Donald McCain Stable Tour

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Winner of five of her 13 starts and currently rated 133 over hurdles. Was scoring for the third time this season when beating Getaway Totherock a length and three quarters in a Listed Mares Hurdle at Kempton (3m 1/2f) in November.

Trainer says

She is a wonderful little mare and always turns up and always does her best. We were delighted to get a bit of winning black type which means her career is made further down the line. There is a mares’ listed race at Doncaster in a couple of weeks and we will aim to go there but would need some ok ground and she wouldn't want it too deep.

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Winner of a point-to-point in Ireland and both of his starts since joining the stable. Scored by two and a half lengths from Long Stay in a novices’ hurdle at Musselburgh (1m 7 1/2f) in November and by nine lengths from Tonyx at Catterick (1m 7 1/2f) in January.

Trainer says

He has been impressive and what he has beat I don't know but he couldn't have done no more than he has done. He goes up to Musselburgh for the novices' hurdle trial and we will see where we are. We couldn't be happier that what we've seen from him so far.

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Placed in his 3 starts and currently rated 120 over hurdles. Finished runner-up, beaten two and a quarter lengths, to South Terrace in a novices’ hurdle at Catterick (2m 3 1/2f) at the end of December on his latest start.He hasn't won yet but has been beaten by a couple of really nice horse and is a novice hurdler going forward. He is an immature horse and a fine horse.

Trainer says

He hasn't won yet but has been beaten by a couple of really nice horse and is a novice hurdler going forward. He is an immature horse and a fine horse.

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Winner of six of his 35 starts and currently rated 130 over hurdles and 58 on the Flat. Finished runner-up, beaten a neck, to Ravenscar in a Flat handicap at Southwell (2m 1/2f) last week off his current mark.

Trainer says

He finished second on the Flat at Southwell on Tuesday - he also ran well last week, and he is a grand horse but more of a summer jumper.

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Winner of nine of his 37 starts and currently rated 127 over hurdles. Scored by a neck from Voix Du Reve in a handicap hurdle at Musselburgh (1m 7 1/2f) on New Year's Day off a mark of 125.

Trainer says

He goes up to Musselburgh for the same race as Dear Sire. He did it well the last day and got a couple of pounds for winning - the owners quite rightly are happy to take their chances in races with some better prize money. He has loads of experience and has won some good handicaps on the Flat so why not?

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Winner of five of his 24 starts and currently rated 141 over hurdles. Gained his last success in a handicap hurdle at Haydock (1m 7 1/2f) in December when beating Llantara 26 lengths off a mark of 135.

Trainer says

He is a grand old horse and they said it was tiring ground at Kempton the other day, but it wasn't anything near tiring enough for what he needs. He is handicapped on being a Haydock handicap horse.

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Winner of two of his 6 starts. Dual bumper who has been beaten at odds-on in both runs over hurdles this season. Finished fifth, beaten 18 lengths, to Saint Arvans at Kelso (2m) when last seen out in October.

Trainer says

He is a horse we have always thought plenty of and we had to do his wind in the autumn. We are building him up quietly and he has some pretty good bumper form, and we think he is a smart horse.

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Winner of five of his 27 starts and currently rated 128 over hurdles. Finished third, beaten two and a quarter lengths, to Mick Maestro in a handicap hurdle at Doncaster (2m 1/2f) in November.

Trainer says

He is a spring horse and is a good solid handicapper. He improved for blinkers and even ran well a couple of times on ground he definitely doesn't want, and we finished him for a bit. He is having a sensible time now and we are building him up towards a spring campaign.

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Winner of 11 of his 39 starts and currently rated 140 over hurdles. Gained his last success over hurdles in a handicap at Chepstow (2m) in October when beating Friend Or Foe three lengths off a mark of 138.

Trainer says

He is a smashing horse who runs in a Jumpers Bumper at Newcastle on Wednesday to get him ready for Trials Day at Musselburgh. He has had a break, but he doesn't really like having a break and likes to get on an do his job. He will head on to Musselburgh and will kick on through the spring. If he is one piece he will go to Aintree and run in one of the handicaps - he is well up to those sort of races and he was unlucky not to win one before

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Winner of an Irish point-to-point in October and made an impressive hurdling debut at Wetherby (2m) last week when beating Dharan 12 lengths.

Trainer says

He was impressive the other day at Wetherby and is hopefully a lovely horse with a real future. We will go sensibly this season as he is every inch a chaser.

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Winner of nine of his 55 starts and currently rated 127 over fences. Gained his last win in a handicap chase at Carlisle (3m 2f) in October when beating only other finisher Boric 99 lengths off a mark of 124.

Trainer says

He is eligible to Hunter Chase now and we will do that with a view to going to Aintree for the Foxhunters. He could run in a race at Haydock or Musselburgh and we will run him there to try and get him qualified for Aintree.

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Winner of two of his 7 starts and currently rated 129 over hurdles. Finished runner-up, beaten nine lengths, to Frimeur D'Assi in a novice event at Catterick (2m 3 1/2f) this month. He is a victim of winning novices’ hurdles in the summer and the handicapper is finally getting more sensible with him.

Trainer says

I don't know where we are going to go but we are going to try and get him into a better race in the spring. That might be Northern Light or Challenger Series or something like that or even an EBF Final, but we'll try and get him qualified for something. He is running well but the handicapper has him and he is carrying big penalties in novices’ on ground that he probably doesn't want.

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Winner of five of her 12 starts and currently rated 129 over hurdles. Has won both of her starts over hurdles at Musselburgh (1m 7 1/2f) - scored by 26 lengths from Breguet Boy in December and followed up with a two-length success from Herbiers in January.

