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This winter has been one of the most testing winters I can remember for training horses across the country. We’ve seen extreme weather in New York with an enormously large amount of snowfall and an above average number of cold days. This is what winters used to be like, but in recent times we’ve not […]
2024 was a successful year for the barn, eclipsing prize money earned and number of wins more than any prior year. I am so pleased with the progress that our business is making as a whole and the performance that our team is putting out. Though it was a successful year for us, it was […]
Very sad to report more tragic news that’s come our way this year. John Attfield, who’s been our very able Assistant Trainer for the last two years alongside Axelle, sadly had a very sudden heart attack and died last month. John had been plagued by ill health throughout his life. He’d undergone some pretty severe […]
As a barn and a business, September is the return from Saratoga to bringing everyone back under one roof at Belmont Park. This is one of my favourite times of the year. I’m not a fan of having horses in two different locations when I can’t be in both places at once. Sadly, when we […]
During the Saratoga meet, I spend Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings on Long Island before I drive back to Saratoga in time for the races. With five days of racing per week, it’s important for trainers to be present. But with a division of horses at Belmont Park, it’s important that I’m with them as […]
Post Belmont Stakes we returned to conclude the summer meets at Aqueduct before moving up to Saratoga, where we’ve had a number of successes thus far. In these last few weeks of racing, it’s been great to see Magic Eight Ball finally get firm turf, two turns, and a lovely ride from Trevor McCarthy to […]
This year’s Kentucky Derby was a wonderful race. Mystik Dan probably winning more down to the phenomenal ride than being the best horse in the race with Forever Young and Sierra Leone getting wide late coming trips down the middle of the track to be beaten by a nostril. Thrilled though for Kenny McPeek and […]
March into April is always an exciting time of the year for the barn. We had a very good end to the Fair Grounds meet with Son of a Birch breaking through his A Other Than condition on March 24, having previously finished second twice there before. So it was good to go out with […]
The early part of this year saw the racing schedule rather interrupted by the rain at Fair Grounds. Having had a very good start to the meet down there and weather to go with it, we then had some interruptions with a number of runners: Summer in Adriane had to scratch out of two Stakes […]
I’ll be honest with you, 2023 is a year that won’t be very high on my list to remember. Not because it was bad but because it fell a bit short. Every year, I set targets for what I’d like to accomplish. We were well on our way to break purse earnings and winners until […]