Author Archive | Bee Chapman

ONE Night Stand won under a lovely ride from Andrea Atzeni, who jumped him out smartly and beat the wide draw.  They sat prominently taking the lead in the final furlong and winning by a length and a half.  So pleased David Batten and all connections. Michaels Choice won nicely at Bath in mid-October partnered [...]

LADY Bowthorpe steps up to Group 1 company in Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes (Group 1) at HQ this afternoon.  She is partnered again by Kieran Shoemark who knows her well and has  ridden work on her. William says: ‘This is a very strong renewal with at least 5 Group 1 winners lining up. I couldn’t [...]

ONE Night Stand made no mistake in losing his maiden tag at Windsor this afternoon; he has been placed a few times and it’s great to see him in the winner’s enclosure today. He was partnered by Thomas Greatrex; they tracked the front runners until making a decisive move to take the lead over a [...]

ALL of us at Phantom House are absolutely thrilled with Lady Bowthorpe’s scintillating performance at Ascot in the Betfred Valiant Fillies’s Stakes  (Group 3) yesterday.  We have always held her in the highest regard but to witness her fantastic turn of foot against a high class field was wonderful to see. I know I keep repeating [...]

THIS is a delayed post as computer crashed when trying to upload it last week. THRILLED to have yet another winner in Emma Banks’s colours, shared with the Music Makers 2 Partnership made up with Emma Banks, her father, Richard Banks and Jeff Craft. Delighted with the way he did it; he jumped well and [...]

THRILLED again today!  Arigato put up a personal best performance.  He travelled well through the race and when a gap appeared he quickened well under Josie Gordon who knows him so well.  As always I am  delighted for owner Emma Banks who has had three wins from four runners since the resumption of racing!  Congratulations [...]

4.20pm Lingfield Saturday Betway British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Class 5) PORFIN This will be his first run on the all weather.  He has improved again since his second run and I hope he will run a good race. 1.30pm Newmarket Saturday Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap (Class 2) ARIGATO Returns to Newmarket a course [...]

VERY nice to see Wimpole Hall get his head in front again under a very cool ride from Gaia Boni.  It was her first ride at Newmarket and she was not over awed to be in a four runner race against senior jockeys William Buick, James Doyle and David Egan.  She showed admirable maturity, tracked [...]