Latest news from Lambourn

Sent off at 50-1, Ed Walker’s five-year-old was having just his third run over a mile – the last one being in May 2024 – but stayed on strongly under Kieran Shoemark. Opera Ballo set very stiff fractions under Billy Loughnane and was still in front entering the final furlong until More Thunder emerged to […]

Not everyone thrives in the sunshine. Since the weather broke it has been raining winners for Ed Walker, who capped a memorable Saturday by completing a stakes-race treble with Ten Bob Tony. The long dry spell made life tricky at the trainer’s yard in Upper Lambourn, where the gallops were simply too quick to use. […]

Kieran Shoemark hopes Almaqam’s best is still to come and believes the stunning Tattersalls Gold Cup winner is bang in the mix to be the leading light in the red-hot middle-distance division this year. The Ed Walker-trained five-year-old comprehensively dispatched the likes of dual Oaks heroine Minnie Hauk and Group 1 winner Bay City Roller when scoring by two lengths at […]

With Kabral Du Mathan ruled out due to the quick ground, it was left to Jingko Blue to take advantage and land the Grade 2 Select Hurdle under James Bowen, who was reprising the partnership which had won the BetMGM Cup at the Cheltenham Festival. It was another major success in a fine season for owner Tony […]

Johnny’s Jury powered up the Cheltenham hill when going from last to first to win the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle under Gavin Sheehan.  The 20-1 shot trailed the field from the start of the 3m Grade 1 contest, but pinged off the bend and swept into contention heading to the final flight, jumping the last in […]

Gordon Hall said that moving his horses to Nicky Henderson has been “a breath of fresh air” after Old Park Star maintained his unbeaten record over hurdles with victory in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. Last summer, Hall and his wife Su decided to take all their horses out of Paul Nicholls’ Ditcheat yard, and several of their […]