€23,000 Yearling purchase Arab Moon wins 4th race of 2017
Arab Moon who I purchased from the Tattersalls Ireland Yearling sales for €23,000 won his 4th race of 2017 when winning the 0-85 12f handicap at Kempton last night under Silvestre de Sousa. The 3-year-old gelded son of Elnadim has been progressive all year and showed his love for the all-weather surface with a last-to-first victory winning by an eased-down […]
Class 3 Thirsk Summer Cup win for Moonlightnavigator
Breeze-up purchase Moonlightnavigator won his 6th race of his career on Saturday 5th August when dead-heating for the Class 3 Thirsk Summer Cup. The son of Henrythenavigator who I purchased from the Doncaster breeze-up sales has been a very tough and consistent performer winning at least once in each of his racing years. Always rated in the mid-high 80’s and […]
Listed 2nd for recent Arqana breeze-up purchase Model
Model who I purchased from the Arqana breeze-up sale in May has quickly shown what an exciting filly she is. Making her debut on the 1st July she won on debut over 7f at Doncaster where she travelled supremely into the race and showed good determination to see off a more experienced rival. Then on the 29th July Model went […]
Glorious Goodwood ‘double’ on day 1 of festival meeting
The prestigious Glorious Goodwood meeting is one of the highlights of the British racing calendar and I was delighted to have a double with winners purchased on day 1. The Sussex track is one of the most picturesque courses in the World and the quality of racing is of a very high standard similar to that of York’s Ebor meeting […]
17-length Class 3 win for National Hunt purchase Golden Birthday
I don’t get to purchase many National Hunt horses but love every chance I do and can boast a 100% winners to runners ratio to date. One of those purchases is the current progressive hurdler Golden Birthday who won a class 3 hurdle by no less than 17 lengths when winning on Monday 31st July. I purchased the son of […]
Group 3 placed performance from £5,000 yearling purchase Lady Macapa
Lady Macapa is the type of racehorse every owner dreams about. At the yearling sales she was led out unsold having failed to shine but both myself and brother William Knight had seen her at her breeders earlier in the year and liked her so quickly snapped her up at bargain basement level. And what a move it was as […]
£28,000 Class 2 handicap Won by €30,000 yearling purchase Ballard Down
Progressive gelding Ballard Down won his 3rd race from just 10 starts when winning the Class 2 handicap over 1 mile at Newmarket on Saturday 22nd July. The son of Champion Miler Canford Cliffs won £28,000 for the win and took his rating to 102 – not bad for a horse who cost just €30,000 as a yearling. Congratulations to […]
Well regarded Areen Faisal wins on first nursery start
Areen Faisal who I purchased from Goffs Orby Yearling sale won his first start in a nursery handicap over 6f. The son of Bahamian Bounty had previously run in some tough races including the Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot and made no mistake dropped in grade at Pontefract. A 2yo with some size and scope it is hoped he can […]
Great value fillies purchased from Tattersalls July Sale
The Tattersalls July sale is a mix of horses-in-training and mares/fillies and I managed to purchase 2 great value fillies on behalf of a client. The first purchase was Lot 198 a 3-year-old daughter of New Approach who I purchased for just 2,000gns. The filly is named Any Answers and is unraced to date and is a sister to 6 […]
101-rated Baydar purchased from July HIT sale
I was delighted to purchase Baydar from the Tattersalls July HIT Sale for 110,000gns and he will return to his current trainer Hugo Palmer but for a new owner. The entire son of Rock Of Gibraltar was very progressive in 2016 winning no less than 4 races on the trot including 2 x class 2 handicaps over 1m 2f. This […]