Olofi and Tell Massini had a trip away from the yard for a gallop this morning. We are delighted with the way they both worked.

Everything is going to plan at this stage and hopefully it will remain this way up until the Festival.

Truckers Hall has an entry for Sandown on Saturday in the EBF Novices' Handicap Hurdle Final over 2m4f.

He also has options for the Cheltenham Festival in the Neptune Investments Novices' Hurdle & The Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle.  

Noel and G Whizz are hoping to continue their winning ways at Didmarton Point-to-Point tomorrow in the 138cm pony race.

We have 3 runners declared for tomorrow. Sam Thomas rides Coeur De Fou and Regal Heights at Newbury. Alan O'Keeffe rides Ajzal at Kempton.

We have 2 runners at Doncaster tomorrow. Sam Thomas rides Je Ne Sais Plus and Soulard.

Congratulations to John Poole and his daughter Liz Fletcher. The owners and breeders of Overlaw who won very easily at Hereford today under Sam Thomas.

Cesium has been declared at Leicester tomorrow (Tuesday) in the 4:50 Handicap Chase over 2m4f. Sam Thomas is booked to ride.

We had a very good day at Chaddesley Corbet on Sunday.

Island Flyer won the Mens Open and qualified for the Aintree Foxhunters in April. It is very good to see him enjoying racing again.

Noel and G Whizz got their partnership off to a great start and won the 138cm pony race by 8 lengths.

We have 3 runners declared at Kempton tomorrow.

Nacarat teams up with A P McCoy in the Racing Post Chase hoping for the same result as last year!

Paddy Brennan rides Othermix in the Novices' Chase.

Jason Maguire rides Babe Heffron in the Handicap Chase.

Laura Day from Longcroft kindly paid for the staff to have a lovely meal out last night. 

We decided to go to Passage to India in Nailsworth as this suited our international members of staff!

River Ripples runs at Ludlow today in the 4:05 Conditional Jockeys Handicap Chase. Our conditional Ciaran McKee rides and claims 10 pounds.

Nacarat has been confirmed for The Racing Post Chase. He completed a good piece of work yesterday and is on target.

Unfortunately Sam Thomas won't be riding him due to a ban he recieved on the day. Tony McCoy will renew the partnership from last year. 

We have 4 horses declared for tomorrow.

Ciaran McKee rides Overlaw in the Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle at Southwell. The meeting is subject to an 8am inspection.

Sam Thomas rides The Darling Boy, Sambulando & Monsieur Cadou at Taunton.

We have 4 runners declared for tomorrow.

Sam Thomas rides Regal Heights, Majaales and Babe Heffron at Wincanton.

Charlie Huxley rides Secret Tune at Ascot.

Majaales has been declared at both Wincanton and Ascot. Wincanton is first preference however the meeting is subject to an 8am inspection.

Ciaran McKee is booked to ride Majaales at Ascot if Wincanton is victim to the snow!

Cesium ran very well at Leicester today and won by 9 lengths. The galloping track suited him alot more than his run at Huntingdon last week.

We have had another busy morning. Sam Thomas and Paddy Brennan came to Down Farm to ride work up the woodchip gallop before setting off to Leicester to ride Cesium and Bold Punt in the 2:10 Handicap Chase.

Bruce Johnston and Mr & Mrs Compton came to Down Farm earlier today to see Morenito in action on the gallops.

Morenito has recently joined the yard. He was formerly in training with Heather Dalton.

We have 3 horses declared for tomorrow. (Friday)

King Stanley and Tank Top both run in the 3:55 Handicap Chase over 3m6f at Bangor-On-Dee. Sam Thomas rides Tank Top & Tom Scudamore rides King Stanley.

Monsieur Cadou is declared to run at Kempton in the Novices' Handicap Hurdle. Tom O'Brien rides.

We have 4 runners declared at Ludlow tomorrow (Wednesday)

Sam Thomas is booked to ride The Darling Boy, Othermix, Soulard & Rappel D'Estruval.

The meeting is subject to an 8am inspection.

We have 5 runners declared for this weekend.

Tartak & Kilbeggan Blade both run at Doncaster on Saturday with Sam Thomas booked to ride.

At Wetherby Ollie Greenall rides Regal Heights and Paddy Brennan rides Escape Exit.

