Here is a list of the stars running this weekend 😍
Constitution Hill
Shishkin
Jonbon
El Fabiolo
Love Envoi
Goshen
JPR One
Edwardstone
Zambella
Willmount
Ashtown Lad
Saint Felicien
Zenta
Fil D'or
Vanillier
Janidil
First Flow
Solo
Who are you looking forward to seeing most? 🤔
🚨 BREAKING: Several leading bookmakers have suspended betting on the Champion Hurdle after Constitution Hill appeared to work poorly in a gallop at Kempton this morning
State Man had been cut as short as 5-4 with Sky Bet
Look who’s home, safe and sound!
Didn’t enjoy himself too much yesterday but the best news is he’s back home and happy, albeit a little bit tired…
#Sleepy
Safe to say NOT SO SLEEPY is looking pretty pleased with himself this morning! 🤣
What a day it was! 🤩
Another massive well done to everyone involved! 🙌🏼
If ever there was a time for a new screen saver… 👀
#SummerdownStables
#NOTSOSLEEPY
For anyone wondering why Sleepy never came back down the chute, he took a shortcut home! Tough day at the office… we’ve all had them! Safe to say he’s a little sleepy now!
With CH due to be scratched, the highest rated British runner in the Champion Hurdle is now Not So Sleepy, who is 7lb and more clear of his compatriots.
#goldenage
He's back! Constitution Hill is among a field of 6⃣ for Tuesday's Christmas Hurdle at Kempton
• Black Poppy
• Constitution Hill
• First Street
• Nemean Lion
• Rubaud
• Sceau Royal
Sleepy is set to take up his entry in the Champion Hurdle on Tuesday but the Prix de l’Abbaye remains his main target.
And yes, you will be forgiven for mistaking him for an aeroplane… 🔊
#NotSoSleepy
#CheltenhamFestival
The dude Secret Squirrel runs another lovely race!
Pipped at the post but the result provides a lovely way to remember a clearly wonderful person.
Racing has a knack for bringing people together in tough times.
Thoughts go out to all ❤️
@PFNicholls
HES ONLY GONE AND DONE IT!
You can never write this boy off!
Travelled like a dream and wins the Fighting Fifth AGAIN! ❤️
Great ride by
@Sean_Bowen_
💪🏼
Well done team! 🙌🏼🙌🏼
#SummerdownStables
There’s no more appropriate time than today to say farewell to our great friend and Cheltenham Festival hero THIRD WIND!
He’ll be missed by all of us in the yard and we all wish him a very happy and well deserved retirement!
Well done boy! 🙌🏼⭐️
#SummerdownStables
#ThirdWind
Absolutely devastating. Would never wish this feeling upon anyone, he’s been a hell of a lot of fun to look after and he’s given us some wonderful days out. Gone far too soon and will be sorely missed by all of the staff at Summerdown Stables! ⭐️
We were so sad to lose Maksud today due to an injury sustained during the Old Newton Cup. A really special horse for us who had so much potential. He was so adored & looked after to the highest standard by all at
@Summerdown1997
but especially by Dawood, Tariq & Charlie 💔
What a display! 👊
Eleven-year-old Not So Sleepy makes all under
@oismurphy
to brilliantly deny Salt Bay in the
@DDFRacing
Autumn Cup
@NewburyRacing
🏇
A first win for
@Summerdown1997
's inmate since dead-heating with Epatante in the 2021 Fighting Fifth at Newcastle ...
Again Not So Sleepy is forgotten about, this time in the ‘possible entries’ for March
Despite winning x2 GR.1’s and having ran in the race the past four consecutive years! Currently rated 158 at age 12
Such lack of detail and focus solely on certain stables is short sighted.
It’s with great sadness to inform you all that we’ve had to say goodbye to our great friend ALCAZAR at the grand old age of 28.
He will be remembered fondly by all of the team here at Summerdown and at Fonthill, friends past and present! 🙌🏼
Sleep tight old boy! ⭐️
#Alcazar
🗣️ "He's an incredible horse!"
@Sean_Bowen_
looks forward to riding Not So Sleepy in tomorrow's Champion Hurdle, and previews his other Festival chances...
Constitution Hill, State Man and Impaire Et Passe feature among 22 entries for the Unibet Champion Hurdle, with Love Envoi, Not So Sleepy and Vauban also in contention
Introducing SECRET SQUIRREL’s half-brother! 🙌🏼
Trigger Point, doing the girls proud on
#InternationalWomansDay
, has foaled a cracking colt by our old friend Marmelo! ⭐️
Who knows what the future may hold for this little guy… 💪🏼
What would you call him?
Any opportunity you get to go and see Not So Sleepy up the gallops with
@Hughiemorrison2
@Summerdown1997
absolutely take it! He’s a real character and it’s some job looking after him, all credit to everyone who’s played their part. What a legend!
#NotSoSleepyFanClub
MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🎄
Merry Christmas from all of the team at Summerdown, we hope you have a good one! ❤️
To have had a Group 1 winner on the flat and Grade 1 winner over jumps in the same season is some feat! 💪🏼
Only right they got a photo together… ⭐️
#SummerdownStables
What a performance! 🤯
🏇 Quickthorn storms to victory in a thrilling conclusion to the Group 1 Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup Stakes for Tom Marquand and Hughie Morrison 👏
@Summerdown1997
@Q_REC
SECRET SQUIRREL (Stimulation x Trigger Point) is set to line up in the 1.33 from
@TauntonRacing
this afternoon!
