NEWS ARCHIVE

Week Beginning - 12.01.2009

Wednesday 14th January: Across the road  and a hundred yards or so from Red House Stables is Gainsborough Stables. Built in the 1980s and originally Oak Stables it was home to trainers Michael Albina and Olivier Douieb. When Monsieur Douieb returned to his native France, Maktoum al Maktoum  put the ill-fated Alex Scott in charge. After the latter's untimely demise, Ed Dunlop took up the reins. Sheikh Mohammed then took possession of the property when his elder brother died and at the end of 2008, Ed Dunlop relocated to the 'Bury Side' of Newmarket. So what of the remaining property? In its time it has housed some notable equine inmates including Cadeaux Genereux, Possessive Dancer, Lammtarra, Sheikh Albadou and more recently, the great Ouija Board.  Demolition began this week and what has been a familiar sight to anyone using the Hamilton Road for the last 30 plus years is being savagely obliterated.

Thursday 22nd January:

Lincoln weights are published. BIG NOISE sits about half way down the list with a weight of 8st 3lbs for the first leg of the Spring Double.

Monday 26th January:

We have a new boy to introduce. He's an extremely handsome block of an unbroken 3 year old colt by Mark of Esteem. He has been imported from the rural backwaters of Leicestershire and hails by the nickname George as he has St George's Day as his birthday.

Friday 30th January:

'George' has had a good week. Having lunged without incident for the first part of the week, the roller was duly applied on Thursday and we all survived to tell the tale. In fact, so confident were we today that we rollered him in the confines of his stable and not out in the relative safety of the lunge ring

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