A P McCoy drives home another Middleham Park winner (Hi Dancer) - he's ridden 9 winner for us in the last 2 seasons

• Regal Royal becones King as he digs in to deny Diamond's gem

Royal Dignitary made all under a fantastic front running ride from Adrian 'trot' Nicholls today (6/05/08) in the mile race at Southwell. Adrian and Digger served it up to their 7 opponents from flagfall including the 2/5 odds on favourite Yakimov, who had been having things his own way in his recent races. However, he had not come up against a dogged Digger before and odds on backers must have feared their fate with just over a furlong to go when Jamie Moriaty's mount came under the full treatment and was subsequently outbattled by the mighty Digger. Another win for Digger's loyal owners and we hope he can win again before the season is out. It is a particularly pleasing performance since Digger was nearly at death's door around Christmas time when he has taken for intensive care at the vets due to a bad case of ulcers.  It just shows how tough this lad is, too tough for Yakimov, that's for sure, who was well in with Digger at the weights.

• Thompson's rivals hit the wall

Under a great ride today (4/5/08) from Lee Enstone, Thompson's Walls won in impressive style on debut for us at Hamilton. Patrick recommended last year we purchase the horse, which is what we did. We gave him the winter off to strengthen and mature. Our patience seems to have been very much rewarded. He made all to fight off the well backed Kevin Ryan favourite in tough and tenacious fashion. Thompsons has already been schooled over hurdles and with a nice stout pedigree, we feel he will add to the numerous juvenile hurdle winners that Patrick seems to churn out every season. He is open to a good deal of improvement and we can't wait to see him race again.  There are a few shares still remaining in him but we expect them to go quite quickly. He is rated 82 on the Flat after all. Bourbon Highball, our other runner in the race, kept on really well despite being a little outclassed. He will serve us really well. I know his owners are delighted. He remains a maiden on the Flat but that won't be for much longer judged on today's perfomance.

• Alto set to hit new heights

Alto Vertigo was bought as a yearling by us at the sales for 2yo winners, Doncaster St Leger sales, to be a sharp 2yo. We got it wrong, because he just grew and grew and grew and couldn't be raced as a 2yo. We then thought because of his size, almost 17 hands, that he would make a NH horse.  Hence we ran him in a bumper first time as a 3yo. We got it wrong, he didnt stay the trip. So we brought him back to sprinting as his pedigree suggested being by AVERTI out of a mare by CHIEF SINGER. It worked. We'd got it right at last. His owners had been very patient and tolerant of us. Subsequently, he has won and been placed numerous times for us, giving his owners some great nights out. 6f and 7f is his trip.
So with full consent of his trainer Patrick Haslam and with unanimous agreement amongst owners we have decided to transfer Alto to the best trainer of  6f and 7f horses in the country; DAVID NICHOLLS. He will be ready to rumble again at the start of June 2008 and we will have plenty of great days with him this summer. He could even improve a good deal from his already very good hcp mark of 65 under the Dandy Nicholls regime.

A great horse to be involved with.

Shares £250 for 2.5%    £500 for 5%   £1000 for 10%

• Ivestar form looking stronger by the day

Ivestar ran an encouraging race in Ripon’s Cock of the North Handicap. The race was incredibly competitive, the favourite ‘Robby Bobby’ was being lined up for a crack at the Dante Stakes at York (Group1), but our horse Ivestar beat him by nearly 2 lengths.
The horse that came second ‘Albaqaa’ is clearly well ahead of the handicapper, and duly won on his next outing in a competitive handicap at Beverley. The winner ‘Cobo Bay’ headed for Sandown on the 25th April for a highly competitive handicap. He finished 3rd to two horses, who were both unbeaten in the last 2 runs.

• The Famous One shoots them down in flames

One of the old boys of our party, and former group winner Shot To Fame, got off the mark for the season at Lingfield today over 7f when given a great ride by Adrian Nicholls. He fought on in tenacious fashion up the straight to deny the front runners who had bowled along in their own time for the first 5.5f of the race. We gunned them down and then fought off one or two fast finishers also coming from off the pace. His victory is a well deserved one for his owners and we hope to go to Newcastle with him on Bank Holiday Monday 5th May 2008, where he could follow up.

• The Duke lives upto his TO REIGN billing

Although it sounds a bit blaze, Duke Of Touraine the 5/4 fav for the 2.35 at followed up last week's victory, today at Beverley in very much expected and quite impressive fashion. That makes two runs for us and two wins, to date. Waited with off the pace he quickened up nicely against the far rail to take the lead and keep on well in tenacious fashion. His win, against one or two well fancied rivals, takes our win tally for 2008 to 11. We think he will win again but given that he is probably worth a fair sum of money and that the plan with him was to be in, win and out, we may consider cashing in. We'll take Patrick's advice and go from there.

• Adele the key to our Turnkey

Today we saw the ride of the season so far, as our own Adele Rothery delivered Turnkey on the line at Pontefract to win the valuable Class 2 Handicap. Anyone who follows Turnkey will know that he loves to come into the race from off the pace, and today he produced a similar run to his winning performance of last year. Adele knows Turnkey inside out, and her riding style clearly suits our fellow. Many of the owners were there to share in the moment, and it was all worthwhile as we got the verdict in the photo finish. Turnkey beat some good horses today including recent Doncaster winner Stevie Gee. There are a few shares left available in Turnkey, and anyone who would like to get involved in him should act quickly to avoid disappointment.

• MPR 2yo's continue to impress

Camelot Communion and Asian Tale both ran great races on their racecourse debuts at Pontefract. Camelot Communion tracked the leader but couldn’t find enough in the closing stages to peg back the impressive leader. Asian Tale ran a very different race, he was off the pace turning for home, but found a turn of speed to close the gap on the leaders only to level off in the final 100 yards of the race. The winner of the race was described ‘class’ by her trainer, Richard Guest and thinks she will be hard to beat in the next month. There are shares available in these two horses who are sure to get their owners in the winner’s enclosure at some point this year.

• Fol Hollow unlucky on debut run

Fol put in yet another outstanding performance to finish 3rd in a very hot Newmarket handicap. Fol won the race on his side, only to be beat by two runners from the other group. Looking back at the Goodwood and Ripon wins we can be pretty sure as Dandy is, that if those horses were closer to him he would have found more to hold them off. Fol was carrying a lot more weight that his rivals yesterday and is clearly destined for Black Type races in the near future. Not only has Fol become a star performer for Middleham Park Racing but is also a star in the David Nicholls yard.

Anyone wishing to get into racing at the highest level should look to get involved now, before Fol has the black type win next to his name, as that will have a huge impact on his value.


Shares are available for
10 percent 10,000 then 189 per month
5 percent 5,000 then 109 per month
2.5 percent 2,500 then 59 per month

•The Duke is king for a day

Our most recent purchase acquisition, namely DUKE OF TOURAINE, who was only purchased 10 days ago duly obliged in fine style under a great ride from Patrck Donaghy(7). He was alway near the head of the field at Beverley yesterday (16th April 2008) and quickened clear in a short space of time at the distance to take the prize with some authority. He will be seen out very shortly and will make a lovely juvenile hurdler. He won't be a long term horse; one of these in, win and out horses that we find quite attractive on occasions. He bolsters our win record and we like to think confirms our abilty to purchase horses shrewdly.

•Rioja Ruby - Could be a little gem!

Rioja Ruby showed bags of promise to bag the lead on her debut run in the maiden stakes at Beverley. She travelled nicely for 3 furlongs and just got a bit unbalanced on the run in, to stay on for 3rd. The winner had already had a run, and improved on its previous second position to win the Beverley race. Rioja Ruby is sure to come on bundles for the race and will be fancied to win in her next couple of runs, perhaps on a flatter track.

Shares are now available in this horse for a one off fee

•Faraway ready to make a bang

Ripon in April brought about another excellent run from one of our 2yo's namely Faraway Sound. He travelled really well just off the pace and kept on in good style to be a highly promising 3rd on debut. Patrick says he has come out of the race really well and we should see him again in a couple of weeks' time. He was inexpensively bought and he is already punching above his weight. He will undoubtedly go on to better things. He is a winner waiting to happen and a few shares remain.

