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Pride Of Racing Awards



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Richard Phillips - Pride Of Racing 2011


Question Of Sport

 


This year's Adlestrop Club Question Of Sport evening will take place at Chipping Norton Golf Club on Thursday 1st March starting at 7.30pm.  Once again team captains will be John Inverdale and Mark Pougatch with their celebrity teams, whilst quiz master will once again be Robert Cooper. 

 

It is always a fantastic evening.  Teams of four are welcome at £15 per person for non members (Adlestrop Club members are free) which includes sandwiches and there will be a cash bar.

 

If you do not have a team we can put you into one on the evening.  There will be a charity raffle in aid of the Wooden Spoon. 

 

Please let us know as soon as possible if you would like to attend and no later than 22 nd February.  This will take the place of our February event. 




Wine Tasting Evening


We are delighted to announce the Adlestrop Club Christmas event is a ‘Wine Tasting Evening' on Monday 12th December in Adlestrop Village Hall starting at 7.30pm.

 

The Oxford Wine Company will be supplying some excellent wines and delicious Christmas nibbles will be provided.

 

As ever, Adlestrop Club members will be free of charge, whilst non members will be charged £10 to include entry to a competition to win an excellent case of wine.

 

Please let us know no later than Monday 5th December if you would like to join us.

 

24th November, 2011


Share Available in Mr Tingle

Mr Tingle is a very attractive chasing type. This seven year old has shown promise in bumpers and hurdles having won a point to point in Ireland as a four year old. Now fully mature, Mr Tingle should reap the rewards of patience by being competitive over hurdles and fences this coming National Hunt season.

Mr Tingle is ready to run and has an entry at Uttoxeter on Saturday.   He will start off over hurdles before embarking on a chasing campaign.

A 10% share is available in him. For instant fun, please contact Richard on his mobile for details of this exciting opportunity.

Mobile 07774 832715.




General Knowledge Quiz

The Adlestrop Club are holding our annual General Knowledge Quiz on Friday 18 th November at 7.30pm in Adlestrop village hall .

 

Adlestrop Club member, Charlie Allan will be quiz master this year due to the fact he normally wins the quiz whatever team he is in. Teams of four are required, but if you do not have a team we can put you in one on the night.

 

Adlestrop Club members are free of charge, whilst guests and non members are welcome at £15 to include fish and chip supper and refreshments.

 

Please let us know if you would like to come along by Friday 11 th November.

 


Five To Follow Competition

This year's five to follow competition is due to start on the 15th October.  Please get your entries in asap.

Choose five horses from our horse list on this website. When you have made your selections, please fill out the entry form which can be downloaded below and send along with your cheque to:


Adlestrop Stables, Adlestrop, Moreton in Marsh, GL56 0YN


Each entry costs £5. Cheques to be made payable to 'R Phillips'


The competition runs from 15th October 2011 until 30th April 2012


Points will be won as follows:

10 points for a winner


5 points for second

3 points for third


The winner will get 60% of the entry fee, s econd place will win 25% and third place will win 15%


ENTRY FORM



Catriona Bissett

A while ago I mentioned in my blog that we had become the first training establishment to offer a place to a BHA graduate. Catch (Catriona) came to us with a love of horses and a degree in business psychology.

 

I am really pleased to announce that Catch has decided to stay with us following her placement and will take on the role of pupil assistant.

 

Since joining us, Catch has decided that she would like a career in the training profession and during her time with us she will be studying for her trainers diploma.

 

Catch's responsibilities will include riding out and assisting me in caring for the horses. She will also have a responsibility for marketing activities and will accompany the horses to the racecourse if I am not available. Apparently some owners have already requested that she go racing with their horses, even if I am available.

 

I am sure you will agree that Catch will be a great asset to the yard. Already there is a great liaison between Jo in the office and Catch in the yard and with such an excellent start to the season, we are all confident that there are exciting times ahead.

3rd October, 2011



Horses For Sale

We have today uploaded details of our horses for sale.  Please click below to view.


HORSES FOR SALE


Gloucestershire Echo

Last week we had a visit from Jonathan Herbert of the Gloucestershire Echo to talk about the exciting prospects we have for the season ahead.

Click below to read the article.


ARTICLE

Tiger Line


Everyone is thrilled that Tiger Line finally got her head in front yesterday at Newton Abbot. Given a brilliant ride by Richard Johnson, she led for most of the way and stayed on gamely. The horses appear in great form and long may it continue.


We run Father Martin tomorrow in the two and half mile novice hurdle with Sean Quinlan onboard. He has schooled well and are hoping the jumps and longer trip will change his attitude for the better.


We have Whenever and Fair Breeze entered for the weekend and hopefully they can defy their weight rises at Kempton and Bath respectively.


6th September, 2011



Whenever

Delighted to have another winner yesterday with Whenever winning well at Chepstow. Given a fine ride by Fergus Sweeney, he made headway into the straight to take the front two furlongs out and win convincingly. Hopefully if the handicapper does not punish him too much, he should have an interesting autumn on the flat.

With the horses in fine form, we have received so many text messages and emails - its amazing so many people follow our runners. We are lucky to have such a large supporters club and I am sure there are a lot more winners to come. This week's runners have come out of their races well and we look forward to following up with them soon.

25th August, 2011


Fair Breeze

All at Adlestrop were delighted to see Fair Breeze win last night. Robert Havlin gave her a great ride, which made up for the fact he thought she needed seven furlongs when he last rode her. She also appreciated the better ground now that her long term problem with sore shins has settled down.


