Lying on beaches and observing the trials and tribulations of his former colleagues was the plan for Charlie Mann when he quit training last year, but Hawaii and Mexico have come and gone for the popular Lambourn figure, who, along with champion jockey Oisin Murphy, is set for a more challenging trip next month. Mann, […]
Month: March 2022
Constitution Hill smashes course record to win Supreme
It was supposed to be a stacked Supreme Novices’ Hurdle but Constitution Hill produced a virtuoso performance that smashed Annie Power’s track record and left some comparing his stunning rout to Golden Cygnet’s fabled triumph in 1978. He really was that good. Dysart Dynamo crashed out at the third-last having raced keenly in front in […]
Lambourn support boosts worried family
A Ukrainian employee of Jamie Osborne has hailed Lambourn’s community spirit following the invasion of his country by Russia. Alex Makhmudov, whose wife Ievgeniia Isai has been Osborne’s housekeeper for six years, has worked for the trainer since 2003, doing “anything that needs to be done”. Ukraine, which was attacked by Russia last week, leading to condemnation […]