Ben Brookhouse Stable Tour

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Winner of one of his two starts and currently rated 83 on the Flat. Scored by five lengths from Arantes Nascimento on debut in a maiden at Newcastle (7f) in September, and subsequently seventh, beaten five and a half lengths, to Apiarist in a valuable event at York (7f) in October.

Trainer says

He’s a very nice youngster who won impressively at Newcastle first time out as a two-year-old. He then ran in the £100,000 EBF Final at York but just got the wrong rub of the green out the gates. He is very nice, and he would be my Royal Ascot horse this year.

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Winner of one of his eight starts and currently rated 120 over hurdles. Racing in third place, just behind the front two, when unseating his rider at the last in a handicap hurdle won by White Rhino at Cheltenham (3m) in December off his current mark.

Trainer says

He has more problems than all of racing put together but ran well at Cheltenham, which was his target for the autumn. He doesn’t take a lot of racing - we turned him away after Cheltenham. He will probably go for a three mile handicap hurdle in the spring.

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Winner of two of his six starts and currently rated 115 over hurdles and 110 over fences. Finished seventh, beaten 39 lengths, to Snowy Evening in a novices’ handicap chase at Doncaster (2m3f) in January off a mark of 115.

Trainer says

He should be a better novice than he has shown, and I have been his problem campaigning him at Cheltenham. He picked up a small issue at Doncaster but travelled very well up to that point. When he gets his issues fixed, he should be well handicapped off a mark of 115.

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Winner of two of his three starts in bumpers. Scored by 14 lengths from Vision De Maine on debut for the stable at Sedgefield in October, and followed up with a two-and-a-quarter-length victory from Fire Flyer in a Listed event at Cheltenham the following month. Put in another cracking effort in a second Listed event at Ascot in December when runner-up, beaten three and a quarter lengths, to Let It Rain, conceding 11lb to the winner.

Trainer says

He is a very nice horse that we bought out of Colin Bowe’s at the Cheltenham February Sale last year. We originally wanted to go hurdling with him and to run in him in the Persian War at Chepstow straightaway, but Dad wanted to keep him in bumpers. It was too soft at Chepstow, so we sent him to Sedgefield and he won very impressively, and then he won again in convincing fashion at Cheltenham where he had one of the fastest final furlongs this season. He was giving a lot of weight away to one of Dan Skelton’s fillies at Ascot, and she had a better speed figure than us from her Warwick win. He had to miss Newbury; he suffered a small setback and because of the way the ground was, we wouldn’t have gone anyway. The plan is to go to Cheltenham, and if that doesn’t work then he might go to Aintree instead. We would dearly like him to go to Cheltenham though, and the plan after would be to go to Punchestown as well.

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Promise in two runs over hurdles for the stable and finished third, beaten 22 lengths, to Moon D’Orange in a novice hurdle at Market Rasen (2m4½f) earlier this month.

Trainer says

He disappointed at Ayr but then went to Market Rasen and ran a much better race. He wants three miles and soft ground. He will be a nice staying chaser for next year, but he wants to win over hurdles before he goes chasing.

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Winner of seven of his 39 starts and currently rated 85 on the Flat and 92 over hurdles. Gained his last success on the Flat at Epsom in September when beating Red Flyer by a neck off a mark of 82.

Trainer says

Cardano is another old boy who wants quick ground. You will see him over middle distances and staying trips over the summer. He is getting a bit long in the tooth, but he should be capable of winning another race somewhere.

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Placed in both of her hurdle starts and currently rated 85. Finished third, beaten 21 lengths, to Love Tree in a mares’ hurdle at Ludlow (2m) in December latest start.

Trainer says

She is a nice filly who ran very well at Ludlow second time out. She is very weak and backward, so we have given her a break. She will go novice hurdling, maybe more in the autumn than the summer as she needs a bit of dig in the ground.