•Pleasing performance from Dhaular Dhar

We were thrilled to bits with Dhaular Dhar's debut for us at Newcastle. The race could not have panned out worse in running in that we were drawn on the wrong side and nearly put over the running rail when commencing our effort 3f out. Yet, there he was at the end staying on in eye-catching fashion to finish best of all, almost grabbing fourth on the line. He wouldn't have beaten the winner anyway, who had the run of the race, but Daniel Tudhope thinks he would certainly have been third and maybe even second. The handicapper may well drop him a pound or two now. He will be off a very attractive mark in his next engagement which could well be the THIRSK HUNT CUP in a few weeks' time. After that we will probably go to the big Chester meeting in May possibly have a tilt at the GROUP 3 DIOMED STAKES at Epsom no less on Derby Day. How exciting will that be for his owners ?!  Dhaular Dhar's owners may even get to see our very own RESPLENDENT LIGHT running in the day's Blue Ribband event, THE VODAFONE EPSOM DERBY no less

• Delighted with Dotty debut

Dotty's Brother was our second 2yo to race so far this season. He is a full brother to our very own Dotty's Daughter who won 2 races for us as a 2yo a couple of seasons ago.The new Dotty broke well enough and travelled very well just covered up off the pace. When asked to quicken he ran a bit green and jockey Royston Ffrench reported ''he got a bit unbalanced on the rain softened ground'' before staying on really nicely in the final furlong. He finished a close up 5th in this warm novice race. He will improve significantly and on better ground he will win races for us just as soon as the sun shine and dries up the going.

• There's Gold in them there Glasgee Hills

We would like to cordially welcome our latest trainer to the Middleham Park training ranks. Namely Jim Goldie. Jim really needs no introduction to anyone who follows racing at all closely. He has been Scotland's best Flat trainer, in our humble opinion,  for a good time now with lots of, and regular, big race winners. He has trained over 109 winners in the last 5 seasons including his best ever season in 2007 with 35 winners. His career is on a big upward curve. Now is the perfect time to join in the success story we believe. He has trained already household names such as Orientor, River Falcon, Geojimali, Ballyhurry, Blazing Heights, Regents Secret, Yorkshire Blue, Highland Warrior to name but a few.

We have secured two horses initially with Jim. DHAULAR DHAR and BELLA'S STORY. The former needs no introduction, the latter we hope will be a really exciting 2yo filly for the season ahead. See our available shares for details

• Doncaster breezes on to the horizon

Doncaster Breeze ups is fast approaching, and it is likely that we will be purchasing at least one 2yo from the breeze ups, with one of our flat trainers. Any MPR owner who would like to experience a day at the sales, should contact us so that arrangements can be made. Obviously this is the type of activity where we let our trainers take the reins, but the day is very informative in terms of the buying and selection process. Any members who would like to take a large percentage in the horses selected can be more involved including the naming process.

• Damage to the Sauna doesn't stop Collateral winning!
 
After David Allan couldn't sweat off the pounds needed to ride Collateral Damage, due to a broken sauna at Pontefract, Duran Fentiman was jocked onto our horse, and what a great job he did. A patient ride, holding an inside position saw Collateral get the run of the race, as things opened up for him on the turn at Ponterfract to sneak through and show a turn a pace which quickly put the race to bed. This was a very impressive performance by both horse, jockey and trainer and Collateral's patient owner's can enojoy their time on the winner's enclosure and the significant prize that comes with it. It will be interesting to see who get's the ride on our impressive winner next time out.

• Riguez rampant at Towcester

Riguez Dancer re Giles, Riguez strode away from his field up the Towcester hill to win by an eased down 10 lengths. He may well take in a flat race at Pontefract on Tuesday before raising his sights to a Listed Handicap hurdle at Aintree on Grand National Day. eturned to winning ways by putting in a faultless performance at Towcester on Sunday in the Juvenile Novice Hurdle. Under a confident ride from impressive claimer Felix d

• R Kelly turns back the hands of time

Although overlooked in the betting, old stalwart and steadily becoming a Wolves specialist, Blackheath rolled back the years to put the young pretenders firmly in their place with a very authoritative display on Saturday evening. He seems to like the night air and is dazzled by neither the floodlights nor the opposition. He continues to rise up the handicap ranks and may well have to go back to Wolves on Wednesday under a penalty where he will surely be very hard to beat with anything like a decent draw.

• Top UK National Hunt Trainer joins Top UK Syndicate
 
We have been in recent contact with Dan Skelton, assistant trainer to Paul Nicholls at Manor House Stables in Somerset. The Manor House Team are the leaders in their game, and alot of their success has been built on their purchasing methods. Stable stars such as Andreas, Armaturk, Artadi, Arturio, Big Bucks, Cerium, Chapoturgeon, Dear Villez, Five Dream, Forest Green, Free World, Gwanako, Hoo La Baloo, KAUTO STAR, L'Aventure, Le Duc, LE Passing, Le Volfoni and Predateur to name but a few were all bought out of French Stables.
 
We have asked the Manor House Team to purchase us a horse in the 40 - 60k bracket fron France in their forthcoming purchasing trips in May. Dan identified that selecting a horse that has started its career but with a good level of form already is the way to go for Middleham Park Racing, that way we are assured as far as we can be in racing that we will be on to a winner.
 
This is a new and exciting step for Middleham Park Racing, and anyone who is interested in purchasing a share in our horse with Paul Nicholls should contact us asap to reserve their share, as interest in this venture is expected to be high. Hopefully this time next year we will be preparing ourselves for a crack at one of the Cheltenham Festival's big prizes.

• Nick Williams Success too much for MPR to ignore
 
After winning another valuable graded race at the weekend, MPR had to move to get Nick Williams on board. Beshabar won the grade 3 EBF Sunderlands Novice Handicap Hurdle Final for the Williams yard to secure their 13th success of the season from only 67 runners. Nick Williams has a small yard in Devon, but his success has been anything other than small. This year he has a 19% winning strike rate, which most yards can only dream of. His place record is nothing short of spectacular with over half of his runners in 2008 collecting place money. MPR owners should look to the success stories of Philson Run who was purchased for 6,500 guineas in 2003 by the Williams yard and to date has collected £169,000 in prize money and is one of the leading contenders for this year's Grand National. Maljimar was purchased for £9,000 and won a graded hurdle race at cheltenham this year picking up over £30,000 in prize money.
 
Nick's plan for Middleham Park Racing is to purchase a horse at the forthcoming national hunt sales that will be unraced, as he did with Philson Run and more recently Diamond Harry (who won on his first racecourse appearance) and prepare it for a National Hunt campaign in the 2008/09 season. Nick hasn't got the capacity of a yard such as David Pipe or Paul Nicholls and subsequently wants to provide a high quality focused service dealing with horses rated 120+. Training fees will be in line with the other MPR trainers and MPR members who are interested in owning a horse with Nick Williams should contact Nick via this link or telephone Tim to discuss details.

• Middleham Open Morning Good Friday 21st March

As usual we'll be taking part in the Middleham Stables open morning at 9.30am on the morning of Good Friday 21st March. We'll be at Patrick Haslam's from 9.30am and then we'll be at Ann Duffield's from 1.00pm. Everyone welcome.

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•The dream is still alive

Resplendent Light, remains on course for the Epsom Derby in June following his impressive end of season victory at Pontefract. His trainer Willie Muir reports him in rude health at home. He has strengthened up a good deal over the winter. If he continues to progress in the right direction we should be aiming at a run in April followed by a possible tilt at one of the recognised Derby trials in May, then on course to Epsom in June if things have gone well. It is quite a privilege to have a horse held in such high esteem. His owners seem to be preparing themselves for some very exciting times ahead. The next forfeit stage is later in March and we will keep him in the Blue Riband of racing. A dream come true at Middleham Park, if he is able to line up in the Flat season's greatest race.

•Middleham Park Racing show faith in Chapman’s Protégée!

After their success in buying Kanisorn out of a seller, we have advised Ruth Carr to purchase another horse for MPR Owners. The horse oozes class and could well be Ruth’s stable star in year’s to come. RED CAPE has been purchased by Ruth on our behalf out of the Jane Chapple Hyam yard. RED CAPE will run as a 5yo this season, and has already established himself as a classy performer rated 89 on flat and 97 on the all weather. In recent years RED CAPE has been excelling on at Lingfield over 6 and 7 furlongs, the highlights including winning a 25k handicap and finishing placed in a listed event. This horse offers excellent value for money and we can look forward to plenty of days out as we target the valuable handicaps throughout the year. Lookout for regular updates on RED CAPE’s training and progress via our owner's area. See our available shares for details

• Riguez ruins some big reputations

Riguez Dancer, left a couple of Group1 Cheltenham entred horses in his wake when he scored in fine style in the Novice hurdle at Newcastle on Saturday. Relishing the faster underfoot conditions, Riguez travelled well through out and took command 2 out and great jump at the last allowed him to hold off Kalahari King, about who Ferdy Murphy said "I have no doubt that this horse is going to be top class over hurdles and is undoubtedly one of our most exciting prospects". Riguez can go on from this and he has become a really exciting dual pupose prospect.

