Anthony Honeyball Stable Tour

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Finished a length second on debut behind The Procrastinator in a bumper at Doncaster in November.

Trainer says

She’s a nice filly and she finished second in a bumper at Doncaster on her debut. She is a tall lean doing plenty of growing type of filly. We will enter her in a bumper in three or four weeks. She is also in the Newbury Sales bumper and also has the GBB bonus up her sleeve. If she can win an ordinary mares’ bumper, she will get a nice bonus with that.

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Scored by a neck from Champ Kabai in a bumper at Wincanton in November and creditable third, beaten four lengths, to Solly’s Gold in a Listed bumper at Cheltenham on New Year’s Day.

Trainer says

He is a very nice young horse. He has a very clean CV at the moment and won his bumper first time out and there was lots of improvement in him. He then went to Cheltenham and finished third in a list bumper there. He now goes for the Goffs UK Sales Bumper at Newbury in March. It’s a £100,000 race and I think he will have a good chance in that.

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148 rated chaser. Best effort this season when third, beaten seven and three quarter lengths, to Calico in a handicap chase at Cheltenham (2m) in October off a mark of 149.

Trainer says

He was a fabulous novice chaser last season and was second in a Grade 1 at the Aintree Festival and won a big handicap at Doncaster. He started the season quite well when finishing third in a big handicap at Cheltenham and then never really got going at Ascot on his next run. We have to put a line through that, and he is due to go to Doncaster on January 24 for a £50,000 handicap chase. He is entered in the Champion Chase which is a little bit tilting at windmills, but we put him in there and we will have a look.

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Better effort over hurdles when runner-up, beaten a length and a quarter, to Laguna Beach in a maiden hurdle at Hereford (2m 3 1/2f) in December.

Trainer says

He is a nice horse, and he hasn’t won his maiden hurdle, yet which is a big surprise. He is a very good maiden, and he should win a hurdle this season and, perhaps, go chasing next season.

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Failed by only a neck behind stablemate Bailly’s Comet on his debut in a bumper at Wincanton in November.

Trainer says

He ran really well when second to Bailly’s Comet on his debut in a bumper at Wincanton and he is definitely a horse to watch out for when going hurdling and chasing. He still ran quite a nice race when ninth in a listed bumper at Cheltenham. I think a flat, galloping track will suit him and he is due to go for that valuable bumper at Newbury in March.

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119 rated hurdler. Scored by seven lengths from Escort’kheops in a novices’ hurdle at Fontwell (2m 1 1/2f) in November and subsequently last of five, beaten 20 lengths, to No Drama This End in a Grade 2 novices’ hurdle at Sandown (2m 4f) in December.

Trainer says

He is a nice horse, and he won his novice hurdle really well and we put him in the deep end in a Grade 2 novices’ hurdle at Sandown we here actually ran better than the finishing position would suggest. He didn’t jump well but he didn’t look out of place, and it didn’t just happen for us. I am expecting a big run from him next time out and he will probably have an entry at Haydock in a Grade 2 novices’ hurdle. He might have a go at that if it’s soft or heavy ground otherwise he might just go for a novice under a penalty and we will see where we go from that.

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130 rated chaser. Best effort this season when third, beaten 12 ½ lengths, to stablemate Gustavian on her reappearance in the Grade 3 Badger Beer Handicap Chase at Wincanton (3m 1f) in November off a mark of 133.

Trainer says

Credo has been a superb mare for the yard. She ran well in the Badger Beer and ran well at Ascot in a valuable handicap and disappointed a little bit in Veterans’ Final at Sandown and never really got into it. We are going for a Veterans’ race at Exeter next month which she actually won last year. She will probably stay in Veterans’ races where she can.

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Promise in a bumpers at Wincanton in November and then in a listed bumper at Cheltenham on New Year’s Day.

Trainer says

He is an interesting dark horse. He is a horse with lots of talent and has a really good pedigree and I like him a lot. He ruined his race first time out but still stayed on and came home strong. He then ran in a list bumper at Cheltenham and this time we held him up and he came through to about fourth and then just weakened to finish seventh. I think he is a horse for the future to go hurdling with. He is still in the Newbury Sales bumper and whether it is we run him in that for more education or look for a smaller bumper. He can win an ordinary bumper for sure.

