […]

Coneygree, or Max as he is known at home, proved at Punchestown in April 2017 that he is still, despite his advancing years and fractures in three legs, arguably the best staying chaser in Britain and Ireland. With everything against him, he approached the second last going much better than Sizing John and Djakadam. Then […]

Recently, Mark and I took a trip to the Goffs Land Rover Sale in Naas in search of some new superstars! We were thrilled to come away with a number of horses that we already have extremely high hopes for. An athletic chestnut by Hurricane Run Buoyed with enthusiasm from the magnificent comeback run of […]

Last December’s news that Max (Coneygree) had sustained a stress fracture to his near fore, which was the only leg that had not given us any problems previously, was devastating when we were all looking forward to a good run in the King George. As always, he was not lame for long, but my worst […]

Although slightly frustrated by the lack of rain, Coneygree has been galloping and schooling on our new Andrews Bowen Soundtrack all weather gallop, and we are delighted with his progress. Both Nico (de Boinville) and I agree that he feels every bit as good, if not a little bit better than ever and the excitement of getting back on the track is mounting in the yard!

We are excited about the new season for all of our young horses, some of whom had an educational run at the end of last season.  Jaisalmer ran a very encouraging race at Warwick finishing sixth in a very competitive bumper. Bloody Nose also ran his first race at Warwick and Plantagenet experienced the race […]

We have recently added a new crop of youngsters to the Yard and we are excited to be working with them and to see what they will be capable of as they start their careers. We recently bought two unbroken three year olds at Doncaster sales; a lovely filly out of the listed winning mare […]

The new season beckons, and the anticipation is unbearable as we prepare our old stars for comeback heroics. As if that wasn’t exciting enough, we also have some of the youngsters who are about to start their careers (more on that in the next blog post). Our beloved Coneygree (Max) has made an excellent recovery […]