A fantastic few weeks’ tour of Australia culminated in a last stop in Melbourne where we were able to visit yet another of Ciaron Maher’s excellent training facilities, this time at Ballarat (pictured). Having seen firsthand what goes on behind the scenes, we are even more excited with our Australian venture. Following on from Ballarat […]
A brief stop off at the Magic Millions sales complex on Thursday morning saw us double the size of our Australian team with Ciaron Maher. A fantastic colt by champion sire Snitzel out of stakes-winning mare Humma Humma from the highly regarded Antony Thompson’s Widden Farm, he really was a standout. Hopefully we’ll be back
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A quiet week at home with just the one unplaced runner at Wolverhampton last Saturday. A sole entry again this week with Giant entered at Lingfield on Friday. A great time for us to get away and we’ve headed ‘Down Under’ for a tour of Australia. First stop Sydney to see the New Year’s Eve
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Last week saw the close to our record breaking year at Sefton Lodge. 34 winners for Richard Spencer and the team at Sefton Lodge eclipsing a previous best of 32 but this time with an 18% strike rate, over half a million pounds in prize money and 2 stakes winners. On a personal note we
Lovesick got us off the mark for December at Wolverhampton on Monday last week under another fantastic ride from George Wood. A first owner-breeder success for Aidan Cunningham she managed to get her head in front at only the second time of asking and looks like she could be a decent prospect. Having also raced
As Christmas fast approaches it’s still business as usual for the team, and we have two runners today at Wolverhampton. First up is Lovesick making her second start in the 17:30, followed by Sex On Fire looking to maintain his unbeaten record on the all-weather in the 18:00 despite having to concede weight all around.
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No flat racing last week and apologies for the break from our weekly update. This week we head to Wolverhampton this evening with Lucky Man in the 8.00pm – down in grade we hope he can show some of his old sparkle and make the frame at decent odds. George Wood, who has recently requested
A magnificent performance and another perfect ride by George Wood (5 from 22) saw Sex On Fire get his head in front at Southwell last Wednesday and in doing so took the team at Sefton Lodge to 33 winners for the season. A superb bit of race planning by Richard Spencer stepping this previous course
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Life After Love, our first venture into Australia, took another major step forward in her development last week comfortably winning her trial at Warwick in a fast time. Bought at last years Magic Millions sale with Peter Trainor and Ciaron Maher our dream of meeting up with her on The Gold Coast in January remains
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Following a last minute change of jockey at Southwell last Thursday George ‘The Candyman’ Wood booted home Run Boy Run to take the feature race on the card in impressive style. In doing so we closed out October with another 20% strike rate – taking Richard Spencer and the team from Sefton Lodge to a
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