• Helieorbea hot on the gallops

The 2yo colt has been showing up really well on the gallops this spring. Tim Easterby is delighted with his progress. He has been working upsides a nd Fergal Lynch has ridden him and he likes him a lot. He says he is a good mover who possesses a good deal of scope. Rest assured he has a heap of potential and so far so good. He looks like being a fairly early sort of colt who should give us some exciting times this 2008 Flat season

• Filly foal for Diali

Diali our broodmare, resident at Templeton Stud, has given birth to a filly foal by Danehill Dancer. The plan is for Diali to now be covered by Red Ransom, sire of several Group 1 winners.

• Open Morning at Dandy's

We'll be having an open morning at David Nicholls' Thirsk yard on the morning of Saturday 15th March. The timing is just after Cheltenham has finished and a week before the Lincoln meeting at Doncaster. We expect to see all our horses working including the six 2yo's we have in training with Dandy and his team. Everyone welcome.

• Blackheath chalks up the perfect dozen

After achieving win number 11 only a week ago, Blackheath moved on to win number 12 by dominating yet another field at Wolverhampton. Blackheath showed his early speed from box number 7, to sit up on the pace in the early stages of the race. Blackheath had put the race to bed 2 furlongs out and scored comfortably to take our win tally to 4 wins so far in 2008. What a fantastic horse he has been for his owners!

• Kanisorn already a star for MPR
 
Kanisorn has already ran four times for Middleham Park Racing since his purchase in January. After Ruth Carr bought Kanisorn out of a seller, he was given a handicap mark of 77, and missed the break in his first run in our colours, to finish a disappointing 9th. However since then Kanisorn has done nothing but impress in running a further 3 times at Southwell and each time galloping his heart out, only to find one too good each time. Kanisorn is an out and out galloper and is a great value horse for its owners. There are a few shares remaining in Kanisorn and is a surefire winner for anyone looking to get themselves in the winners enclosure in the near future. See our available shares for details

• Blackheath turns back the clock!
 
Blackheath put in his best performance for new trainer Scott Mason to chalk up his 11th victory of his career. Things didn't completely go his way as his was bustled back through the field on the turn, but as the race opened up for him, he powered through to score by 4 lengths. There have been thoughts of retirement for Blackheath but this run confirms the decision to keep him in training has been the correct one.

• Something unlucky in first Dubai run
 
Something went into the race not fully wound up by Dandy yet the bookmakers and punters chose to make him a 4/1 favourite in a competitive 95 - 110 handicap. Being drawn 7 of 10 was not ideal, and he did not break as alertly as some of the horses drawn inside him. Adrian bustled him along early to get a nice position but the outside draw meant he had to sit 4 length of the pace in the early stages of the race which was not ideal. Going into the bend, he was 4 deep but when asked, picked up nicely to close down the leaders. He progressed nicely through the field to put himself in a position to win the race, but the lack of fitness showed in the final furlong and a half as he levelled out. Our chances of picking up some place money were dashed further by the eventual 1-2 in the race who came down the outside only to hang in and hamper our horse, who had nowhere to go and was subesequently eased  down. On the whole the run was positive, and we would like to think that we've used up all our bad luck for the season in this run. Something will come on for the run and should be peaking around the Dubai World Cup night in March. 

 • Santera

We have been conscious over recent times that we are a little Summer orientated. To address this we have and still are increasing our number of NH horses. We have taken on board one or two AW types and we believe we have secured a versatile recruit in the form of SANTERA. She is a very tough type who stays well, comes to us in form and we believe can win small races for her owners in the coming months. We think a win or two on the Flat and over hurdles with her is distinctly possible until about May time, when we would look to move her on. She runs on Thursday at Wolves and we hope she can go well in that race

• Something installed as favourite on his Dubai debut
 
Middleham Park Racing are set to have their first runner in Dubai on Thursday, as our horse Something, looks to get off to a winning start in the Meydan Business Park Handicap over 6 1/2 furlongs. The vibes are positive for our horse as Adrian has chosen to ride Something rather than his stable star Machinist. The distance should suit Something as should the track as it suits front runners, and on his runs last year Something likes to be up with the pace. Dandy hasn't got Something fully wound up yet, and has recently described him as being 'woolly'. The Racing Post have installed us as the favourite for the race, though the race is very hard to call with little separating 6 - 7 of the runners and a lot will depend on how the track suits each of the runners. If Something does run well, it will help his chances of getting into the Golden Shaheen, which will be run on the 29th March with a prize pool of 2 million US dollars up for grabs. In the previous runnings of the race horses rated 104 + have made up the entries and as we are currently rated 104, a good performance should see him book his ticket in the race. 
 

 • Obe could be Gold for Us!
 
We have gone to a tried and tested route for our latest flat acquisition. The horse is Obe Gold who was purchased by our Dandy Nicholls at last year's horses in training sale at Newmarket Tattersalls.  Dandy has had great success with horses he has purchased out of Mick Channon's yard and like our own Turnkey, he was advised to purchase this horse by its former trainer.  To date Obe Gold has amassed over £337,000 in his career, he won the Redcar Trophy as a 2 year old and has some big handicap successes both in this country and in Dubai. He is a consistent 6/7 furlong performer who looks to go on any ground. He will be a very regular runner for us next year and if he can win early in the season he'll be aimed at the big sprint handicaps such as the Stewards Cup, the Wokingham and the Ayr Gold Cup, if not he should be on a good mark for the consolation races. Shares are available from £1000. See our available shares for details.

• MPR highly fashionable as another trainer asks to join our ranks
 
Richard Guest, the Grand National winning jockey, has become another trainer to join us in recent times. Richard is in the early stages of his training career, although has had some success to date with horses such as European Dream and Dzesmin. Richard has purchased an Elusive City colt for us out of the former Roger Charlton horse Winchcombe. Our horse is a forward type, and is being aimed at an early turf campaign from March onwards. This is another exciting step forward for MPR as we aim to eclipse last year's record breaking season. See our available shares for details.

 • Mr Haslam, Sheer Genius!!
 
After winning on his last outing at Kempton, Sheer Fantastic continued his winning run by putting in a never say die performance at Lingfield to get his nose in front of the well backed favourite. Our horse traveled sweetly in the early stages of the race but was nudged along down the back straight. The favourite looked to have got the jump on the field but the determined Sheer Fantastic showed his superior level of stamina by staying on to peg back the progressive Johnston horse and continue our great winning start to the year.

• Autumn Charm pipped on her way home

Autumn Charm did Middleham Park proud on her first run for her new owners. She traveled stylishly to the turn and looked like the winner from 3 furlongs out. The race was very competitive and she was closely rated with the other joint favourite on the weights, the eventual winner Home who just got the better of our runner in the final furlong to score by half a length. We were not the only one's to be impressed with our run, as our new acquisition was claimed by Lucinda Featherstone for 7,000 guineas. We were hoping to hang on to our horse, but will look to replace her in the near future.

• Chapman coup for Middleham Park Racing
 
We are pleased to announce that we have added another quality trainer to our ranks in the form of David Chapman. David has as much experience of the game of horse racing as anyone in the country. David is best known for his successes with the horse Quito, who he picked up for the mere sum of 3,500 guineas and went on to win 20 races with including 6 listed races. David's proven successes are with improving older horses who have moved on from previous trainers and we have done just that by purchasing two horses with David who we feel he can improve. The following two horses will run for us with David, in the hope he can improve our horses as he did with Quito and many of his stablemates.
 
Kanisorn
 
We were all very impressed by this foreign raider when he won at Southwell on the 8th of January. The race was not the strongest, but the fashion in which Kanisorn won in could not have been any more impressive as he won the 12 furlong event by 10 lengths with very little assistance required from the jockey. This victory was Kanisorn's 20th, yes 20th win in his career and we think we have finally found a replacement for Middleham Park's and Tim's favourite horse China Castle. Our horse will be aimed at an immediate all weather campaign, followed by a potential hurdling and chase career and should put up a winning sequence in handicaps, claimers and sellers. See our available shares for details.
 
 
Autumn Charm
 
Autumn Charm can be described as a what you see is what you get horse. This filly has already got her head in front twice at Southwell over 7 furlongs and has shown steady and consistent progress throughout the early stages of her career. Her most recent win coming in a claimer over the in form Jim Boyle's 67 rated Copperbottomed. This horse alongside Kanisorn should see the Middleham Park Racing Colours in the winners enclosure regularly through the coming months. See our available shares for details.

