Homebred and full sister to Visionary, Forward Thinker wins at Redcar in a Median Auction Maiden over 7f. So a nice little update for her yearling brother who is due under the hammer at Arqana at the weekend.

The great servant Majeed went down fighting when suffering a fatal heart attack in the Shergar Cup  at Ascot on Saturday. Winning at Windsor his penultimate start probably swayed connections in postponing his retirement but some would say he died doing what he was bred to do and maybe retirement would not have suited him. […]

Lively Lydia, storms in for a plus 10 bonus at Windsor Monday 6th August over 6 furlongs. She was spotted by Mark at the yearling sales, however Khalifa Dasmal was called away by Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum for lunch and was not on the phone when she came through the ring. She was knocked down […]

True Mason, bought by Mark as a yearling last year, showed plenty of boot, to earn black type, coming third in the Group 2 Prix Robert Papin. Universally acknowledged as a great looker, Mark had to see off the attentions of firstly Alex Elliott and then Bill Gredley to secure the colt. Improving with every […]

Homebred Midsummer Knight showed he is all speed when bursting 5 lengths clear and making all over 5f at Newmarket, yesterday he was sold to Gassim Mohamed Ghazali for 90,000 guineas and is set to continue his racing in Qatar. The Racing Post reported: Another horse whose owners reaped the rewards of success at Newmarket […]

Bright Crescent, a Sea the Moon filly, bought by Mark as a yearling makes her 2 year old debut at Chantilly on Saturday and Bright Crescent a Charm Spirit whose purchase was organised by Mark from Eve Johnson Houghton makes her debut at Chelmsford also on Saturday. Fingers crossed!

Majeed, bought by Mark eight years ago, relished the fast ground to win a good prize at Windsor last Saturday.

True Mason (Mayson) bought by Mark as a yearling with the assistance of Karl and Kelly Burke, had shown improvement from his first start to his second and, upped in trip yesterday, won in good style, despite pulling hard. Amazingly the time was almost three seconds faster than Dream Ahead’s debut over the same course […]

Three year old gelding, Diamond Wine, rated 88, defies top weight to win hands and heels in the opener at Longchamp on French Guineas day. He is the brother of stakes winner Vin Chaud also bought by Mark as a yearling. We are looking forward to the debut of his two year old sister (by […]

Midsummer Knight got off the mark after 11 previous attempts and seven second places. He displayed a resolute attitude to hold on determinedly, having forced a strong pace. The son of Dream Ahead is out of the triple winner High Spice, who has already produced two winners. She is a half-sister to three winners, including […]