Trainer says

She will have an entry for Doncaster - there is a Fillies’ Juvenile there and there is a also a listed Juvenile at Musselburgh on Trials Day and she will go for one or the other. She has done her job well the last twice and the ground was probably holding enough for her the last day with her penalty. If the ground was decent at Doncaster that is obvious just taking on fillies, but we might be dictated to by ground. She has taken to jumping really well and it would be nice if we could run well in one of these and go to Aintree in the spring as well.

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Winner of three of his 8 starts and currently rated 137 over fences. Finished fifth, beaten 13 lengths, to Cheddleton in a novices’ chase at Haydock (2m 1/2f) on his latest outing in December

Trainer says

He is another who will be better suited by better ground. He is just betwixt and between and the novice chasers are really hard to place. We are just trying to get more experience into him. He is a good jumper and traveller and will probably want further than two miles on good ground.

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Winner of four of his 11 starts and currently rated 130 over hurdles. Finished fifth, beaten 12 lengths, to The Cob in a handicap hurdle at Haydock (2m 3f) in December off his current mark.

Trainer says

He probably goes up to Musselburgh this week. He ran well in a decent race at Chepstow on his reappearance and then won at Ayr. It probably took a lot more out of him than we thought, and he ran a bit flat at Haydock. We have given him time to come back and he could go to Musselburgh and get him back on track for a couple of nice races in the spring. He is big fine horse, and he will be jumping fences soon but there is a big day in him somewhere.

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Winner of two of his 7 starts and currently rated 120 over hurdles. Finished runner-up, beaten a length and a quarter, to Winds Of Fire when bidding to complete a hat trick at Sedgefield (2m 4f) in December off a mark of 118.

Trainer says

He is a nice little horse - at Sedgefield on the last day Evan's (Williams) horse was always just travelling front of him and he was a little bit inexperienced and possibly just got first run on him a touch. He didn't do an awful lot wrong and he didn't show a lot last year but has turned himself inside out over summer and autumn. He is going to make a smashing little mid-tier novice chaser for next season.

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Winner of two of his 5 starts and currently rated 127 over fences. Finished runner-up, beaten nine and a half lengths, to Cheddleton in a beginners’ chase at Carlisle (2m) in November.

Trainer says

He is entered this week at Haydock and Ffos Las and he has done very little wrong. He ran well on his first run over fences at Carlisle and he should progress over fences. He is a good solid straightforward horse.

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Winner of two of his 5 starts and currently rated 130 over hurdles. Below par effort latest start at Aintree (2m 1f) December when third, beaten 40 lengths, to Straw Fan Jack.

Trainer says

He is quite a smart horse, but I've made a right pig's ear of him. I chanced ground he didn't want for good money at Wetherby and got him beat and he went to Aintree but the ground was very deep and he never travelled at all. We will regroup and wait for some nicer ground and as soon as it is there he will be running.

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No wins from 2 starts and desperately unlucky in a novice hurdle at Catterick (2m 3 1/2f) last week when falling at the last when six lengths of the eventual winner Frimeur De Lancray.

Trainer says

I didn't quite know what to make of him and ran him in his first hurdle race at Catterick the other day. He had gone clear down to the last when he fell. He has come back fine and is ready to go again and he looks a nice prospect. He was one from the Trevor Hemmings dispersal and I bought him back and apart from falling we were really pleased.

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Winner of two of his 3 starts and currently rated 134 over hurdles. Landed a novice hurdle at Sedgefield (2m 1f) in November by 11 lengths from Lord Torranaga and followed up with a 12-length defeat of Ballybeg at Bangor (2m 1/2f) in December.

Trainer says

He goes to the listed novice at Haydock at the weekend. We have waited for it and he has been impressive in his last two runs. He is a bit raw and a bit wild, but we will take a punt and a soft/heavy ground race at Haydock could really suit him - we will see.

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Winner of six of his 22 starts and currently rated 130. Finished 10th, beaten 20 lengths, to Boreham Bill in the Listed Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle at Kempton (2m 5f) this month off a mark of 131.

Trainer says

We took him down to Kempton for the Lanzarote and put a pair of blinkers on him and he probably travelled a bit too well and didn't quite last home. He still has a day in him, and we just have to pick and choose the right race.

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Winner of four of his 12 starts and currently rated 149 over hurdles. Scored by nine and a half lengths from Newtown Boy in a handicap hurdle at Musselburgh (2m 4f) on New Year's Day off a mark of 142.

Trainer says

It was great to see him get back on track at Musselburgh and it has been tough for him carrying big weights against seasoned handicappers. He is going to be very good and he has an entry in the Champion Hurdle Trial at Haydock. He is not a Champion Hurdle horse and he is going to want further but it justifies the entry as we are running out of places to go.

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Winner of one of his 8 starts and currently rated 119 over hurdles. Off the mark when beating Talktomenow seven lengths in a novices’ handicap at Carlisle (3m 1/2f) in November off a mark of 115

Trainer says

He missed quite a long time and he has been fairly solid until I took him up to Ayr in boggy ground. He is back and he is going to have to go novice chasing soon enough as he's getting on a little bit. He has schooled over fences and he is ready to go as soon as we can.

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Winner of one of his 5 starts and currently rated 117 over hurdles. Placed in all three hurdles this season and finished third, beaten five and three quarter lengths, to Fostered Phil latest Newcastle (2m) in November.

Trainer says

He is a horse we think quite a lot of, but it has been a long old road trying to get him to relax and settle down. He is very keen and forward going and for the long term he has schooled really well over fences and could be a nice horse.

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Winner of seven of her 25 starts and currently rated 125 over hurdles. Gained her last success when beating Emprente Reconce two lengths in a mares’ handicap hurdle at Stratford (2m 1/2f) in August off a mark of 123.

Trainer says

She will be back for the spring/summer. Hurdles have been the making of her and she is a good solid little racemare.