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137 rated chaser. Finished runner-up, beaten two and a quarter lengths, to Zurich on his chasing debut in a novices’ handicap at Cheltenham (2m 4f) in October off a mark of 135.

Trainer says

We have aimed high throughout chasing this season and he made a very good start at Cheltenham in a novices’ handicap chase when finishing second under topweight. He will either be winning a big race this season or will remain a novice for next season, but we are not going to give him any easy tasks this season and keep him in nice races. He is probably more a next season chaser, but his next run will be in the Reynoldstown at Ascot.

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Off the mark on his second run over hurdles at Taunton (2m 1/2f) this month when scoring by seven and a half lengths from Explode.

Trainer says

He has won his bumper this season and his maiden horse and he has always been a horse we have liked a lot. He has a good pedigree, and we haven’t got any really grand plans for him at the moment. His jumping is improving nicely, and he is just a bit cautious. He is awesome at home, and he is going to be awesome on the track, but he just needs to get more practice. He will probably run in a novice with a penalty next.

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121 rated hurdler. Scored by a head from All In You in a handicap hurdle at Ascot (1m 7 1/2f) in December off a mark of 116 but beaten a length and a half by the same rival in a similar event at Sandown (2m) this month off a mark of 120.

Trainer says

Dance And Glance has had a cracking season and has really stepped up to the plate. He is starting to relax a bit more. He was a good second at Newton Abbot, a good fourth at Ascot and then he won at Ascot which we were really pleased about. He ran another good race at Sandown when All In You got his revenge. We have entered him for William Hill Handicap Hurdle at Newbury in February and we are going to keep it in mind. The plan is to go chasing next season with him, but he is learning so much this season and is a totally different horse even in the last two runs, so we will stick to hurdling for now. I think he is a really progressive horse and he is doing very well now. He is rated 121 over hurdles and I think he is still well enough handicapped at that.

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125 rated chaser. Returned to winning form when beating No Tackle nine lengths in a handicap chase at Lingfield (2m 6f) in December off a mark of 118.

Trainer says

He came back and had a lovely first run over fences at Chepstow and followed that up in great style when winning a £30,000 0-140 his first win over fences and his first win since winning a maiden hurdle. It was a brilliant day for the owners to get him back on track and winning. He is entered in the Great Yorkshire Chase at Doncaster on January 24 and he might even go for the novices’ handicap chase at Cheltenham on Trials Day. We will see with him.

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118 rated hurdler. Returned to winning form in a mares’ handicap hurdle at Windsor (2m 4f) on New Year’s Day when scoring by four and a half lengths from Game Colour off a mark of 112.

Trainer says

Easy Love is a lovely mare and very workmanlike. She won her bumper well and won her maiden hurdle and then finished third at Cheltenham and whether that race hit her really hard as in her next run at Exeter she really blipped and didn't fire. It was nice to go back to Windsor over two and a half miles and she made the running and showed a bit of speed and a bit of stamina. She will now go for the Jane Seymour at Sandown which is a two mile four Graded race.

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124 rated hurdler. Winner of two of his three starts over hurdles and returned to winning form with a three length defeat of Assertive Walk in a novices’ hurdle at Wincanton (2m 6f) in New Year’s Day.

Trainer says

His brother Fountains Windfall was a talented horse for us a few years ago and he has a lovely start and won his bumper and this season he has won twice over hurdles. He had a blip in between, but he wasn’t right so we have forgiven him that. He went to Windsor and won nicely, and he now goes to Doncaster on January 24 for the River Don, a Grade 2 three mile novices’ hurdle. He would go for the Albert Bartlett if he steps up at Doncaster.

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129 rated chaser. Placed in good company this season most notably when finishing runner-up, beaten three quarters of a length, to Teddy Blue in a valuable Grade 3 Handicap Chase at Ascot (2m 1f) in November off a mark of 131 and when fourth, beaten five and a quarter lengths, to Calico over the same course and distance later that month off a mark of 133.

Trainer says

He has had a good season so far and was a good second at Kempton, a good second in a £100,000 handicap and a good fourth in a £100,000 handicap at Ascot. He disappointed at Sandown and at the moment, we are just putting that down to the tacky ground that it was on the day. He didn’t really fire up on that day, and the plan now is the race he won a few years back at Doncaster on January 24. Other than that, any valuable two-mile handicap chase we will dip into.