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No wins from four starts. Probably best effort when fourth, beaten 12 lengths, to Donnacha in a novice hurdle at Chepstow (2m) in October.

Trainer says

Diamond Dealer wasn’t right at Cheltenham the last day, which was very disappointing. His Chepstow run was a very good run, and he has some good bits of form. He can hang and we are not 100% sure why, but if he didn’t hang he would be a graded horse without a shadow of a doubt.

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Winner of seven of his 25 starts and currently rated 125 over fences. Gained his last win when beating Red Maple by five lengths in a hunter chase at Kempton (2m4½f) last April, and subsequently finished third, beaten 21 lengths, to No Getaway in a similar event at Newton Abbot (2m5f) in May.

Trainer says

He was unlucky not to win the Ludlow Gold Cup last year, and he will go for the hunter chase at Leicester that he won impressively last season and then back to Ludlow. He might go somewhere else after that, but his final goal would be Punchestown.

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Winner of one of his nine starts and currently rated 76 on the Flat. Made a winning debut over hurdles at Plumpton (2m½f) in September when beating Logistical by three and three quarter lengths.

Trainer says

Gozo was an impressive hurdle winner at Plumpton, and he has his own ideas about things but once his mind is made up, he is pretty good. He suffered a setback after winning at Plumpton and has just started back. He will hopefully go hurdling and on the Flat during the summer.

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Winner of five of his 16 starts and currently rated 81 on the Flat. Made a winning debut over hurdles at Wetherby (2m) in October when beating Weigh Anchor by three and three quarter lengths. Subsequently sixth, beaten 35 lengths, to Burdett Road in a Grade 2 event at Cheltenham (2m½f) in November.

Trainer says

He is a star, and he will come back and go hurdling and then go back on the Flat in the summer. He wants a mile and a quarter on the Flat and didn’t stay at Cheltenham in November. He would have won the Listed race at Wetherby, but it got abandoned and wasn't rescheduled.

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No wins from two starts in bumpers. Finished fourth, beaten six and three quarter lengths, to Sagonige in a bumper at Sedgefield in December on her latest start.

Trainer says

She is a nice mare and a typical Walk In The Park in that she gets quite hot. She will win over hurdles, and will be a better hurdler than she was bumper performer.

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Winner of 10 of his 50 starts and currently rated 93 over hurdles and 81 on the Flat. Finished fifth, beaten two and a half lengths, to Duke Of Oxford in a handicap at Kempton (2m) in November off a mark of 82.

Trainer says

He is an old boy who wants quick ground and a mile and a half, and you probably won't see him until the middle of the summer.

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Creditable efforts in two bumpers at Cheltenham in October, finishing third - beaten eight and three quarter lengths - to The Kemble Brewery, and Sandown in November, finishing fourth - beaten 10½ lengths - to Touquet.

Trainer says

He is a French-bred youngster, and he will probably go for another bumper before we turn him away. He wasn’t 100% two weeks before Cheltenham and then wasn’t 100% going to Sandown. We turned him away and have brought him back in now, and he will go for another bumper.

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Winner of four of her 13 starts and currently rated 118 over hurdles and 68 on the Flat. Winner of both of her hurdles - scoring by three lengths from Jumping Susie at Sedgefield (2m4f) in October, and following up with a nine-and-a-half-length victory from Bob Bob Richard at Wetherby (2m3½f) later that month.

Trainer says

She is an unbeaten filly over hurdles. We always thought she wanted two miles, as she gets a bit racey, but she actually wants two miles on the Flat, let alone over hurdles. She has had a break over the winter, as she doesn’t want soft ground, and will go to Cheltenham in March and then probably for the Listed novice back there in April, and that will be it.

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Finished seventh, beaten eight lengths, to Lord Normandy in a novice at Chelmsford (1m2f) in December.

Trainer says

My Dreamworld ran once in a novice at Chelmsford in December and finished seventh. He is a nice horse and a full brother to My Chiquita. He has a lot of potential.

