Nicky Richards Stable Tour

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Winner of two of her 17 starts and currently rated 109 over hurdles. Better effort this season when third, beaten three and a quarter lengths, to Celtic Flames in a handicap hurdle at Perth (2m 4f) in September off a mark of 110.

Trainer says

She is a consistent mare at her level and hopefully she can pick up a couple of handicaps over the winter. She wants two to two and a half miles.

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Winner of three of his 10 starts and currently rated 128 over hurdles and 125 over fences. Pulled up in a novices' handicap chase won by Flegmatik at Carlisle (2m) latest start in October.

Trainer says

He didn't have a bad year last year even though it all got cut short. He has had a couple of races over fences and I don't know if that just works. We are going to go back over hurdles and see how we get on. I would say he would pick up a handicap or two and might end up running in a tidy sort of race into the spring.

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Winner of two of his 14 starts and currently rated 113 over fences. Lightly raced last season and was having only his second start when runner-up, beaten 16 lengths, to Jonniesofa in a handicap chase at Ayr (2m 5 1/2f) off a mark of 114 in November of last year.

Trainer says

He hasn't run for a while after sustaining a little injury, but he isn't a bad sort of horse and two and a half miles to three miles suit him. He wants a bit of decent ground, so I hope it is not a real wet winter everywhere.v

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Winner of 11 of his 36 starts and currently rated 144 over fences and 139 over hurdles. Finished seventh, beaten 33 lengths, to Kid Commando in a listed handicap hurdle at Ascot (1m 7 1/2f) in October on latest start off a mark of 141.

Trainer says

He is good old hurdle/chase horse who is very consistent and another who is very ground dependent. He may get a bit of a break during December, January and that but will be back in spring - hopefully with all guns blazing.

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Winner of two of his 3 starts. Made a winning debut over hurdles at Ayr (2m) in October when scoring by a length and a quarter from Five Bar Brian.

Trainer says

He is a nice horse of Mr Hemmings who won a bumper last year and then went and won his first hurdle up at Ayr this time. He is a lovely horse for the future and hopefully he will go on and have a nice career over fences eventually. We will educate him for a run or two and hopefully he will run in a nice race or two from January onwards.

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Winner of one of his 8 starts and currently rated 117 over hurdles. Made a winning reappearance in a handicap hurdle at Sedgefield (2m 4f) in September when beating Ballycrystal nine lengths off a mark of 107.

Trainer says

He won well at Sedgefield on his first run this time and then I took him to Bangor and he got completely lost on the ground. He wants a bit of decent ground and two and a half miles. I think he will go and win a couple of handicaps or something like that and make a nice chasing horse next year.

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Winner of six of his 29 starts and currently rated 132 over fences. Finished third, beaten four and a half length, to Some Chaos in a handicap chase at Kelso (3m 2f) on his reappearance in October off a mark of 135.

Trainer says

He has been a grand old horse and he runs in them major sorts of handicaps. He won the Grimthorpe at Doncaster two years ago and hopefully he will be competitive in those sort of races again. We were half training him for the Scottish National at this time last year and then it all got stopped due to the Covid outbreak and he might do the same thing again.

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Winner of three of his 17 starts and currently rated 123 over fences. Returned to winning form latest start at Carlisle (3m 1/2f) in October when short heading Pop Rockstar off a mark of 120.

Trainer says

He is a consistent horse and he was a little bit unlucky a couple of times. If he had any luck he would have won another couple of races by now and hopefully he will continue to progress and we can have a good winter with him.

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Winner of six of his 32 starts and currently rated 133 over fences. Finished third, beaten five lengths, to The Big Bite on his reappearance in a handicap chase at Aintree (2m) this month of his current mark.

Trainer says

He is another grand old horse - he has run at the top end of the handicap in the best two-mile chases and he ran a grand race at Aintree the other day. He just made a mistake at the last and he would probably have finished second if he had jumped it well. It was a nice comeback run and, hopefully, he will have his day in the sun again.

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Winner of one of his 5 starts and currently rated 125 over hurdles. Finished third, beaten three and a half lengths, to The Macon Lugnatic in a novice hurdle at Doncaster (2m 3 1/2f) in March when last seen out.

Trainer says

He is a nice sort of horse of Mr Hemmings's who won a novice hurdle and ran very well at Doncaster one day. He is a little ground dependent and hopefully it won't be wet everywhere, and I will get him over to the likes of Doncaster and Newcastle.

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Winner of five of his 11 starts and currently rated 135 over hurdles and 130 over fences. Made a winning reappearance in a handicap hurdle at Hexham (2m 4f) in October when scoring by a short head from Ask Paddington off a mark of 130.