• One Too Good for the Prodigy
 
The ever consistent Park's Prodigy put in another impressive performance to come 2nd in a 14 furlong handicap at Southwell. Our horse hit the lead and galloped all but one of his rivals into the ground as he traveled sweetly throughout the early stages of the race. The Jane Chapple Hyam runner Legend Erry is performing substantially ahead of his handicap mark and went on to achieve his second win within the month. He was well supported before the off, and it was clear that somebody knew that another big run was expected. Park's Prodigy is a winner waiting to happen and it would be no surprise to see him in the winners enclosure very soon.

• Alto Vertigo continues to fly high

Alto Vertigo put in yet another commanding run at Wolverhampton and went onto win the 7furlong handicap on Friday. It didn’t take Alto long to reach the front of the pack under an authoritative ride from our ever impressing jockey Pat Donaghy. Pat pushed him from the gates to create a decent lead, where he stayed for the duration of the race. Alto Vertigo galloped his opponents into the ground and came home with a ¾ length lead over the field. This win gets us up and running for 200, as we aim to eclipse last year’s record winning year for a horse racing syndicate.

• Carmenero's turn will come

Carmenero's run at Lingfield was dictated by a very strong pace.  He sat just off the pace and when the button was pressed, picked off the two leaders in impressive style, only to be pipped on the line by the now 3 times Lingfield winner Reeling and Rocking. Our horse has been incredibly consistent, and again the bit of luck which you usually need to win has not fallen our way. The race was run at a very impressive time, and it won't be long before Carmenero's owners find themselves collecting the winners prize. There are a couple of shares available in Carmenero and is a perfect horse for anyone wanting a horse that is a surefire winner and a consistent runner and performer. See our available shares for details.

• New Ventures at Middleham Park

We are delighted to announce that we have entered into the pinhooking and breeding scenes. We have purchased a share in a Motivator foal which we hope to sell on as a yearling in 2008. If the horse sells well, then we'll be happy to trade and take the profit. If not we can race the horse and get plenty of fun out of him that way. We  have also bought a share in a mare that is in foal to Danehill Dancer. The plan is to get her in foal to Montjeu and go from there. If these type of projects are of interest to you, then it is an area we are looking to develop, so please do not hesitate to get in touch. See our breeding stock for details.

• Walls purchase set in stone

We have been very fortunate to purchase one of Patrick Haslam's star 2 year olds from this season, Thompsons Walls. This horse was sold for 40,000 guineas in April 2007, and we have secured him to run for us at a fraction of that cost. Thompsons Walls has raced 6 times as a 2 year old and having won on only his second race has achieved a rating of 83. We see Thompsons Walls as being at a very early stage in his career, and see this horse as a potential high class hurdler in the mould of Patrick's previous hurdling stars Yankeedoodledandy and King Revo.

• Mulling over options

We have been very lucky to secure a sensational yearling colt by Mull Of Kintyre for 48,000gns with Dandy Nicholls. He is for a pre order syndicate and he may make up into a Brocklesby type or at least we hope so. We are considering breezing him too and we'll make a final decision nearer the time as to our best way forward. He is a half brother to Dandy's BUACHAIL DONA no less who is verging on a listed performer and who Dandy feels has not stopped winning yet. Fingers crossed but he looks very exciting.

• Exciting start for Premier Venture
 
Our attention will turn to Flemington on Saturday, as Premier Venture looks to get off to a winning start in Australia. Our General Nediym Colt has done nothing but impress us with exciting trial runs and David Hayes our trainer has chosen a 1100 metre race carrying 75,000 Australian Dollars prize money as his starting point. The race should be televised in the early hours via attheraces and everyone at Middleham Park Racing will be very keen to see our colt get his nose in front.

• The Mighty Boosh!

The Mighty One lived up to his name with a commanding performance in the 6f Maiden at Wolverhampton on Thursday. He made all, traveling strongly throughout, kicking on in the home straight to win easing down. He has built on his promising debut 3rd, behind our own San Silvestro and we can look forward to an exciting winter with this progressive type. His win took our tally for the year to 35 in what's proving to be a phenomenal winning season for us.

• The hare becomes the king!

After looking not to stay in his previous run over hurdles, Strabinios King was diverted back to the all weather and a distance he is used to performing at and what a performance he put in. After a slow start Strabinios put his best hoof forward and picked up like a good thing to round the field and when the button was pressed he ran on past his rivals to win. He looked a tricky ride and was tending to hang in the home straight but this did not put off Gay Kelleway who claimed the horse after the race. Owners should not be disheartened as they have had a day in the winner's enclosure and as we know Patrick has been churning out winners and there are other prospects on Middleham Park's books which look like ideal replacements for Strabinios.

• Dizzy heights for Alto Vertigo
 
Alto Vertigo put in a most impressive performance at Wolverhampton to take the 0 - 55 handicap by an impressive 6 lengths. Our horse got to the lead and never saw a rival throughout the race, the performance was everything we could have hoped for,  and the 7lb claiming jockey Patrick Donaghy should be commended for his positive ride. Lets hope this is the start of a winning sequence for Alto as he makes his way through the ratings.

• Prodigious performance from the prodigy
 
Park's Prodigy followed up his recent win with a very impressive run at Sedgefield. He traveled on the bridle all the way around and just found one too good on the run up the Sedgefield hill. The winner is clearly a progressive horse and having won a listed race on the flat over 11 furlongs, it is understandable that his turn of pace was too much for the prodigy. Owners should not be disheartened by the run, as the winner is clearly worth a few bob and was receiving a 7lb allowance from our horse.

• Something for Nothing!!
 
After being incredibly lucky to secure the purchase of Something at the Tattersalls HIT sales, we have been dealt a second piece of good luck as he has been formally invited to take part in the Dubai Carnival meet in 2008 at Nad Al Sheba. This event is strictly invitation only, and sees the elite horses from many racing nations fight it out for the Sheikhs coffers. All transport and entry costs have been paid for by the organisers of the event, and with the prize pool of each race being approximately 50k plus, this is an opportunity of a lifetime.
 
Dandy says 'I sent 3 horses out to Dubai this year, and they all came back fitter for the experience with Tax Free building on his runs to win 4 races this season'.
 
Anyone looking to get involved in Something should look to purchase a share before the carnival, and arrangements can be made via Middleham Park Racing to watch Something run in Nad Al Sheba. 

• Park Valley Prince becomes King

Hats off to the Prince. He won his first race today under a great Paul Doe ride at Lingfield in the 7f handicap on the card. He was well backed and it always looked like the favourite would prevail. He quickened up in nice style early in the straight and ran on well to the line in the style of an improving performer. He has entries later in the week and could well be turned out again to defy his penalty. Well done to Willie Muir, his trainer, who has done very well to get him to win today despite several niggly injuries early in his career. Willie says that he as had horses like this improve significantly in the past. Park Valley Prince is still very lightly raced and should go on to much better things. There are still one or two shares available in him if you would like to be involved.

• Fantastic lives up to his name!
 
Sheer Fantastic won a competitive race at Kempton to secure his first win of his career on only his third outing.  What was impressive about the run was that our winner never got the run of the race and was caught out wide on the bend turning for home. This horse has a big future and should continue to run well on the all weather before a potential step up in distance over hurdles. The analysts at the racing post were particularly impressed and like us identify the horse as having scope and should progress and build on his 'ultimately comprehensive win'.

• The tortoise beats the hare

Strathaird wins in impressive fashion. At Wetherby on the 17th November it was a case of the old fable the Tortoise and the Hare. Off went Strabinios King in the opener, bidding to make virtually all under Barry Keniry. Unfortunately he tired in the home straight rather like the hare did in the story only for Strathaird (the tortoise) to come looming large on the outside to prevail under a very composed Warren Cafferty ride. We are sure Strathaird can win again for us. His win takes out tally for 2007 to 30 and takes us beyond our previous record of 29

• Lake Barrine puts in fine debut

We have always thought a little bit of him and it was no real surprise to see him run an excellent race on his bumper debut at Hereford to be second with us and the winner pulling a long long way clear of the 3rd and 4th placed horses. Lake Barrine gave the odds on favourite which cost 42,000gns at the recent Doncaster NH Sales quite a bit to think about until the winner asserted in the final 100yards. The fav was off the bridle turning for home. Charlie Poste who rode Lake Barrine suggests we may me able to turn the tables next time with the experience of this debut under our belt. Lake Barrine may have another bumper run but he is destined to give us some really good fun over hurdles and fences in seasons to come; he is still only a 4yo. He showed good speed on debut and should be fully effective at 2m and 2m4f over obstacles. The form of the bumper has a strong look to it, the winner was second to Group 2 Flat winner Turbo Lynn on its run prior to today's run and the third horse had been just touched off for second place when third on its only previous run.

