Patrick Stephen

Sunny days and Perth

We hope you’ve all been enjoying the weather as much as we have, although Aberdeenshire seems to be going through a cooler patch, not that anyone is complaining! Its been busy as always here with horses in full swing. We had Highland Peak and Amilliontimes at Perth on Thursday. Highland Peak ran a superb race up front, jumping fantastically until unfortunately he was brought down at the last. A slight collision and a dramatic fall but nevertheless he seems to…

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A busy weekend – Perth and Hexham

This week we had 3 runners across the north. Motion To Strike ran on Saturday at Perth, he ran another great race and an exciting finish to be pipped at the post again and finish in 2nd. We then had Lovely Schtuff and Amilliontimes at Hexham on Sunday. Lovely Schtuff ran a good race to finish 4th, he will now go on holiday for a while to give him a break and allow him to race again fresh when the…

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quiet but productive

Its been a quiet June in terms of races for our lot. It should hopefully pick up again with a Perth on Saturday and Hexham Sunday. As we are so far from the real centre of racing down south we rely on Northern courses to have as many races to suit all types throughout the season. This can sometimes leave us with quieter patches but that doesn’t mean everyone isn’t working hard, all the horses are continuing to perform well…

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Refurbishing

As always a busy week at Jackie Stephen Racing. All horses are going well and enjoying the warmer climate that has hit Aberdeenshire. We made a start on the building of our 5 new boxes. They will be ready shortly after a lick of paint and some doors, very exciting! We have resurfaced the all weather gallops by adding more woodchip to help maintain them. We had the Ellon Rotary Club to visit on Saturday morning. A great morning of…

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A Scottish heatwave?!

A continuation of some fantastic weather here in Aberdeenshire, its not often Jackie can be seen riding out in a t-shirt but for the past few weeks a t-shirt or two have been seen! Some exciting new prospects purchased at the Goffs sales last week. We have two unnamed three year old geldings, one Mahler X Mighnight Special and one Mountain High X Upton Lodge. Both have settled in nicely and have started the breaking process. Then on the Thursday…

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A Scottish heatwave?!

A continuation of some fantastic weather here in Aberdeenshire, its not often Jackie can be seen riding out in a t-shirt but for the past few weeks a t-shirt or two have been seen! Some exciting new prospects purchased at the Goffs sales last week. We have two unnamed three year old geldings, one Mahler X Mighnight Special and one Mountain High X Upton Lodge. Both have settled in nicely and have started the breaking process. Then on the Thursday…

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Perth

A busy week last week with 3 runners at Perth on Wednesday evening and 2 at Ladies day on the Thursday. On Wednesday we had Motion To Strike, Ballinvegga and Highland Peak. Motion To Strike ran a great race and in an exciting finish, he was 2nd but a very short distance. A great buzz with a few members of the Jackie Stephen Racing Club there to watch. Ballinvegga was returning to the racecourse after a lengthy period of time…

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The Ups and Downs

This week Jackie and Patrick took a trip to Somerset to visit younger daughter Lucy, who is working at Phillip Hobbs. She was riding her horse, LadyVie, in a 4m point-to-point on Saturday. They had a good, safe round with some good jumping but 4miles was a little too far so the pair ended up finishing 5th. Nevertheless a happy and safe ride that will help them both progress. Unfortunately, yesterday we lost Mick’s Wish at Ayr. He was running…

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Perth Opening Festival

This week we had runners at Perth on Wednesday and Friday. On Wednesday we had Lovely Schtuff in the 2m4f, he had to make the running and jumped great to finish in a pleasing 3rd place. He benefitted from being in the first race due to the fresh ground, however it was much softer than advertised and rode quite deep. On Friday we then had Midnight Kate in the Mares 2m novice hurdle race. She ran up with the pace,…

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Perth, upcoming sales and photos

This week has been revolved around the string of runners we have entered for the 3 days of Perth on 25th, 26th and 27th April. We are hoping for some nice weather to continue to dry out the ground a little. Majority of our entries have been made for Friday but we do have Lovely Schtuff declared for Wednesday. Jackie is still progressing with her flat license so if anyone is interested in having a flat horse with us please…

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