Trainer says

He has been very consistent and has quite a good win ratio and he runs at Market Rasen on Thursday again. Hopefully, he might work into some decent handicaps as the season goes on. We have come back over hurdles and he won at Hexham and we are just going to go down that route for a little while. We weren't quite convinced that he was in love with the chasing, but we may have been asking him on the wrong ground and we may wait for the spring before we go chasing again.

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Winner of four of his 13 starts and currently rated 123 over fences. Finished third, beaten six and a quarter lengths, to Crixus's Escape in a handicap chase at Ayr (3m) this month on his reappearance off his current mark.

Trainer says

He is a mainly consistent staying chase horse that wants a bit of soft ground. He ran for the first time this season up at Ayr last week and we were very pleased with him. He finished third and needed the run a bit and hopefully he will win a race or two over the winter and give the boys plenty of fun.

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Winner of nine of his 52 starts and currently rated 138 over fences. Finished fourth, beaten six lengths, to Johnbb in a handicap chase at Wetherby (2m 3 1/2f) on his reappearance last Saturday.

Trainer says

He is a great old favourite and has been a fantastic horse for Mr and Mrs Sloan. He ran on Saturday at Wetherby and I thought he ran a smashing race for a little horse carrying topweight. We might up him to three miles on a little bit better ground if we can. It looks like he is just staying on in his races now and it will be interesting to see if he can get the extra half mile.

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Winner of one of her 4 starts. Finished sixth, beaten 19 lengths, to Ballingers Corner in a mares’ maiden hurdle at Market Rasen (2m 4 1/2f) this month.

Trainer says

She won a bumper last year and had her first run over hurdle at Market Rasen last week. She didn't run too bad - they didn't go much of a gallop and they took her off her feet, but she was staying on late on. Hopefully, she will get her turn as the year goes on.

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Winner of his bumper at Carlisle in March by a nose from Honda Fifty.

Trainer says

He won his bumper up at Carlisle and it probably wasn't a very competitive bumper, but he won it which was the main thing. It will be interesting to see how we get on with him now he is going hurdling.

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Winner of five of his 22 starts and currently rated 138 over fences and 130 over hurdles. Coming back from a 616-day break when fourth, beaten 18 1/2 lengths, to Rock On Fruity in a handicap hurdle at Carlisle (3m 2f) last week off a mark of 132.

Trainer says

He is a good old timer who has been off a little while with injury. He had his first run in a handicap hurdle at Kelso a week last Saturday and we were very pleased with him. He stayed on nicely to finish fourth and he is another one for them top class staying handicap chases.

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Winner of three of his 4 starts and currently rated 130 over fences and hurdles. Finished third, beaten 9 lengths, to Elvis Mail in a novices' handicap chase at Ayr (2m 1/2f) last week.

Trainer says

He is another big nice horse of Mr Hemmingss' who won a couple of hurdles last year and had his first run over fences at Ayr last week. We were pleased with him and he is not a two-mile horse which it was the other day. I would say he would want two and a half to three miles once we get into the spring. We just want to hold his hand a little bit as he hasn't had a lot of racing and I don't want to put him into the deep end too quick. We just want to toughen him up a bit and I am sure that by the spring he will have won his share of races.

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Winner of three of his 8 starts and currently rated 125 over hurdles. Winner of both of his starts over hurdles last season scoring by three and a quarter lengths from The Ferry Master in a maiden event at Ayr (2m 4 1/2f) in January and heavily odds-on when beating Slainte Mhor four and a half lengths in a novice at Newcastle (2m 4 1/2f) in March.

Trainer says

He is a nice horse who is a little bit similar to Marown and only got the two runs last year. He is going to go chasing and starts off a Ayr shortly. He is another who will hopefully have a good winter. We have schooled him over fences, and he is fine.

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Winner of three of her 8 starts and currently rated 110 over hurdles. Won her first three starts in handicap hurdles this season - scoring at Market Rasen (2m 7f) in July and August of mark of 85 and 93 and completing the hat trick with a two and three quarter length win from Cilluirid at Hexham (2m 4f) in September off a mark of 100.

Trainer says

She is mare who has done well this summer and won three on the spin. We had the usual problem where the handicapper got a hold of her and she was back at Market Rasen on Thursday, with a 7lb claimer on her to take a bit of weight off her, and she finished eighth of ten.

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Winner of four of his 15 starts and currently rated 145 over fences. Pulled up in a listed mares’ chase at Market Rasen (3m)on her reappearance this month and gained her last success in a handicap chase at Doncaster (3m) in December of last year when beating Cloth Cap a neck off a mark of 141.

