SARACE BEAU (Nicky Richards)

“The first is a lovely young horse from Nicky Richards called Saracen Beau who ran very well in a bumper at Ayr last season. He was a little green, a little weak and a little late, but he did very well ended up finishing third behind a lovely Lucinda Russell horse called Kingston James who came out and won his novice hurdle at Hexham the other day very well. And the second horse was a Stuart Crawford horse (Step Out) who won. a novice hurdler and was placed handicaps I trained Saracen Bull at Nicky’s last week, he jumps very well and has strengthened well. He is a very good horse and I can see him winning the novice hurdles. This year.

NAB WOOD (Nicky Richards)

“The second is another of Nicky’s horses, Nab Wood. It took him a while to get used to the hurdles, but at the end of last season he won two very good races at Kelso. He won a novice hurdler by 12 lengths, again beating a Lucinda horse called Choose a Copper, who won his novice race the other day. And then he came back and won a handicap very well a few weeks later. has strengthened a lot, he is very skilled in his hurdles, so I think he will stay there for the start of the season, but he could be destined for the big three mile hurdles on soft ground.

FAMOUS BRIDGE (Nicky Richards)

“Obviously he was the standard bearer for me and Nicky last year and for me. He won two good races at Haydock – the Tommy Whittle and the Grand National Trial – and he ran very well at the Cheltenham Festival in the Ultima Handicap behind a very good horse from Kim Bailey, Chianti Classico, I think he will start at Kelso and aim for the Grand National, but he will be a nice horse to follow, and, if we finish at Aintree , I hope we have a little rain because the looser the ground, the better for him.

LAWRENNY (Jennie Candlish)

“Lawrenny ran three bumpers last year and he got better each time, winning on his last start at Newcastle beating a lovely horse from Mick Easterby called Fiery Dawn and one from Mark Walford called Battle Born Lad , two horses talking that day And Battle Born Lad went out and won a novice hurdle the other day I can see Lawrenny winning a few novice hurdles on soft ground over distances from two and a half to three miles. . He has strengthened a lot, he is very tough and a real horse, and I think he will improve a lot compared to last year.

MELLIFIC (Lizzie Quinlan)

“The last horse is a mare called Mellificent that the owner kindly sent us from Jonjo O’Neill. She was second in a bumper in Ireland behind a good Willie Mullins horse called Hunters Yarn and then the owner bought her and sent her to Jonjo and she won a bumper at Uttoxeter and then she won a novice hurdle at Carlisle She has run in mare races a few times and the ground has worked against her but she has a very fine one. rating of 115. She’s shown all the right signs at home – I like her a lot – and I can see her getting a few wins off her mark. She’s a mare who could return to Doncaster at the end of the year. season for the three miles of mares (which she was fourth last season) and I hope that she can be the standard bearer for our site.

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