In the light of the coronavirus outbreak and the shutdown of jump racing till July, we have dramatically scaled back activities here at Folly House in order to look after our owners, our staff, as wel...
After a week of no racing, I thought you all might like to know how life is at Folly House.....We have been advised that we should continue training the horses as normally as we can, whilst observing ...
Despite the season ending 6 weeks early, I am thrilled that once again we have bettered our previous best season to end on 46 winners (from our 50-horse yard) with a total of just shy of £380,00...
We were thrilled to be a small part in the making of this great documentary which BetVictor produced when seeking to understand what it takes to make a winner...... 18+ begambleaware.org https:...
It was great to see Exod’ela winning on handicap debut at Ludlow yesterday under another good ride from Gavin Sheehan. We had always thought Exod’ela was a useful horse, but he&rsquo...
With very little racing on due to all this rain (we’ve had just one runner in two weeks which was just touched off into 2nd, and just seven runners in the whole of February) it’s always a ...
Sometimes the luck falls your way, and sometimes it doesn’t. Having had the most wonderful season to date with 43 winners on the board including several listed winners and The Grand Sefton...
I was thrilled that our first runner for Kate and Andrew Brooks, Fortunate Fred, ran very well on his racecourse debut at Huntingdon last week to be 3rd in what looked to be a very competitive bumper....
A frustrating week here really as despite having our 43rd winner of the season, Thebannerkingrebel was beaten into 3rd yesterday under a 5lbs penalty in the Grade 2 Supreme Trail at Haydock in unfortu...
I was delighted to see Kiltealy Briggs deservedly get his head in front again over hurdles when defying a penalty to win at Kelso on Sunday. Having bolted up at Hexham earlier this season, he wa...
Happy New Year to everyone - let’s hope 2020 is as lucky and successful as 2019 was for us all at Folly House. I’ve attached a link below to a lovely article Marcus Armytage wrote i...
Having started 2019 with Hogan’s Height winning on 1st January for Foxtrot Racing, ridden by Page, it was fitting that we ended 2019 with Anythingforlove winning today for Foxtrot Racing and onc...
It was lovely to see Thomas Macdonagh winning at Ffos Las last week, and in turn notching up a hat trick of wins. Having won his maiden at Hexham he was given an enticing opening handicap mark o...
It really was a great thrill to see Hogan’s Height jump from fence to fence around Aintree’s Grand National course to win with his head in his chest by 16 lengths! We had planned to ...
Another couple of winners this week takes our total to 38 winners for the season, from just 50 horses in the yard.....It has been an incredible season to date and all credit must go to our wonderful t...
Thebannerkingrebel enhanced his reputation with an authoritative victory in a Listed Novice Hurdle at Haydock on Betfair Chase day on Saturday. In turn moving us onto 36 winners for the season, ...
Having had rattled the cross bar at Cheltenham over the weekend, it was good to hit the back of the net again today when Kiltealy Briggs won an EBF Qualifying novice hurdle at Hexham this afternoon by...
Another across the card double last week has kept the scoreboard ticking over nicely as we move onto 34 winners for the season. Early Morning Rain won on her hurdling debut under Sam Twiston-Dav...
It was lovely to see Battleofthesomme following up his win over fences by winning over hurdles last week at Uttoxeter under a good ride from Page Fuller. The handicapper gave him a 13lbs rise ov...
Earlier this summer we were sent a couple of lovely young horses from Kate Buckett who had trained them under her permit, however she had decided to retire from training and wanted to become an owner ...
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