April 25 Edwardstone is 2-3 over fences at Sandown, so, despite all the talk being about El Fabiolo and Jonbon, punters might be advised to think twice before dismissing Barbury’s [...]
April 25 Brioni is a lovely three-year-old who could well have Royal Ascot potential, but we’ll be a lot wiser after he has carried topweight in what looks a competitive handicap at Sandown [...]
April 25 The fact that Dancing in Brazil is running at Huntingdon this evening is a miracle in itself as, having been gelded in January, James and Jean Potter’s five-year-old was [...]
April 21 While all the talk at Ayr on Saturday was justifiably about Willie Mullins, whose incredible four-timer virtually seals his first British trainers championship, we at Barbury were [...]
April 19 Ayr’s Scottish Grand National meeting is very much the main focus of Alan’s attention this week-end, but, besides the trio heading off to Ayr, we’ve also got a couple [...]
April 15 Grand National week started well for Barbury with Loughville, home-bred by the Glebe Farm Stud, relishing the testing ground when winning at Bath. Three seconds followed, which included [...]
April 11 Alan was hoping to be sending a fistful of fancied runners to Aintree over the next three days, but, while the sun was shining over Merseyside this morning and the forecast for the [...]
April 4 Brioni did everything we hoped he would when making it third time lucky at Kempton on Wednesday, and he looks an interesting horse for this season, with Alan taking the view that he might [...]
April 1, 2024 It will be another quiet week for Alan, but we have a couple of runners heading to Ludlow on Tuesday, and the more the ground dries out the better the chance of Royal Deeside in the [...]
March 28 Alan celebrated Good Friday 12 months ago with a winner in the All-Weather Marathon, courtesy of veteran Rainbow Dreamer, and, while the 11-year-old is heading to Newcastle to defend his [...]