• Super San Silvestro Serves it up

Sweeping from deep off the pace San Silvestro careered to the front on his racecourse debut today at Catterick Bridge in the opening 2yo maiden race, to hold on in tenacious fashion from the Mark Johnston trained Stagecoach Topaz with our own The Mighty One only half a length back in third. It had looked for much of the final 2 furlongs as if the pair would finish 1st and 2nd only for the Mark Johnston horse to split our two debutantes on the line. We believe both horses will improve significantly from this having learned a great deal each. San Silvestro may be put away until next season since he is quite a tall leggy sort who should fill out into his frame. The Mighty One may be dropped back to 6f next time; he was all over the winner at that trip today. This takes our winners tally to 29 for the year, matching our previous best. It just shows where you need to be if the thrill of owning a winner is your dream.

• Prodigy pops in at Newcastle

Park's Prodigy showed no ill effects from his recent wind operation to score in fine style in the Juvenile Hurdle at Newcastle on Thursday. Patrick had said we'd see a new horse next time he ran and so it proved to as he dispatched the field with ease. It wasn't the strongest of races, but we think he can go on and score again in juvenile company. His victory gave us our 28th winner of the year, just one short of last year's record of 29.

• Ann Duffield jumping for joy

Ann and George Duffield have been working very hard on our behalf to unearth a couple of really promising 3yo juvenile hurdling prospects for this winter. We asked her to buy us horses with proven ability who we can get racing and give their owners some really good fun over the Winter in Juvenile hurdles before reverting back to the Flat for next Summer. In recent weeks Ann has had FALCON'S FIRE win two juvenile hurdles in really impressive fashion. They think he could maybe be off to Cheltenham Festival. Ann also had FINLAND win at Haydock in impressive fashion and then follow up over fences at Newcastle..

Ann and George have managed to unearth two really exciting prospects for us from the Tattersalls Horses in Training sale JOSEPHINE MALINES and MURACO. Click on their names to go through to their web pages.

• Something for the weekend, Sir?

We have been exceptionally lucky to secure from the Terry MIlls yard the listed performer SOMETHING. He has this season finished 4th in The Wokingham at Royal Ascot, 3rd in The Bunbury Cup at Newmarket and 12th in The Stewards Cup at Goodwood. Definitely just a case of Dandy Nicholls (his new trainer) being in the right place at the right time at Tattersalls horses in training Sales. We think he is a £100,000 horse who we have managed to nick for 40,000gns, which with agent's fees and conversion of guineas to pounds comes in at around £45,000. He is just the sort of horse who can compete in all the top Saturday Handicaps in 2008 and beyond.

Dandy says -  'I think we can win the Wokingham with him '

• A deadly duo for Dandy

The final principal day of the yearling sales season brought us a real Dandy duo of colts. By Auction House and Observatory respectively, they were both very well bought and look like sharp early types. Both have been bought for pre order syndicates and they could well follow in the footsteps of Fol Hollow and Caught In Paradise who were both purchased at this sale last season for pre order Dandy syndicates. We wish their owners the very best of luck

• 6 of the best from nearby DBS

We have had a very productive day at Doncaster Bloodstock Yearling Sales on Thursday. We have been lucky enough to secure six new yearlings by REDBACK, MAKBUL, LUCKY STORY, FRAAM, FANTASTIC LIGHT and ZAHA. Most were bought for pre order syndicates and are to be split equally between David Nicholls and Patrick Haslam. One of the horses (the Fantastic Light filly) is available for syndication and shares can be found on our shares available page. We think we have done very well indeed today. None of them were expensive but they are all very sound and very trainable. Remember, we did the same at last year's sale and unearthed FOL HOLLOW no less. We discovered YANKEE BRAVO in similar fashion. Both are now worth six figure sums. Yankee Bravo has now been sold to continue his career in the USA. Let's hope any of the above yearlings turn out to be worth anything like either of those!!

• Resplendent full of promise at Ponty

Resplendent Light paid back some of his expensive price tag with a victory full of promise at Pontefract on Monday. Running in his first nursery, he made a mockery of his official rating as he raced up with the pace and stayed on strongly to win going away. He'll now be put away for the winter to strengthen up. We think he'll make up into classy middle distance colt next season. His win took our tally to 27 winners for the year. See his web page for share availability.

• Have a Bourbon on us!

Bourbon Highball proved to be an intoxicating proposition when Patrick told us the 2yo gelding was off to the sales at Doncaster. He advised us to go to the sales and bid on the horse which is exactly what we did. We were delighted to secure him and bring him home. He has been placed 3rd at YORK no less from only 4 starts. We think he is a surefire future winner. He has already earned a hcp rating of 63 and we believe he can improve significantly on this. He is probably best at 7f for now and may stay a distance of ground well enough to juvenile hurdle next Summer. After all, his dam did win over 1m4f during her racing career. See our available shares for details.

• Bahri filly goes to Bailey

We have acquired for a very small stake, 4,500gns in fact, a really attractive Bahri yearling filly to be trained in Newmarket by Alan Bailey. Alan has done so very well for us with the mighty GLENBUCK. He deserves our continued support. She has a super walk on her and is very elegant. She wont be an early sort but we are as sure as you can be that she will make the grade. She is from the family of COMMON GROUNDS.

• Daughter of Katrina set to make some waves

Our latest yearling acquisition is this superbly bred daughter of Alhaarth and the broodmare KATRINA. She is from the family of KITHANGA, MILAN and KAYHASI no less. We think she should make a big impact next Flat season for us and the Ann Duffield yard. She has been purchased for a pre order syndicate and we think she’ll be walking on sunshine by the end of her 3yo career.

• Happy to be a Bachelor Boy?

Ben Haslam has been at Tattersalls Sales all week unearthing this handsome individual for us. He has just purchased for 42,000gns a cracking individual. A colt by the Irish Guineas winner 2004 Bachelor Duke who we believe will be a regular 2yo runner in 2008 for us and the yard. Patrick has specifically asked if he can retain a 33% shareholding in the colt. Click here to check out his web page. This colt represents for us our only Haslam yearling in which there still remains shares available. We have three already and two more to purchase but they are for pre orders.

• New Medicean Colt is just what the doctor ordered

Tatts Part 1 catalogue has produced the last three Derby winners no less along with numerous other Group 1 winning animals. Only the very blue bloods of the racing yearling fraternity are accepted into the sale. So we have been very lucky to secure our final Ann Duffield yearling of the sale's season from this year's Part  1 book, a fine chestnut colt by Medicean. Ann has been inundated with people aghast at how she managed to steal the horse for a paltry 45,000gns, in their opinion. Ann says ' I still don't know how we managed to buy him for that price. We were convinced he would make double that figure, in which case we would not have been bringing him home' She goes on to say, he is a gorgeous horse who Cheveley Park Stud (who owned the mare) thought would make plenty of money. See our available shares for details.

• Quality fillies not elusive for Ann

Top bloodstock agent, Gill Richardson, has bought us a quality individual at the Goffs Million Sales in Ireland. She is a fantastic looking filly by first season sire and top 2yo Sprinter Elusive City. Her pedigree is packed with black type and she looks to have been very well bought. She will be trained by Ann Duffield. See our available shares for details

• Freedom flys in at Sedgefield

Freedom Flying broke her duck by landing the Selling Hurdle at Sedgefield on Tuesday. She appeared to run in snatches throughout the race but jumped well enough to keep her in contention. She looked beaten coming over the last as a couple of rivals swept by, but she put her head down to run on the snatch the lead in the last 50 yds. She was sold at the subsequent auction to Josh Saville Racing. She was our 26th winner of 2007.

• Ice Planet looks a cool acquisition

We have acquired the sprinter Ice Planet who will stay in training with Dandy Nicholls. Ice Planet is a 90 rated sprinter who has progressed throughout his career. He has won races such as the Great St Wilfred Stakes and been placed in the Skybet Dash and the Stan James Stakes. It will be more of the same for us. If you are looking for ownership that will aim for valuable prizes at the top courses then this could be the ideal horse for you. See our available shares for details.