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135 rated chaser. Made a winning reappearance in the Grade 3 Badger Beers Handicap Chase at Wincanton (3m 1f) in November when beating Scarface one and a half lengths off a mark of 125. Creditable fourth beaten a length and three quarters, to Nocte Volatus in the Veterans’ Handicap Chase Final at Sandown (3m) this month off his current mark.

Trainer says

Gustavian obviously won the Badger Beers and ran a good race in the Veterans’ Final. We sort of laid him out for that. Although he won easily in the Badger Beers, he probably had a harder race than you think. He was only beaten a length and a half in the Veterans’ Final with a few bad mistakes through the Railway fences. I don’t know what we might do now - he might go for some of those Veterans’ Qualifiers, or he might even go for the Ladbrokes Trophy Handicap Chase at Kempton. It’s a flat right-handed track the same as Wincanton and it would be nice to have one in it as it’s a valuable race. There is a Veterans’ race at Exeter early February, which is another race on his radar.

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126 rated chaser. Finished fourth, beaten 23 lengths, to Konfusion in the Grade 3 Rehearsal Chase on his reappearance at Newcastle (2m 7 1/2f) in November off his current mark.

Trainer says

He probably is in a similar scenario as Saladins Son in that he has run respectably well in the Rehearsal Chase at Newcastle when finishing fourth. He had a go at Cheltenham and had a nasty fall so we will lower our sights a little bit. He should be able to win off his mark in lower company and then we will go back into more valuable races again should he step up and win. He’s a nice horse.

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134 rated chaser. Made a winning debut over fences when beating Spadestep two and a half lengths in a novices’ handicap chase at Aintree in October off a mark of 120. Fell when challenging at the last in the race won by Kdeux Saint Fray at Cheltenham (2m 4f) in November off a mark of 126 but made amends in a novices’ handicap chase at Doncaster (2m 3f) in December when beating Go West a nose off a mark of 130.

Trainer says

Jordans Cross has had a great season and was a bit unlucky to fall at Cheltenham in November otherwise he would have been three out of three over fences. He won at Aintree and won a valuable race at Doncaster either side of that fall. He has had an amazing start to his chasing career and is going to go to Cheltenham on Trials Day for a novices’ handicap chase there. The idea is that he will end up in the novices’ handicap chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

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128 rated chaser. Off the mark over fences in a novices’ handicap at Cheltenham (2m 4f) in November when scoring by three lengths from Kim Rouge off a mark of 123. Finished runner-up, beaten three lengths, to Guard The Moon in a similar event at Aintree (2m 4f) in December off a mark of 126.

Trainer says

He has the same profile as Jordans Cross, and he has had a brilliant season. He won at Cheltenham second time out and then finished a good second at Aintree in another valuable race. He’s going to Cheltenham in two weeks’ time for a novices' handicap chase on Trials Day and then he will, hopefully, go to the Festival after that.

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Made a winning debut in a mares’ bumper at Newbury in December when beating Galaxy Star a head.

Trainer says

She made a really promising start to her career when winning her bumper at Newbury. She is due to run in a listed bumper at Market Rasen on Friday, and she may well take up that opportunity. Her relation Regal Encore did really well back in the day for us and we are delighted to have a filly like this. I think she showed guts, stamina and a bit of speed that day and, hopefully, she can go on from there.

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146 rated chaser. Scored by two and a half lengths from Pied Piper in a novices’ chase at Cheltenham (3m 1f) in October before disappointing when pulled up over the same course and distance in November. Finished runner-up, beaten a head, to Deep Cave in a Grade 3 Handicap Chase at Ascot (3m) in December off a mark of 145.

Trainer says

He’s a lovely horse and a winner at Cheltenham this season and he had a blip at Cheltenham on his second run. He was found to be not quite right after that run, and he came back and then very nearly won the £100,000 handicap chase at Ascot in December. I was very pleased with that run, and he was right back on track. He will have an entry in the Denman Chase at Newbury as we kind of feel he will prefer going left-handed on a flat track and, if not, he will go back to Ascot a week later for another £100,000 handicap. He would probably be about 10lb wrong at the weights in that level weights Grade 2 but will have a look.

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Failed by a short head behind Livingonaprayer on her hurdling bow in a mares’ event at Wincanton (2m 5 1/2f) in December but hacked up by 13 lengths from Bunny Bee in a similar event at Fontwell (2m 1 1/2f) on Sunday.

