Karina Casini with De Rasher Counter's dam Dedrunknmunky - who is in foalOf real local interest in Saturday's (November 30) running of the Ladbrokes Trophy at Newbury Racecourse, is seven year-old gelding De Rasher Counter. He is trained by Emma Lavelle at the Bonita Racing Yard in Ogbourne Maizey and owned by a partnership that includes Andrew Gemmell - owner of Paisley Park.
Anne Holland at the White Horse Bookshop for the launch of her bookHere's an ideal Christmas present for anyone interested in horses and racing: The Grand National - a Celebration of the World's Most Famous Horse Race by Anne Holland.
Nicky Henderson, Ok Corral with AP McCoy aboardAP McCoy was back in the saddle at Newbury Racecourse (Tuesday, November 19) to give Ok Corral - the current favourite for the Ladbrokes Trophy - a turn over Newbury's grass as part the racecourse's gallops morning ahead of the Ladbrokes Winter Carnival (29 & 30 November).
Sizing Tennessee - with Tom Scudamore aboard - winning the 2018 Ladbrokes TrophyA larger than expected number people entered our marlborough.news and marlboroughequestrian.news competition for five FREE pairs of tickets for the Ladbrokes Trophy day of Newbury Racecourse's Ladbrokes Winter Carnival. We now have five worthy winners drawn from a very large hat.
Paisley Park (with Barry Fenton - blue hat) & stablemate Hawk's Well (Aidan Coleman) galloping on Newbury's turfIt had been a particularly busy week, with runners at Huntingdon, Kempton, Exeter, Chepstow and Newbury, but that didn’t stop local racehorse trainer, Emma Lavelle opening her doors on Friday morning to residents from the three nearby Ogbourne villages for the annual locals’ yard visit.
Barry Geraghty & Champ level pegging with Matt Griffiths & Dashel Drasher With a name like Champ there is a lot to live up to, but the jumper named after Sir AP McCoy demonstrated he could go right to the top over fences with an impressive chasing debut at Newbury on Thursday (7 November 2019). He remains unbeaten at the course.
Melbourne Cup: Vow and Declare (orange quartered cap) wins over Master of Reality (white cap) - with Il Paradiso (blue cap) & British trained Prince of Arran (blue/red cap) (Photo Courtesy Racing PhotosMarlborough trainer Richard Hannon had said that the four-year-old colt Raymond Tusk "...is the ideal type of horse to run (and hopefully win) a Melbourne Cup as he's still reltively lightly raced."
Paisley Park with Barry FentonPaisley Park, the champion staying hurdler, will gallop before the racing at Newbury on Thursday (November 7) as part of his preparation for a planned return to action at the Ladbrokes Winter Carnival on Friday 29 and Saturday, 30 November.