• Prigsnov bounces in at Beverley

Prigsnov Dancer took advantage of a good draw to land a weak looking 5f selling handicap at Beverley on Wednesday. Under an enterprising ride from Lee Enstone, he went 3 lengths clear over 1 furlong and managed to stave off a late challenge to land the spoils. There was no bid for him at the subsequent auction and it will now be a lot harder to place him in that grade as will have to run with a penalty. His win took us to the 25 winner mark for the year and we look well on course for this to be a record season for us.

• NEW ACQUISITIONS - Doncaster Bloodstock Sales

We have enjoyed a very productive week at the Doncaster Sales. The market at the sales was very patchy. Some horses sold well and as ever, poor individuals with poor conformation did not. Throughout the week there was some disillusionment amongst those gathered at the sales. Quite a few would- be purchasers did not reappear for the latter part of the sale. Those, like us, who endured the marathon, we would like to think have been rewarded with some outstandingly shrew and inexpensive purchases. The same horses in a more consistent sale, we believe would have sold considerably better. We have purchased 4 horses this week. Three of them ‘to order’ namely lots 39, 62 and 109 for 6,500gns, 5,000gns and 9,000gns respectively. They are very decent individuals who should be very much 2yo runners. Some nice pedigrees amongst them too. They are by City On A Hill (full brother to a three time 2yo winner) Namid (a beautiful black filly from a decent family) and Redback (half sister to a dam who has foaled one winner from one runner). They will all race for a numerically small and already completed Patrick Haslam syndicate. We did succumb to an additional purchase over and above our intended order list. A beautiful and very scopey filly by the first season sire of the moment ACCLAMATION. She has a strong pedigree but we were amazed that she dropped our way for only 11,000gns with Gill Richardson buying on our behalf. We think she is worth more than double that. She moved like a dream around the lunge ring. She is already 75% fully syndicated so shares are likely to only be available for a short period of time in her. Ann Duffield will train. See our available shares for details

• Impressive Yankee scores on debut

Yankee Bravo put in an impressive performance to win by 6 lengths on his debut at Redcar on Thursday. The Ann Duffield trained colt had put in a sparkling racecourse gallop at the weekend and so it was no surprise when he took the race by the scruff of the neck 1 furlong out to score with plenty in hand. He's certainly one to follow and his win took our tally to 24 winners for the year. We weren't the only ones who were impressed judging by this Racing Post article

"Yankee Bravo, trained by Ann Duffield, made an impressive winning debut in the 5f maiden, scooting home by six lengths under Royston Ffrench, wearing the colours of Middleham Park Racing ,whose strong representation were spearheaded by Keith Dalgleish, the former northern jockey.

“Keith is working for us and is also our Middleham Park Racing representative,” explained Duffield, who bought Yankee Bravo at Newmarket's Breeze-Up Sales for 16,000gns from Jamie Railton.

“It's nice that Jamie was associated with this horse, because he rode quite a few jumping winners for me,” said the trainer, adding, “He's a a real laid-back horse, who just eats and sleeps, but everyone in the yard, including Keith, who has had anything to do with him, has liked him.”

Quote of the day
“He apparently recorded the fastest time at the Breeze-Ups, but I managed to buy him for 16,000gns, so I was left wondering which leg would fall off. Luckily, none did,” - Ann Duffield, recalling how she came to buy impressive debut winner Yankee Bravo earlier this year."

 

• Yearlings update

Most of our yearling syndicates are already fully subscribed with pre orders including all of the Dandy Nicholls syndicates following the success of Fol Hollow and all but one of the Patrick Haslam syndicates who has had a cracking season with his 2yo's . We think we will probably have around a dozen yearlings this time around. There are currently places remaining in just three of our yearling syndicates; the Tim Easterby Reset syndicate, the Ann Duffield Hawk Wing syndicate and a Patrick Haslam yearling syndicate which does not have a horse purchased for it as yet. We expect Patrick to purchase the horse from Tattersalls Newmarket Sales in October next month. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to secure one of the final places in any of these syndicates. See our available shares for details

• Tim Easterby Colt starts the yearling ball rolling

A fine colt by Australian Guineas winner Reset became our first yearling to be bought this year to be trained by Tim Easterby. When we asked him what he'd bought and he took us round to his sales box to show him, our decision was instant! We've tried to follow the model that has brought us success with Collateral Damage and Captain Dunne and we think that this colt is in the same mould. See our available shares for details

• Fabulous Fol scores again

Fol Hollow notched up the 3rd win of his 2yo career by taking the Sapper Conditions Stakes at Ripon on Tuesday. After impressive performances over 6f at the Goodwood and York festivals he dropped back down to 5 furlongs to make it 3 wins out of his last 4 runs. We'll be looking to place him to win again next time.

• Brave Bonjour Battles home

Bonjour Allure fulfilled the promise that she showed on her debut by winning the 7f maiden at Beverley on Wednesday. It looked a warm maiden on paper with several runners from big yards but Bonjour topped the lot under a stunning ride from Seb Sanders who put her head in front right on the line. There was a nervous wait for owners as the judge took what seemed like an age to come to his decision which was greeted by load cheers from delighted owners. She is a filly with immense potential who we are expecting to improve as a 3yo. She has a very bright future indeed.

• BBQ at Ann Duffield's

Ann and George Duffield will be a hosting a BBQ at Sun Hill Stables on SUNDAY 26TH AUGUST 11am. Entry will cost £7.50 per person and all proceeds will go to the Injured Jockeys Fund. All Owners are welcome.

• Great Day for Green Day

Green Day Packer, who has always promised so much at home, delivered on the racecourse in emphatic style at Sedgefield on Friday with a deserved win for his patient owners. Under a typical no nonsense AP McCoy ride, he took the race by the scruff of the neck and put in a bold front running performance and easily out-jumped and out-paced his rivals to score by an eased down 9 lengths. He can go on to win similar events under a penalty and give his owners a few more days in the sun. PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE IN THIS GAME!! He took our tally of winners to 21 for the year and we're well on the way to toppling last year's record haul of 29.

• Sheer Fantastic

We have recently acquired this big strapping individual, him having been cast off by Newsells Park Stud. We have had him gelded. We think he will take a bit of time to mature and will make up into a nice dual purpose 3 yo prospect for 2008. He has had just the one run to date and is open to any amount of improvement. We bought the horse on Patrick Haslam's recommendation. We have taken his previous advice in buying a 2yo cast off with horses such as Hi Dancer (7 subsequent wins), Nocatee (3 subsequent wins for us), Ever Special (3 subsequent wins for us), so why should this fellow be any different. A good fun horse who would very much suit the first time owner. See our available shares for details

• Strabinios to be King

we have just purchased the proven performer Strabinios King to stay in in the Patrick Haslam yard. We think there are small races still to be won with him; definitely on the Flat and maybe too over hurdles if he settles enough to stay over hurdles. He's a great fun horse to have on board. Definitely more wins to be had and a good horse for the first time owner to get involved with. See our available shares for details.

• Riguez and Lilac at the double

Riguez Dancer and Lilac Moon both lost their maiden tags by winning at Ripon and Carlisle respectively on Monday. Riguez fulfilled the potential he showed at Newcastle earlier in the season by taking by scoring in the 1m 4f handicap by a facile 3 1/2 lengths. He appreciated the step up in trip and finished strongly for an easy victory. He has the potential to win again on the flat and will be an exciting juvenile hurdle prospect this autumn. Lilac Moon was dropped in class into claiming company and justified favouritism to score by 2 lengths. She had to be scrubbed along but out stayed the field to break her duck. She has proved difficult to keep sound and Ann has done well to get this win out of her. She was claimed post race by E Vaughan for 10000 gns. The 2 wins took our tally for the year to 20 winners.

• Glory Be on the Sussex Downs

A famous victory for Fol Hollow at Glorious Goodwood at the weekend. Dandy does so well down at this meeting and he's done us proud with Fol Hollow's victory in the 20k nursery handicap on the final card of the week. Some achievement for a horse who only cost £2500. He must be worth around 50 times that now and he is still open to some improvement. He made all at a brisk pace under Trot Nicholls and held on well to repel the strong Mark Johnston trained challenge in the final furlong. Fol Hollow could still go on to better things.

