Rae flies out

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Rae and wife Rachel Flynn fly out to Dubai later today to finalise preparations for Mirza in the Al Quoz sprint on Dubai World Cup day.

Mirza has been in very safe and capable hands with travelling head-lad Andrew Bubb looking after him and Robbie Mills riding him work for the last week.

Declarations are now all in and finalised for the Al Quoz Sprint and Mirza will face fifteen rivals in the race for the $1m prize pool. The draw will be announced on Thursday.

A link to the racecard via Emirates Racing Authority can be found here

Live coverage will be via Racing UK, whilst Sky Sports 4 and Channel 4 Racing will cover a select few races and may well show replays. As soon as we have the confirmed start time we will update the entries section of the website accordingly.

Mirza still on course

Monday, 09 March 2015

Chris and Lesley Mills' flying five furlong sprinter Mirza was unfortunately declared a non-runner at Meydan Racecourse's Super Saturday meeting. 

Unfortunately Mirza didn't travel over there very well, it is always a risk in these circumstances and you never really know how they will cope until they do it.

Super Saturday's Meydan Sprint was a stop-gap en route to the Group One Al Quoz Sprint on Dubai World Cup night and Rae is happy to report, after returning from Dubai himself that Mirza is still well on course for this.

We will do our utmost to keep you up to date with his progress, but the date for your diary is Saturday 28th March.

Silversmith goes for Gold

Friday, 13 February 2015

Silversmith, a grey gelding by Mastercraftsman owned by Emma O'Gorman, famous for her breeze-up operation at Seven Springs here in Newmarket got off the mark at the second attempt at the newly opened Chelmsford City racecourse yesterday.  He had ran very respectably on his debut just nine days previously, finishing second to the mid-seventy rated Virtual Reality.

At Chelmsford yesterday Silversmith was fast out of the stalls, making all and staying on well in the closing furlongs despite being put under pressure from several rivals.  He eventually held on to win by a neck and shake off his maiden tag. It was a positive and strong ride by regular Jockey Chris Catlin.  Congratulations to Emma and Armando who own Silversmith and share in the riding of him!

That was our first winner at Chelmsford City and hopefully the first of many.

Miniskirt does it again

Sunday, 08 February 2015

Miniskirt, a three year-old filly out of Minnola; owned and bred by Chris and Lesley Mills justified her odds-on favouritism when following up her last success at the course to bring up her second career-win.

Miniskirt has ran well the whole of her short career so far, finishing second first time out at Salisbury at the end of the last turf season. Due to niggling little injuries and lack of opportunities she didn't make her return in 2014 until the closing weeks of the season when getting off the mark at Southwell.

Miniskirt showed she clearly handles Southwell the best, as she was always prominent under regular Jockey Chris Catlin before quickening two furlongs out and very soon putting the race to bed finishing nine lengths clear of the remaining horses.

Congratulations to everybody who looks after and rides her and congratulations again to Chris and Lesley Mills whose success has happily continued through the winter months.

Apparatchika on the Up

Monday, 26 January 2015

Apparatchika, Kirsten Rausing's four year-old Archipenko filly followed up her maiden win at Lingfield with a more decisive win at Wolverhampton on Monday evening.

Partnered by her successful jockey Luke Morris, she clearly appreciated the step up in trip.  She travelled strongly throughout, running on well the last furlong to win decisively and showing that she'd clearly learnt a lot from her previous outing.

The handicapper had already revised her mark to 73 prior to this win and she is likely to  go up again after this win, so Rae may well try to find her a suitable alternative beforehand.

Congratulations to Kirsten Rausing and all her team at Lanwades for breeding her, and to Majid who looks after her.