On Sunday Zanir and Sam Thomas will both make the trip up to Musselburgh. 

Sam Thomas schooled 4 horses here earlier this morning before setting off for Catterick. Othermix, Soulard, Tartak & Regal Heights schooled very well.

We have 6 runners declared at Catterick tomorrow (Friday)

Ciaran McKee rides River Ripples and takes off a valuable 10 pounds. Andrew Thornton rides Quick Fix. Sam Thomas rides Shake the Barley, Kilcrea Asla, Truckers Hall & Traffic Control.

Not surprisingly the meeting is subject to an 8am inspection!

Tartak is on target for the Blue Sqaure Handicap Chase at Doncaster this Saturday. He is very well and looking forward to dropping back in distance.

Bold Punt has been declared to run at Leicester tomorrow (Wednesday) in the 2:20 Handicap Chase. Sam Thomas is booked to ride him. The meeting is subject to an early morning inspection. Fingers crossed!

We have 4 runners declared for tomorrow. Sam Thomas rides Babe Heffron at Taunton. Jason Maguire rides The Darling Boy, Traffic Control & Quick Fix at Folkestone - Subject to a precautionary inspection at 7:30am.

We have 4 runners at Doncaster on Saturday. Sam Thomas rides Kilcrea Asla, Truckers Hall & Regal Heights. Timmy Murphy rides Soulard.

Secret Tune is declared for Cheltenham on Saturday. Our conditional Ciaran McKee is down to ride and take off a valuable 10 pounds.

We also have 2 runners at Hereford on Sunday. Sam Thomas rides both Babe Heffron and Monsieur Cadou

We have declared two runners for tomorrow.

Sam Thomas rides Majaales at Newbury & Tom O'Brien rides Milandale at Chepstow.

We deployed the frost covers on to the Wexford gallop yesterday during evening stables as temperatures were expected to drop to -5 overnight. 

True to Gloucestershire form they did but thankfully the covers enabled us to continue cantering as normal this morning.

We have had a busy morning on the woodchip gallop. Sam Thomas and Paddy Brennan have both been in to ride work.

Laura Day our stable sponsor came to Down Farm to watch Kilcrea Asla work in preparation for Doncaster on Saturday.

Island Flyer has returned to Sophie's yard to run in a Point-to-Point. He will then be aimed at the Grand Military Gold Cup at Sandown. Since he last ran for us he has been hunting with the Beaufort Hounds and has had a wind operation.

He is in fantastic condition so hopefully will return to his winning form soon!

We had a further 4 inches of snow on Wednesday morning which caused some disruption however we have managed to keep every one of the horses cantering. 

Hopefully we have seen the last of the snow!

Contrary to the Racing Post yesterday that suggested Tell Massini would have a prep race in 2 weeks time. This is untrue; we are building up his work to aim for either of his engagements at the Cheltenham Festival.

His owner Richard Cornock has been to Down Farm earlier this morning to watch him exercise.

Nacarat has a provisional entry for The Leopardstown Handicap Chase on Saturday.

No decision will be made on wether he runs or not until he has done some fast work on Wednesday.

The gallops are all back in working order.

The horses will be doing routine canters for the first part of the week, gradually leading to faster work on Wednesday when Sam and Paddy are in.

Next seasons juvenile hurdlers are wintering well and have grown nicely since the Summer.

They are by Sagacity, Lando, Diableneyev, Celtic Swing and Grape Tree Road.

Tartak has two early entries for Cheltenham Festival.

He is entered in the Queen Mother Champion Chase & The Ryanair Steeple Chase.

We have recently installed new drainage to the woodchip gallop.

Hopefully when the snow thaws we will see the benefits of all the hard work.

We had 5 inches of snow overnight! Everybody apart from for a couple managed to get to work this morning.

The horses are having an additional day of walking and trotting and are feeling very well.

Nacarat has come out of The King George very well and is currently away having his regular couple of weeks swimming.

Subsequently his next target will more than likely be The Racing Post Chase however, we will be keeping our eyes out for anything else.

Tell Massini has had a well earned break after his success at Cheltenham in December.

We have now resumed his training programme and will be prepared for The Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle Race at Cheltenham Festival - Ground permitting.

We have given all of the horses a break for the previous week.

They have been walking and trotting for the past couple of days and weather conditions permitting we should be able to start cantering again on Wednesday.