• Sonic Boom Boom Boy

Sonic Anthem comfortably took the selling hurdle on the recent Uttoxeter evening meeting under the very adept handling of the Champion jockey A P McCoy. Some of our owners had flown into the country from Abu Dhabi to be in attendance at the Midlands course. In the race we allowed the horse to bowl along in front and he wore the opposition into the ground. Tony McCoy is a regular NH rider for us. He has ridden over 20  times for us in the last 2 years and has now won on 8 occasions. We felt the price of 11,000gns at the after race sale for Sonic was a very good price for this rather exposed performer. Tony had recommend we go to 8-10k to keep him. It took our winners total to 201 and we seem to be going from strength to strength at the moment. Not only do the numbers of winners and places we are experiencing seem to be increasing, so too do our the number of horses and owners that we have on board. The overall quality of our runners is increasing too. We have 8 entries for Glorious Goodwood this week and recently we had two third places at York on the famous John Smiths Cup day, including Collateral Damage who was third in the big race itself. We must must be doing something right.  We have regular daily runners, sometimes 3 or 4 runners in a day, so there is always something going on for our owners to get their teeth into.

• Jane Delights to take us to 200 winners

Jane's Delight took the 6f seller at Ripon on Saturday in atrocious ground conditions to take our winners tally to the 200 mark! She has had her training problems in her short career and so we let her go to Reg Bond for 12,800 gns in the post race auction. She was our 16th winner of the year so far.

• Adele turns the key

It looks like young apprentice Adele Rothery holds the key to Turnkey's fortunes. This highly rated gelding has shown us this season that he doesn't respond to forceful handling and so with Adele back on board he produced a stunning performance to win the feature race on the Pontefract card on Tuesday. Adele settled him in at the back and he was plum last turning for home. He then proceeded to pass the entire field with a blistering turn of pace and scored comfortably under a beautifully judged ride. He will look to follow up in the Scottish Stewards Cup at Hamilton on Friday with, of course, Adele on board. He was our 15th winner of the year and our 199th winner ever. We've got eight runners over the weekend, all vying to be our 200th winner.

• Fantastic Fol gets his head in front

Fol Hollow, the Dandy Nicholls trained 2yo colt, notched up his first win with a good performance in the 5f maiden at Musselburgh on Monday. He as been ultra consistent so far and he put in improved performance to win comfortably. 5f looks to be his trip and he should be seen to good effect in nurseries over the summer. He was our 14th winner of the year so far.

• It's hip hip hooray for Hi Dancer

Three cheers for the dominant dancer. Hi Dancer, a real bargain buy for us after he had raced 3 times and been unplaced three times in 2005 causing his then owner to wish to sell him, notched up a recent hat trick for us. His Saturday Redcar victory takes his win tally to 7 in the 18 months we have owned him. It is real testament to the training skills of Patrick Haslam, to coax improvement from horses as they develop with age and distance. Hi Dancer's versatility was demonstrated in abundance back on the Flat at Redcar at the weekend, following recent wins over hurdles. It also demonstrates our shrewd ability to purchase inexpensive horses that 'do the business'. We pride ourselves too on operating at the other end of the spectrum, with purchases such as Shot To Fame, Turnkey, Glenbuck, Collateral Damage and Royal Dignitary. His win was our 13th of the year to date.

• Dandy trio head overseas?

Royal Dignitary, Shot to Fame and Turnkey have all been entered for big handicaps at The Curragh, in Ireland on Irish Derby day. This is our first venture at running our horses abroad and they should provide owners with a great day out!

• Resplendent runs at Royal Ascot

Resplendent Light has been declared to run at Royal Ascot on Saturday in the Chesham Stakes. Aussie ace Kerrin McEvoy will take the ride on our exciting colt. Meanwhile, Turnkey was balloted out of the Wokingham Stakes so he'll head for Redcar on Friday as an alternative.

• Digger side steps regal action in favour of tilt at monster prize

• Coconut continues our great run

Coconut Queen has put in some promising runs whilst we've been finding out what her best trip is and she returned to the winner's enclosure when switched back to 7f at Carlisle on Monday. She has been missing the break in recent times so Ann decided to fit cheek pieces and they seemed to do the trick as she prevailed by a short head under a driving finish from Royston Ffrench. The first 2 finished clear of the rest, so she may well be able to follow up next time. She was Ann's first winner for us this year and we've now rattled up 12 winners for the year so far.

• Resplendent heads to Royal Ascot

Resplendent Light confirmed that he is progressing well when he was entered on Monday for the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot on Saturday. Willie has been pleased with his progress including a racecourse gallop at Lingfield and he will take his chance all being well between now and Saturday. With only 16 entries it looks like it will be a small but select field with Barry Hills' Feared In Flight looking to have the best form of those that have run. Turnkey's entry at Royal Ascot on Saturday in the Wokingham Stakes was confirmed at the 5 day stage on Monday, but it looks unlikely that he will get in the race as he needs over 20 horses higher in the weights to come out of the race at declaration time on Thursday.

• Six of the best from Hi

Hi Dancer gained the 6th win of his career with a comfortable win at Market Rasen on Friday. As noted in this column earlier in the month, he is a horse on the improve and one to keep on the right side of, and this proved to be the case as he scored under a canny ride from Warren Cafferty. Always traveling sweetly, Warren tracked is main rival AP McCoy throughout the race, producing him for an effort two out. Two good jumps later, the race was over giving us our 7th winner in the last 4 weeks and our 11th of the year so far. There is more to come from him.

• Caught in Paradise takes us to 10

It's was a one - two for MPR in the 5f 2yo claimer at Haydock on Thursday. Both Caught in Paradise and Prigsnov Dancer came into the race with similar levels of form and the two of them fought out a ding dong battle in the final furlong with Caught getting back up to beat Prigsnov by a neck. He went on to be claimed by Evan Williams after the race but Prigsnov lives to fight another day for us. His victory gave us our 3rd winner in 2 days and our 10th winner of the year so far.

• Carmenero and Digger deliver the double

Carmenero started off a great day for us by gaining a much deserved success in the 1 mile handicap at Lingfield. He is a extremely consistent performer but time and again he has met trouble in running or not had the run of the race. Today Martin Dwyer kept him clear of trouble to score by a comfortable 1 1/4 lengths landing a big gamble in the process with him being backed in from 14/1 to 11/2.

Royal Dignitary then followed up by winning the valuable £15,000 added Directors Cup at Ripon's evening meeting. The key to Digger is 1 mile on fast ground on a turning track and that's exactly what he had. Adrian Nicholls put in a well judged front running performance, kicking on at exactly the right time and the race never looked in doubt giving Digger his 7th win and taking his career prize money to over £100,000. The double gave us our 8th and 9th winners of the year to date.

• Captain in command at Haydock

Captain Dunne made a mockery of a hugh Brian Meehan gamble to comfortably take the 5f maiden a Haydock on Friday. The Brian Meehan trained I Don't Do Walkin was backed in from 11/1 to 7/2 jt favourite alongside Captain Dunne but the result never looked in doubt as Captain Dunne made all under a confident ride from David Allen. The Captain went 4 lengths clear entering the final furlong and was heavily eased to score by 1 3/4 lengths. He was our first 2yo winner this term and our 7th winner of the year so far.

• First entries go in for Royal Ascot

Turnkey, Royal Dignitary and Shot to Fame are all entered for big handicaps at Royal Ascot. Turnkey heads for the 6f Wokingham Stakes whilst Digger and Shot are in the 1 mile Royal Hunt Cup. Also Royal Ascot bound is 2yo Resplendent Light who will look to debut in the 7f listed Chesham Stakes after exciting Willie Muir in his work on the gallops. There are still some shares available in Resplendent Light for those who fancy donning the top hat and tails. See our available shares for details.

• Blackheath hits double figures

Blackheath notched up the 10th win of his career, by taking the 5f Claimer at Wolverhampton on Monday. Silvestre de Sousa used different tactics by allowing Blackheath to be given a lead and the change worked a treat, as he ran on off a strong pace to win going away. There will be more to from come in what could be his final year of racing. This was our 6th winner of the year so far.

• Handsome Hi hoses in

Hi Dancer was the comfortable winner of the 2 mile handicap hurdle at Wetherby on Thursday evening. Warren Cafferty gave him a supremely confident ride and dropped him out the back of the field as the leaders went off too quickly. He was still well adrift turning for home, but picked up the whole field in the home straight to score by an easy 3 lengths. He will go on from this and is one to keep on the right side of. His win gave us our 5th winner of the year.