Trainer says

She is a grand mare who did very well last year and, hopefully, will do the same this time. I ran her at Market Rasen last week and she just got took off her feet a little bit down the back straight. I am quite sure she will put that moderate run behind her, and we will have another decent year with her.

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Winner of two of his 9 starts and currently rated 122 over hurdles. Finished runner-up, beaten two lengths, to Kaizer in a handicap hurdle at Carlisle (2m 1f) on his latest start in October off a mark of 117.

Trainer says

He is another horse who has run four times this year and run well every time. Hopefully, he is a horse that is progressing, and I think he will make a lovely chaser next year.

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Winner of five of his 7 starts and currently rated 147 over hurdles. Made a winning reappearance in a conditions hurdle at Carlisle (2m 1f) in October when beating Nickolson five and a half lengths.

Trainer says

He is a lovely horse who did well for us last year winning over hurdles at Hexham and Wetherby and finishing runner-up in a Grade 2 at Ascot. I ran him up at Carlisle in a nice conditions event and he done all we expected him to do. It is onwards and upwards with him and he will run in the Fighting Fifth at Newcastle next and then we will know which direction we are going.

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Winner of two of her 17 starts and currently rated 105 over hurdles. Off the mark over hurdles in a maiden event at Newcastle (2m 4 1/2f) last Friday when beating La Mystere four and a quarter lengths.

Trainer says

She is a very consistent filly who had finished runner-up plenty of time but thankfully got her head in front at Newcastle last Friday. Hopefully, she will go and do the same again soon - we just put a pair of cheekpieces on her to make her concentrate and it probably helped her a little bit.

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Winner of one of her 6 starts and currently rated 96 over hurdles. Finished seventh, beaten 42 lengths, to Those Tiger Feet in a handicap hurdle at Ayr (2m 3 /12f) last week off a mark of 99.

Trainer says

She won her bumper last year and she has had a little bit of rocky road over hurdles so far with horses falling in front of her and that sort of thing. I think she is a mare who just wants a bit of confidence and I am quite sure she can bounce back and win a race or two.

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Winner of 10 of his 45 starts and rayed 155 over fences and 143 over hurdles. Had his crowning moment when taking a Grade 1 Chase at Leopardstown (2m 1f) in December 2017 (awarded race after being hampered when half a length behind Min) and followed up with a half-length defeat of Footpad in the same race in 2018.

Trainer says

He has been retired now but the old boy has been a star for everybody up at Greystoke and he was a great horse. He ran at the top-level right to the end and he deserves his retirement. He was a very sound horse and we didn't want him to drift down the handicap ratings. He didn't deserve that, and he is a happy boy who can now enjoy and easier life.

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Winner of four of his 29 starts and currently rated 120 over hurdles. Better effort this season when runner-up, beaten three lengths, to Tight Call in a handicap hurdle at Southwell (2m 4 1/2f) in August off his current mark.

Trainer says

He's not a bad sort of horse and a consistent handicap hurdler. He probably wants bad ground and hopefully he will win a race or two over the winter.

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Winner of eight of his 30 starts and currently rated 147 over fences. Added to his score last season when beating Captain Chaos three quarters of a length in the Listed Rehearsal Handicap Chase at Newcastle (2m 7 1/2f) in November of last year off a mark of 143.

Trainer says

He is another good old timer. He had his first run over hurdles at Ayr the other week but he's not a hurdler these days and more a three and half mile/ four-mile handicap chaser. He got taken off his feet a little bit, but he will bounce back and I'm quite sure he can be competitive in nice races over the winter months.

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Winner of five of his 9 starts and currently rated 135 over fences. Hasn't been seen out since finishing runner-up, beaten two lengths, to Vinndication in a novices’ chase at Carlisle (2m 4f) in November 2018.

Trainer says

He hasn't run for over two years, but he is back in training now and it might be January before we get him back on the track. He had a bit of a leg problem and we have just had to take our time with him. Hopefully, he is well worth waiting for - all his form is top class and hopefully he can repay us. If I can put him away to the grass at the end of this season, I would say we would have a good season with him next year.

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Winner of one of his 3 starts. Finished third, beaten 14 lengths, to Do Your Job on his hurdling bow at Ayr (2m) in October.

Trainer says

He is a good sort of horse who won his bumper last year nicely and then I sort of ran him in a decent novice hurdle up at Ayr last month. I thought he ran a nice race and he just got tired coming down to the last. I am quite sure he will make his mark up North. He is another who will make a smashing novice chaser for Mr Hemmings next year.