On the 8th of December, Welcome Ben made his debut over fences at Newcastle in the 2m4f Novice Chase. He learnt a lot and jumped well but unfortunately the course had taken a lot of rain and he wasn’t loving the ground so he subsequently pulled up. We hope to run him again soon. On the 14th of December, the team and four of the horses travelled to Musselburgh. Mo Rouge made a good effort in the 3 mile chase,…

On November 2nd we took Ballinvegga and Highland Peak to Mussellburgh Racecourse. Ballinvegga was running in his first steeplechase but unfortunately, his performance was a bit disappointing. He was jumping slowly and carefully and struggled to keep up . He was just warming to the task when he made a mistake which knocked the stuffing out of him a bit. He will have more schooling and hopefully he will be better suited to the task next time! Highland Peak ran…

The other excitement for this week is that the teams waterproof jackets have arrived! There is to be no more moaning about being cold and wet! Below we have the fabulous Meg and Iona modelling theirs yesterday – in the rain… A big thank you to our sponsor, RPD, Rapid Project Development Ltd for a fantastic collection of clothing, waterproof jackets and softshell gilets and jackets for wearing when racing.

This past Sunday (30th), the Jackie Stephen Racing Club had their first official meeting as a club at Conglass. Those who attended got to meet each other, watch the horse, Motion to Strike, being worked and then after some refreshments the clubs colours were picked by the lucky drawn member, John McAllister. Between everyone, they decided on black and red (please see pictured below). Motion to Strike is scheduled to run on Friday the 4th at Hexham Racecourse, everything going…

MAX DOES IT AGAIN!!!!!!! On Thursday 13th October we ran Amilliontimes at Carlisle and he ran another blinder to win his 4th race on the bounce. Under another well judged ride from Tony Kelly he picked them off one by one from the back and stayed on really well up the hill to win by a neck. He has been a star for us this year and deserves it as he tries his best all the time whether at the…