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Sumatran Tiger (pictured) is declared in the 3.17pm at Huntingdon on Sunday. There are seven runners and Tom Bellamy takes the ride. She ran well over course and distance last season and made a pleasing return on the flat recently. She is a dual Derby winner in Jersey and loves her jumping and we look […]
With the recent sale of our longstanding stable sponsor Tori Global, we are looking for a new yard sponsor for the upcoming racing season. With the majority of our horses in training currently using our stable sponsorship, this is a fantastic opportunity for a company to associate itself with Richard Phillips Racing and gain exposure […]
Fighting Poet travelled into the race well turning for home at Southwell on Saturday off a fast pace before getting tired in the final furlong having had a bit of a break. Rab Havlin reported that he enjoyed passing the majority of the field from his bad draw and that the track suited him. We […]
Fighting Poet (pictured) is declared at Southwell tomorrow in the 5.30pm – a mile and a half, 0-55 handicap and once again Rab Havlin takes the ride. The race is typically competitive for it’s grade however Poet has had a bit of a break since his last run and appears in great nick at home […]
It was great to join Venatour on a trip to the Velka Pardubicka in Prague this weekend with some twenty members of the Adlestrop Club. Venatour did a wonderful job at organising a fantastic trip and I would certainly recommend a visit. Prague is a fascinating city and the race itself had a memorable atmosphere […]
Talking Bear ran with credit at Southwell on Saturday evening in the seven furlong novice stakes. Jonny Peate said he was a bit keen early on before settling well, then staying on at one pace in the final furlong to be beaten eight lengths by the high rated winner. Jonny thought a more forgiving surface […]
We have declared Talking Bear in the 7pm at Southwell tomorrow evening in the seven furlong novice. Once again Jonny Peate will ride and hopefully he will be able to get a lead on this occasion and with eleven runners this will be a help. It is a competitive event but after this race he […]
We were all delighted with Baron Wagstaff’s second at Wolverhampton on Monday. Having shown promise earlier in his career, he had not been finishing his races as we would have liked and treatment for gastric ulcers appears to have helped. In some respects he was a bit unlucky as he had a bit of a bump […]
Off to Wolverhampton today with Baron Wagstaff (pictured) running in the mile and a half handicap at 7.42pm. Rab Havlin is booked to ride and this three-year-old son of Ulysses has been treated for gastric ulcers since his last run and hopefully this will bring about some improvement as he showed promise on his debut. […]
Both Manton Road and Sumatran Tiger ran pleasing races at Wolverhampton on Tuesday evening. Although Manton was quicker out of the stalls without the headgear there is still plenty of room for improvement. He travelled well throughout the race and Kieren Fox rode him for luck in the straight as going very wide would not […]
Two runners at Wolverhampton tomorrow evening with Manton Road (pictured) in the one mile 0-60 handicap at 7pm and Sumatran Tiger in the mile and three quarter 0-55 handicap run at 8.30pm. We are leaving the headgear off Manton Road in the hope he breaks out of the stalls a bit quicker. Undoubtedly this has […]
Express Train ran a pleasing fourth at Wolverhampton on Tuesday, ridden by Alfie Redman who had ridden him previously when trained by Andrew Balding, replacing injured Rab Havlin. Express Train showed great enthusiasm from the front and will hopefully be winning for his patient connections soon. With some much needed rain, Adlestrop is looking much […]
Express Train runs in the 8pm at Wolverhampton this evening. He is progressing with each run and hopefully a drop in grade will help. Rab Havlin injured his neck at Epsom yesterday so Alfie Redman, apprentice to Andrew Balding who has ridden him before, will ride and claims seven pounds. It was great to host […]
Talking Bear made a very pleasing debut in the seven furlong novices stakes at Kempton last night. Showing inevitable greenness on his debut, he was pulled wide for a challenge in the straight by Callum Hutchinson and he stayed on well in the final furlong to be beaten just over five lengths by two decent […]
We have three runners on Wednesday with Talking Bear going to Kempton for the 6.51pm – a seven furlong novice stakes ridden by Callum Hutchinson. Unfortunately this three-year-old son of Kodi Bear was unable to make his debut a few weeks ago as he got restless in the stalls having had to wait in them […]