Having bred her out of Soft Touch along with David Redvers, (no I did not breed David Redvers) every one of Soft Touch's off spring have now won. She is taking after her mother who ended up wanting two and a half miles over hurdles.


24th August, 2011

Runners


All the horses ran very well yesterday. Mick's Dancer showed a liking for the all weather whilst Tiger Line and Upper Deck were second and third in the handicap hurdle at Hereford. Tiger Line needed further as we suspected, whilst Upper Deck would prefer to come a bit later. However they both ran crackers along with Sun Up who was only beaten a length in the bumper.


Sean Quinlan thought Sun Up would come on for the experience and she looks a decent mare in the making. I must point out she is for sale, so please let me know if you are interested.



Four Runners



We have four runners today. Mick's Dancer tries his luck on the all weather at Kempton whilst Upper Deck and Tiger Line both run in the 7.30pm at Hereford . Hopefully Tiger Line will have a chance on the best of her form. Sun Up also runs at Hereford in the mares bumper. This is a difficult race to weigh up but she has been working well and if she settles, she should run a tidy race.

 

We have declared Fair Breeze for Warwick tomorrow trying a mile and a quarter for the first time. Whilst Whenever runs at Chepstow on Wednesday - his first run on the flat for a couple of years. He appears in good form and it will be interesting to see how he gets on.

22nd August, 2011


Cirencester Polo

The Adlestrop Club had a fine day out at the polo yesterday. Our next event is the Adlestrop Club cricket match at the Adlestrop ground at 2pm on Monday 8 th August. Club members are invited to attend a light lunch at 1pm and be refreshed throughout the match, which will hopefully end in a Phillips victory over the local team around 6pm.

18th July, 2011




Royal Adlestrop

This year's Ladies Day at Royal Adlestrop was once again a great success. For those of you who did not attend, the tipping competition went to George Kay, with second and third places going to his sister and father - a rather annoying result for everyone. Last year's winner Heggers, was close behind the leaders along with the trainer. Thanks to Heggers for turning the Fred Cooke Mug into a wonderful trophy, by having it mounted on a wine box.

 

Many people made a great effort with their pink charity shop items. The ladies all looked wonderful, whilst last year's winner Al, won the worst dressed prize with an engaging pink tutu. The best dressed went to Eric Painting with his pink waistcoat, which was worn to Ascot the next day by the trainer, thanks to an incident with a glass of red wine on the Tuesday.

 

John Salmon the bookie, this year made a small profit to make up for last year's financial disaster and has kindly sent a cheque to the Sue Ryder charity.

 

The penalty shoot out was a competitive affair with our guest of honour, Father Martin having three attempts all of which proved he was the original left footer.

 

With a jolly sing song to end, many thanks to everyone who helped make it such an enjoyable day and we look forward to next year.

22nd June, 2011



Fun Dog Show

The Adlestrop Village Open day this year is on Sunday 19th June from midday until 5pm. Please do come along if you can and see our wonderful village at its best.

 

Once again this year, we are holding a FUN DOG SHOW in the paddock at the stables, so please bring your dog along.


If you would be interested in sponsoring a class in the show, please let us know as soon as possible. The cost is just £25 to cover rosettes, prizes and a charity donation and you are welcome to come along and present the prize to the winner of your class.

One of the charities to benefit this year is The Blue Cross animal welfare charity.

The first class will start at 1pm and they will be as follows:

 

1. Cutest Puppy (under 12 months)

2. Prettiest Bitch

3. Most Handsome Dog

4. Veteran (9 years and over)

5. Waggiest Tail

6. Dog With The Most Appealing Eyes

7. Best Biscuit Catcher

8. Dog In The Best Condition

 

Entry is £1.50 per dog per class and there will be rosettes and edible prizes (for the dogs) for the first three in each class.

 

Entry to the village open day is £4 per person as per details attached.

 

For further information, please contact us.

 


Royal Adlestrop

We are pleased to announce details of our Adlestrop Club June event. By popular demand, once again we are having Ladies Day at Royal Adlestrop taking place on Thursday 16th June in Adlestrop Village Hall. 

The day will start at 1pm with a fizz reception followed by a buffet lunch. We will have all the races from Royal Ascot screened live in the hall with North Cotswold Bookmakers there to take your bets. There will be a tipping competition for the ‘Fred Cooke Mug' again this year.

Thanks to my secretary, this year's competition will be to wear something pink purchased from a charity shop. There will be a prize for the most tasteful and least tasteful item – please leave evidence of purchase attached if possible.

The day will end with a bandstand sing song and when people have had enough to drink, there will once again be a penalty shoot out in the grounds of the hall. This beats the queues and the vulgarity of racing at Royal Ascot and is sure to be very popular so please book early.

Adlestrop Club members are free of charge whilst any guests are most welcome at £30 a head to include all food and drink. There will be a charity raffle as well to spend your winnings on.

For more information please do not hesitate to ring the office. Places are limited so please book early and let us know before Friday 10th June at the latest if you would like to attend.



Pak Jack

Great to see Pak Jack get his head in front at Wetherby yesterday. Thanks to the soft ground, he was able to dictate from the front and went on again every time a horse came to his girths. Richard Johnson got some fine leaps from him and hopefully this will give him confidence to win again.

Good For Blue could not cope with the very heavy ground and we will try him on a better surface.

23rd February, 2011



Thornton Alice


All at Adlestrop are delighted to see Thornton Alice win at Newcastle yesterday. She is a tough mare and did the job well. Lucky Sunny ran a cracker but could only manage second, with the winner carrying ten pounds less due to his conditional jockey's claim. The Snatcher and Thompson both shaped well at Folkestone and hopefully they will be winning before the end of the season.























 












   

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