• Yankee Doodle Dandy

We have just acquired a real speedball from the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Sales. Bought on our behalf by top bloodstock agent Gill Richardson, this American bred colt gave THE FASTEST BREEZE OF ALL 160 Lots in the Catalogue. He will be trained by Ann Duffield. See our available shares for details

• Marvelous Mischief overcomes the odds

Mr Mischief overcame the odds by landing the 1m4f Seller at Southwell on Tuesday. This was his second run after a year long lay off and he made mincemeat of poor opposition under a confident ride from Lee Enstone. His win was a testament to Patrick's training skills. He has proved very difficult to keep sound in the last 12 months so it was a surprise that Market Rasen based trainer Michael Chapman went as high as 15,200 gns to buy him at the subsequent auction. He has proved a grand servant, winning 7 races for us and we wish him well at his new home. His victory gave us our 4th win of the year.

• Glorious Glenbuck sinks Cecil Hotpot

Glenbuck put in a superb front running performance to turn over the well touted, Henry Cecil trained, odds on favourite to land the 7f Handicap at Yarmouth on Thursday. Having put in a career best performance when 3rd at Musselburgh last time out, he's is clearly on the upgrade and surpassed that to score by a comfortable 1 1/2 lengths breaking the 19 year old course record in the process. This was his 6th win for us and he will contest better class races from now on. His win gave us our 3rd winner of the year so far.

• We give The Master a royal welcome 

• Marlena to do Dietrich 

• Chevalier is another horse

• Four new 2yo's from the Breeze Up Sales

We've had a busy week at Doncaster Breeze Up Sales. We have bought 4 colts in total. A Mujadil colt and a Namid Colt to be trained by Patrick Haslam and a Fayruz colt and Namid colt to be trained by Ann Duffield. See our available shares for details

• Middleham Park Racing Open Day - Saturday 31st March

We will be having an open day on Saturday 31st March in Middleham. We will be starting at 9.30am at Patrick Haslam's followed by 11.00am at Ann Duffield's. Come along and see the 25 horses that we have in training with these 2 trainers, including the exciting new 2yo's and hurdling prospects. Afterwards some owners will make their way up to Newcastle, where we have 5 runners.

• Five go to Newcastle

Five of the seven entries for the first day of the turf season on Saturday at Newcastle have been declared to run. Fol Hollow and Caught in Paradise both take their chances in Brocklesby Stakes. (The first turf 2yo race of the season). Collateral Damage lines up in the Lincoln Handicap whilst Shot to Fame makes it into the Spring Mile consolation race. Riguez Dancer makes it 5 runners when he makes his turf debut in the 1m 2f maiden.

• King first up for the 2yo's

King of Dalyan will be our first 2yo runner of the year when he contests the first 2yo race of the season. Adrian Nicholls takes the ride. See our available shares for details.

• An Aperitif to whet the appetite?

We have bought Aperitif from the Dandy Nicholls yard at the Doncaster Lincoln Handicap Sales on Wednesday. He will stay in training with Dandy and we will be looking to exploit his current handicap mark. See our available shares for details.

• Super Sprint entry for Wildcat

Wildcat Island, our 2yo Statue of Liberty filly with Tim Easterby has been entered in the £135,000 Wetherby's Super Sprint at Newbury in July. She has been showing plenty of dash at home and could be be one of Tim's earliest 2yo's.

• Super Sylvestre's Sonic Boom

A superb ride from Sylvestre de Sousa gave Sonic Anthem victory in the 1 mile claimer at Southwell on Tuesday. Sonic, who has been notoriously difficult to settle, was tucked in at the back of the field and last turning from home. Sylvester managed to come from behind a wall of horses to get Sonic's head in front on the line. His win gave us our second winner in 2 days and our second winner of the year so far .

• Hi cruises to victory to notch 1st win of the year

Hi Dancer had the easiest of runs to score in the Juvenile Claiming Hurdle at Plumpton on Monday. AP McCoy took the mount and didn't have to move a muscle as Hi Dancer justified his odds of 1/5. He became our joint shortest ever priced winner (The other was our legendary 26 time winner Chinacastle) and gave us our 1st winner in 2007.

• MPR down under

This year we are having our first venture into overseas racing by purchasing a stunning chestnut colt by General Nediym. He will be trained in Australia by top trainer David Hayes. See his web page for details.

• Charlton has a Bobby Dazzler

• Rahy on course for Meehan return 

• Cheltenham Festival entries for Patrick duo

Impeccable Guest and Hi Dancer have been entered in the listed Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle on the Tuesday of the Cheltenham Festival meeting . Depending on entries and weights allocated it looks a more realistic target for Impeccable Guest than Hi Dancer at the moment.

• Three for the Lincoln

Collateral Damage, Royal Dignitary and Shot to Fame have all been entered in the William Hill Lincoln to be run this year on the straight mile at Newcastle. On current ratings Collateral Damage should squeeze into the race but it will be touch and go for the Dandy duo. If any of the 3 miss out they would get in the William Hill Spring Mile consolation race to be run on the same day at Newcastle in what promises to be an exciting first day of the 2007 Flat Turf season for us.

• £300,000 entry for Wildcat

Wildcat Island, our Statue of Liberty filly with Tim Easterby, has been entered for the £300,000 St Leger Yearling Stakes at Doncaster in September. Tim is really pleased with her progress at these early stages.

• Guest maintains her impeccable hurdles record

Impeccable Guest made it 2 wins from 2 over hurdles by winning the Juvenile Hurdle at Wetherby on Wednesday. She took advantage of a rival's fall and stayed on gamely in very testing conditions to beat the heavily backed favourite. Patrick was very pleased with her performance and her target will now be the Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March, depending on how the handicapper assesses her victories. She continued our good winning run to extend our record to 29 wins for the year.

• Merry Christmas and a Successful New Year

Tim and Mike would like to wish all our owners a Merry Christmas and a Successful New Year. Let's hope 2007 is another record breaking year for winners and we pick up a big prize or two on the way.

• We're on a Hi

Hi Dancer brought up our highest ever number of winners in year when giving us win number 28 by taking the Novice Handicap Hurdle at Hereford on Friday. He was given a well judged ride by Warren Cafferty, who has now given us 2 winners from 5 rides and looks to be great value for his 7lb claim. Hi Dancer has proved ultra consistent at the hurdling game, having finished in the top 3 on 6 of his 7 starts over the sticks. There will be more to come from him.

• Resplendent Light gets a Derby Entry

Resplendent Light, our 85,000gns Fantastic Light colt trained by Willie Muir has been entered for the 2008 Epsom Derby. Willie has been so impressed with the horse since he arrived from the sales that he said we should enter the exciting colt for Britain's Premier Classic. See our available shares to buy into this exciting prospect.

• Attila's on the move

We have purchased the 2yo gelding Attila's Peintre from Mrs Jacobs (owner of Kinnaird, Marrousies Wings, Linas Selection). He ran once as a 2yo and will stay in Patrick's yard to be trained for a dual purpose career in 2007. He's a perfect fun horse for next year. See our available shares for details.

• Impeccable hurdling debut for Guest

Impeccable Guest gained a much deserved win on her hurdling debut at Catterick on Wednesday. Having been placed 4 times on the flat, she showed a talent for the National Hunt game with a fluent hurdling display and showed her battling spirit to win going away. She can win again under both codes. Her win gave us our 27th winner of the year, equaling our best ever year. Just one more to go to beat that record!

• Ever the toast at Towcester

Ever Special made it 2 wins in a week when he took the selling hurdle at Towcester on Sunday. Barry Keniry had him at the front all the way as he made all for a comfortable win. That was his third win over hurdles (the last 2 in selling company) and he would have had to step up into more competitive handicap company, so we took the difficult decision to let him go at the subsequent auction. He was bought by Newcastle - Under - Lyme based trainer John Stipmson for 9,100 gns. He was our 26th winner of the year, one short of our record total of 27.

• Ever so Special at Leicester

Ever Special continued Patrick Haslam's good run of recent form, by winning the Selling Hurdle at Leicester on Monday. Under a confident ride from AP McCoy, the heavily backed favourite never looked in danger as he jumped well and made all to win eased down. He should follow up in this grade and has an entry at Towcester on Sunday. He was our 25th winner of the year so far.

• Bridget bolts in at Southwell

Bridget's Team scored in emphatic style on her handicap debut at Southwell on Friday. Having shown glimpses of promise on her previous starts, Patrick had the 2yo spot on for the drop back to 6f furlong. She broke well from the stalls and Dale Gibson made all for a comfortable win. She looked to have a bit in hand and should follow up.

• Group 3 Winner a welcome guest at Dandy's.

We have purchased Group 3 winner Guest Connections from the Mick Channon yard at the Tattersalls Horses In Training sales at Newmarket. He competed at the highest level as a 2yo when beaten by George Washington in the Group 1 Pheonix Stakes. He's still only a 3yo and he'll return to sprint distances under Dandy's guidance. See our available shares for details.