Trainer says

She is a nice mare, and she couldn’t have been more impressive when winning a mares’ novice at Fontwell on Sunday. She is another who could go for the Jane Seymour at Sandown.

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127 rated chaser. Made a winning reappearance in a handicap chase at Newbury (2m 4f) in November when beating Marvel De Cerisy 18 lengths off a mark of 121.

Trainer says

He is a veteran now and he won nicely first time out this season and he has been a slightly tricky horse to place. He needs everything in his favour, but when it is in his favour, he is actually pretty talented. We will look for a Veterans’ race at Warwick next month and then look at the final over two and a half miles at Haydock in April.

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Finished runner-up, beaten half a length, to Buddah Castle in a maiden hurdle at Sedgefield (2m 4f) in December.

Trainer says

He won a bumper at Wincanton and then finished seventh in a Listed bumper at Cheltenham last season when joining us. I maybe feel a little disappointed he didn’t win a maiden hurdle at Sedgefield, but with that experience under his belt he will be winning a maiden hurdle somewhere in the next four to six weeks. He is due out again soon and there are no great plans, I just want to go and win with him.

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Returning from a two-year layoff when finishing third, beaten 15 ½ lengths, to Modern Man in a novices’ hurdle at Chepstow (2m 3 1/2f) in December.

Trainer says

He is a big horse who is strengthening up all the time. I am looking for a maiden hurdle with him, and he ran a lovely race at Chepstow after a long absence. He should be out in the next couple of weeks and should go and win a maiden hurdle somewhere.

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126 rated hurdler. Gaining her second win over hurdles when scoring by a neck from Onefournine in a mares’ novice at Fontwell (2m 1 1/2f) on Sunday. Had previously failed by only a nose behind Supreme Malinas in a listed mares’ novices’ hurdle at Haydock in December.

Trainer says

She really seems to have stepped up this season - she won her maiden hurdle nicely and was very unfortunate not to win the listed mares’ novices’ at Haydock. She definitely shaped like the best mare in the race, but she just veered around going to the last and lost her winning advantage. She won at Fontwell on Sunday and all being well she will go for the Jane Seymour at Sandown.

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Scored by a length and a quarter from I’m A Believer in a bumper at Plumpton in May and made a winning start over hurdles at Fontwell (2m 3f) in December when three and three quarter lengths too good for Pollyanna’s Dream.

Trainer says

She has quite a nice profile and she won her bumper and her novices’ hurdle. She is a filly who is going to improve for a bit more experience and she is a good staying type. She will handle soft or heavy ground if she has too and has plenty of quality as well. I think you are going to see her continue progressing and performing in better races. I think there is plenty of ability there and we just have to tease it out of her. She is a little bit careful about life, but I think she will end up running in some nice races.

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122 rated chaser. Promise in two handicap chases at Haydock (3m 1 1/2f) in November and December. Probably better effort on first occasion when runner-up, beaten seven lengths, to Top Of The Bill in November.

Trainer says

He has run well in two £50,000 races this season and I was particularly pleased when he was second to Top Of The Bill in his first run at Haydock. There is a Wincanton race coming up at the end of January. He is rated 122 and we will look for something at a slightly lower level and then definitely then have the option of stepping up into some more valuable handicaps again. He could even end up in a Midlands National or something like that.

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154 rated chaser. Finished sixth, beaten 15 lengths, to Marble Sands in a Grade 3 Handicap Chase at Cheltenham (3m 3 1/2f) in November off a mark of 155.

Trainer says

Sam Brown was due to run in the Veterans’ Final but picked up a bruised foot and then had a lung issue which we had to get sorted. He is actually A1 now and when he’s all tuned up the plan is to find an ordinary handicap chase for him. The hope he runs well but also that he gets dropped 2lb so he can run in Veterans’ Qualifiers. We want to have our cake and eat it with him.

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114 rated chaser. Finished third, beaten a length and a half, to The Doyen Chief in a handicap chase at Kempton (3m) last Saturday off a mark of 117.

Trainer says

He ran a solid race at Kempton on Saturday, and we think he is a horse who will develop into a nice staying chaser. I think he might end up running in marathon chases and he is definitely a horse that has more scope in his handicap mark. He could progress in those staying chases.