15 December 2008 Scene & Heard: Cornwall Hunt Club - Wadebridge
It was mission accomplished for Burntoakboy, who earned his Cheltenham qualification with a facile Open victory, his second of the campaign, under Tom Weston. Owner-trainer Richard Newland was not there to witness the success, though, as Millie Murray, who led up the winner and also had to give Richard a running commentary on the phone, explained. "It was his company staff party last night, so he wouldn't have been in a fit state to drive down," she laughed. READ MORE
03 December 2008 Scene & Heard: Cambridge University United Hunts Club - Cottenham
Burntoakboy, winner of the Coral Cup at the 2007 Cheltenham Festival and third in the Kim Muir Chase there less than nine months ago, is halfway to gaining his Foxhunters' qualification (two Open victories or two firsts or seconds in Hunter Chases) after an effortless success in the Men's Open. READ MORE
17 June 2008 Scene & Heard: Torrington Farmers - Umberleigh
Special Order's Restricted success gave new champion jockey Oliver Greenall the one victory he needed to exceed the record number of winners ridden in a season, the 54 set by Ashley Farrant in 2004. Fittingly, the five-year-old is owned by his father Lord Daresbury, who as Peter Greenall won the title three times in the eighties, and they therefore become only the second father and son to achieve the feat, following in the footsteps of Michael (1969) and Nigel (1994) Bloom. READ MORE
02 June 2008 Scene & Heard: Harborough Race Club - Dingley
Oliver Greenall became only the third rider to partner 50 Point-to-Point winners in one season when The Fairhill Boy, trained by Cherry Coward, took the Intermediate, and he still has Ashley Farrant's record of 54 in his sights. The other man to achieve the half-century was Richard Burton, whose 50 successes earned him the championship runner-up spot behind Ashley in 2004. READ MORE
30 May 2008 Scene & Heard: Huntingdon - pointtopoint.co.uk Hunters' Chase
On Ladies' Night at Huntingdon it was appropriate that the first two home were women riders, with Bell Rock's finishing burst under Emily Jarvis getting him up on the line to beat Clare Wills on Watership Down by a nose. READ MORE
