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Great to get our eleventh winner of the season at Bangor today courtesy of yard stalwart WAZOWSKI (our one eyed hero) and ridden by Theo Gillard. GRAY DAY was second ridden by Abbie McCain. So despite the torrid weather conditons we had a winner and every winner makes it a good day.  It was also nice to have sponsored the raceday giving us our first 'Donald McCain Raceday' at our local track...

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AWAY AT DAWN (BRIAN HUGHES) for MR G E FITZPATRICK Away At Dawn started the day off on a great note by making all in the first division of the novice hurdle at Bangor on Wednesday and like buses they kept on coming with Blakeney Point taking the second division and then Bannixtown Glory making it a hat trick at our local track. BLAKENEY POINT (BRIAN HUGHES) for TIM JOHNSON & GEORGE MAXWE...

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TOTALLY REJECTED (BRIAN HUGHES) for FOUR COUNTIES It felt like jumping was back properly with seven horses running at Cartmel on Sunday. What a great day with two winners courtesy of Totally Rejected and Federici. We also had two very promising seconds with Takingitallin finishing 2nd in her first run over fences and giving the winner 8lbs and Henry's Joy just getting touched off on the line fo...

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Navajo Pass after finishing 4th in The Triumph Hurdle 

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The season total is up to 62 but a fantastic run by Navajo Pass at Cheltenham yesterday to finish fourth in the Triumph Hurdle is really the icing on the cake. He is a horse we have had since a 2 year old and was bought with hurdling in mind. He is looking to have an exciting future.    

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After a few very near misses Knockrobin got the 50 up on the first day of the new year. Not only was it our 50th winner of the season but it was also Lorcan Murtagh's 50th winner of his career. It was a great start to the New Year all round!  

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It's been a great week here at Bankhouse with plenty of winners and the horses which haven't won have all run well. Yesterday topped it off with Minella Trump winning nicely under Brian Hughes at Sedgefield having his first run under rules. with a double at Bangor the day before courtesy of Chti Balko and Navajo Pass things are looking bright despite the weather!

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Same Circus given a great ride by Theo Gillard won at Aintree on Sunday bringing the season's total to 35. Although there has been mention by the press of being on 'the cold list' it has seemed a bit unfair as we have had several horses just touched off in the past week an example of whom is another game little mare Artichoke Heart.  The horses are all running well, everyone is working hard ...

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Prince Khurram deservedly got his head in front at Bangor today winning nicely under Lorcan Murtagh. Was great to see as he has run some lovely races without winning. Cousin Oscar finished 4th in the same race after being bumped about a bit. The others all ran really well with Takingitallin finishing 2nd under a big weight. The horses continue to run well and so far the tally for this season is 34...

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It was great to see Winding Roe get his head in front yesterday under Brian Hughes. He has been so close in all his runs for us so far and really deserved it. Morraman also ran well under Theo Gillard to finish second.

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  Beach Break (Brian Hughes) was our thirtieth winner of the season last night with Nefyn Bay running a great race to finish second. Winding Roe was also second and is showing lots of promise, it won't be long before he gets his head in front. The little legend that is Danceintothelight was retired after his run yesterday with 135 starts and 10 wins he has been an absolute star going out ...

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Navajo Pass battled hard to win at Carlisle yesterday doubling our flat tally for the season! He has always run good races and he deserved to win. He won't stay on the flat for long as his aim is to go hurdling in the not too distant future. Ridden by Graham Lee and owned by Mr Tim Leslie. It's promising to be a busy Bank Holiday weekend with plenty of entries and hopefully some more winners.

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Carry on was the first part of a great double at Bangor last night. The second was from See The Sea who was winning her third race on the bounce and proving what a game little mare she is. In the same race we had The Herd's Garden who was second and later on, Craig Star was also second. Fair to say the horses are in good form and long may it continue.

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Nayati gained his thrid win of the season at Perth on Saturday also bringing up a treble for Brian Hughes. We have a seriously busy evening at local track Bangor on Dee today. We're kicking off with Carry On (B Hughes) in the 5:40. Then we have both See The Sea (B Hughes) and The Herds Garden        (L Murtagh). Ofcourseiwill (B Hughes) runs in the 7:10 and then both Craig St...

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Not a very busy weekend with just two runners. Nayati is up at Perth to run in the handicap hurdle ridden by Brian Hughes and tomorrow we have Morraman running at Southwell again ridden by Brian. Fingers crossed for good runs all ready for a busy day/evening at Bangor on monday.

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First day of August and we already have a winner on the board with Graceland winning at Stratford today for owner Austin Whelan. This is her 3rd win out of her last four runs - what a lovely mare she is turing out to be. Tomorrow we hae a really busy day with 9 runners. At Bangor we have Perfectly Honest in the first, ridden by Brian Hughes having her first run over hurdles after a promising sta...

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Noah And The Ark brought the tally up to 23 winners for the season at Worcester last night. Artichoke Heart also ran a good race to finish second and hopefully it won't be long before she is a winner herself.  Today Leebellandsummerbee runs at Leicester and Ella McCain rides.

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Takingitallin won her third race this year at Uttoxeter and did it in fie style under a great front running ride by Will Kennedy for Gary Fitzpatrick. With Bannixtown Glory having won the day before 'Fame And Glory' NH mares are definitely enjoying the Cholmondeley air. 

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Was great to get our 20th winner of the season courtesy of Bannixtown Glory. She is a relatively recent purchase for Miss Charlotte McCracken and has already been 2nd and won in only two runs. She has an exciting future. 

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