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Best effort in three runs in bumpers when third, beaten 12½ lengths, to Dreaming Diamond at Worcester in June 2022.

Trainer says

He is a highly-strung bumper horse, and hopefully going hurdling will settle him down.

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Made a winning debut for the stable when beating Alright Dai by nine lengths in a bumper at Newton Abbot in July.

Trainer says

Phantom Gold won a bumper at Newton Abbot, and we put him away after that. He is still up for sale, but he will go hurdling in the summer and might even go to America as well, as he likes good ground.

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Winner of one of her 13 starts and currently rated 97 over hurdles and 71 on the Flat. Best effort on debut for stable over hurdles at Musselburgh (1m7½f) in November when runner-up, beaten six lengths, to Union Flag.

Trainer says

She is a nice filly but a step lower than ideal for a juvenile hurdler. She ran a nice race first time out over hurdles. She ran twice in Listed races at Newbury and Doncaster but just made a couple of mistakes, which cost her finishing a bit closer. She will go up in trip and then back on the Flat in the summer, and then off to stud after that.

Form profile

Placed in two of his three starts and currently rated 94. Came closest to winning when runner-up, beaten three quarters of a length, to God’s Window in a maiden at Doncaster (1m) in September. Had a very stiff task when last of seven, beaten 10 lengths, to Ancient Wisdom in the Group 1 Futurity Stakes at Doncaster (1m) in October on his final start.

Trainer says

He is still a maiden but was second in a £50k maiden and ran in the Futurity. He is entered in the Irish 2000 Guineas.

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Winner of four of his 18 starts and currently rated 108 over hurdles and 82 on the Flat. Finished fifth, beaten six lengths, to Andaleep in a handicap at Southwell (1m3f) in January of a mark of 83.

Trainer says

We probably didn’t give him the respect he deserved after his fall at Kempton, but he wasn’t right at Aintree or Uttoxeter. He has been schooling away all winter and has been running on the All-Weather, picking up a race. He wants a real stamina test and is an out-and-out galloper. He will probably go hurdling again and on the Flat this summer, and he could be a very nice prospect for something like a Northumberland Plate or something. He is also well handicapped over hurdles.

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Winner of one of his three hurdles and currently rated 96. Off the mark at the second attempt at Hereford (2m) in October when beating Francina by three and a quarter lengths.

Trainer says

He is a junior hurdler who disappointed first time out through inexperience - his mentality was the inexperience. He will be put away now and go hurdling in the summer, but he is a nice horse, although he does have his limits.

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Placed in two of his three bumpers. Finished runner-up, beaten two and a quarter lengths, to Stungbythemaster at Worcester in September when last seen.

Trainer says

He will probably go on the Flat and hurdling through the summer. He is unlucky not to have won a bumper already and we will get him out over a trip over hurdles, and similarly on the Flat as well.

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Unraced

Trainer says

He is a nice colt by Mohaather that we bought at Doncaster out of the Goffs Yearling Sales, and one I think he could be a very nice sort.

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Unraced

Trainer says

He is showing a lot of nice signs and will make a very nice National Hunt horse.

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Unraced

Trainer says

By Golden Horn, he is a half-brother to a horse of Charlie Hills’ who was unbeaten in his first four races after we bought him as a yearling.

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Winner of one of his seven starts. Scored by 26 lengths from Ballyvaughan Bay in a maiden hurdle at Fakenham (2m4f) in December. Third, beaten 10½ lengths, to Westerninthepark on his return to that course and distance last Friday.

Trainer says

He is a little bit quirky, as you can tell from his run at Fakenham on Friday. Hopefully we can put him in a handicap hurdle now, and he tends to benefit from having two quick runs. He has come out of his race already in better form than he went into it and ate up well. I don’t know if he is a summer horse, as his form on soft ground is pretty good. I think the pace of handicaps, where they usually go quicker, will suit him better than the pace of novices.