We have to start this update with some sad news following the death of Cobajay Island during his race at Ffos Las on the 31st May. He was a wonderful horse to his owners Lynn & Angus Maclennan and loved by everyone at the yard. He has won on his previous start at Kelso and…
With the 2017/18 now over we would like to thank all the owners, staff and everyone has who has helped throughout the season. We come away with 14 winners but with an unbelievable 21 seconds, how one or two of those going in would have been good!! It is a tally which leaves us a…
its been a busy start to March with horses seemingly hitting top gear and running well. It has been a hectic period with the Cheltenham Festival also been and gone, although we did not have any runners there it was a great weeks racing. We had runners else where during the week. 8th March- Two…
As I write this we have had two days of unbelievably cold weather and are currently getting hit with a lot of snow!! It just reminds us of what a great job all the team here do day in day out in all weathers and conditions. In other news this month was the retirement of regular…
The horses continue to run well following Cadeyrns win at Newcastle last week. Sheneededtherun headed up to Catterick looking to follow up on her Wetherby win. Only four runners contested this mares 3m1f handicap chase, 2 of them she had beaten at Wetherby. Ridden again by John Kington, dropped in last of the four for…
Caderyn gave us our second winner in January by winning the ‘Read Noel Fehily At 188Bet Novices Hurdle’,ridden by Tom Scu and owned by John & Judith Murray and Angus & Lynne Maclennan. Caderyn has won a point to point in Ireland, he won a good bumper at chepstow last season and had run very…
Zayfire Armis got 2018 going by winning at Leicester on the 11th. Ridden by Tom Scu and owned by Aramis Racing. This was the 9 year olds second win of his career. He is a great big horse who has taken a while to fill his frame, but the patience from his owners has paid…
Happy New Year to you all from everyone here at Eccleswall Court. It was a busy Christmas period for all the team here and a big thank you to them for all their hard work over the festive period. There have been some really good performances which have given us all a boost. Lady Marwah…
Corner Creek got December off to a good start when winning at Southwell(05.12.2017) ridden by Robbie Dunne. Owned by Mark Blandford this was corner creeks first win for us, Mark has had to be very patient with Corner Creek as he showed a lot of promise in his first run but minor set backs since…
It has been a slow start to the winter season here at Eccleswall Court. There have been some very good performances from the likes of Lady Marwah, Zayfire Aramis and an agonizing second from Justice Knight at Exeter. On the whole though the yard has just been a little quiet the dry weather really holding…