Let’s hope for a big run for connections and the fan club! ⭐️
David Bass is in the plate! 💪🏼
#SummerdownStables
#SecretSquirrel
SECRET SQUIRREL (Stimulation x Trigger Point) is set to line up in the 1.50 from
@Sandownpark
this afternoon!
Let’s hope for a safe round of jumping and that he comes home well!
Best of luck to connections! 🙌🏼
David Bass is his pilot! 💪🏼
#SummerdownStables
#SecretSquirrel
Can’t help but be delighted with that run from SECRET SQUIRREL! 👏🏼
Still very much learning his trade and faced very different conditions today but saw that out to great effect! 🙌🏼
Winner looks special but exciting times ahead for our lad! ⭐️
#SummerdownStable
#SecretSquirrel
Now then ... 👀
Jeriko Du Reponet (2-5f) shows a really sharp turn of foot in the
@Coral
-sponsored introductory hurdle
@NewburyRacing
🟢🟡
@sevenbarrows
' unbeaten four-year-old looks the real deal ⭐️
Supreme Novices' Hurdle quotes incoming ...
🥇 Great feat by trainer Hughie Morrison and owner-breeders Lord & Lady Blyth 🥇
August 2023 - QUICKTHORN (GB) wins flat Gr.1 Goodwood Cup
December 2023 - NOT SO SLEEPY (GB) wins NH Gr.1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle
It wasn’t his day in the Champion Hurdle and the slight tilt of the head up the home straight when eased probably tells you that, but what a great horse Not So Sleepy is, a real racing character, a high achiever, and a v likeable individual. Lovely to see him again at Chelts.
SECRET SQUIRREL (Stimulation x Trigger Point) is set to line up in the 2.20 from
@TauntonRacing
this afternoon!
Let’s hope he can go well for connections! 🙌🏼
David Bass is his pilot! 💪🏼
#SummerdownStables
#SecretSquirrel
NOT SO SLEEPY (Beat Hollow x Papillon De Bronze) is attempting to reclaim his crown in the rescheduled Grade 1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle at 1.15 from
@Sandownpark
this afternoon!
Best of luck to connections! 🔵
@Sean_Bowen_
takes the spin! 💪🏼
#SummerdownStables
#NotSoSleepy
I went on
@SkyNews
this morning to discuss the Grand National with Ben Newman (yep, the chap that ran onto the track during the Derby last year). Very annoyed that I forgot to mention .
Thank you for having me on and being a fair referee,
@KayBurley
.
🏆 The Compton Beauchamp Estates LTD Silver Bar Handicap Stakes 🏆
🥇 Prince Alex
🥈 Robert Johnson
🥉 Grand Providence
A nice win for
@amoracingltd
as Prince Alex scores in the hands of
@DavidEgan99
for
@Domffd
⭐️
Well that could’ve gone worse…
What a start to life over obstacles for SECRET SQUIRREL!
Hopefully there’s more to come…
Well done to connections!
Another nice ride from David Bass 💪🏼
#SummerdownStables
#SecretSquirrel
SECRET SQUIRREL (Stimulation x Trigger Point) is set to line up in the 12.40 from
@NewburyRacing
this afternoon!
Let’s hope for a big run!
Best of luck to connections! 🙌🏼
David Bass is his pilot! 💪🏼
#SummerdownStables
#SecretSquirrel
Things you love to see! 🤩
THUNDERCLAP strolls back into the winners’ enclosure!
Congratulations to connections! 🟢🔴
Well done to the team at home! 💪🏼
#SummerdownStables
#Thunderclap
Different league! 🔴🟢
Thunderclap travelled all over his rivals in the Visit Handicap Hurdle before sauntering home under David Bass.
Safe to say he enjoyed the step up in trip!
@Summerdown1997
NOT SO SLEEPY (Beat Hollow x Papillon De Bronze) returns to the flat this afternoon for the 3.45 from
@NewburyRacing
!
Let’s hope he enjoys another big day out! 🤩
Best of luck to connections! 🙌🏼
@TomMarquand
is our pilot! 💪🏼
#SummerdownStables
#NotSoSleepy
A few shots of QUICKTHORN at home!
- Royal Ascot winner
- Head 2nd in the Ebor
- Group 3 winner
- French Group 2 winner
- Now a Lonsdale Cup winner!
Not a bad CV and hopefully more to come…
And he’s got the looks to boot!
#SummerdownStables
#Quickthorn
It’s giving main character energy 💅🏼
Today is Official Good Hair Day, so we couldn’t not put this lad in the spotlight 🤩
Secret Squirrel, trained by
@Summerdown1997
, is a flaxen thoroughbred - this kind of colouring is very rare amongst racehorses 🏇🎀
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
They are why we love this sport and they will forever be the most important part of it.
An excellent example of just how special these beautiful beings are to us! ⭐️
“Do whatever you need to do to save the horse…” 🙌
After a serious injury in the Randox Grand National, Cape Gentleman continues to enjoy his life thanks to the remarkable efforts of vets, his owner and trainer.
This is how it unfolded 👇
Saturday mornings don’t get much better than this! Thank you so much
@Hughiemorrison2
, Mary,
@charris_93
and the whole
@Summerdown1997
team.
Lots of Sleepy content to come, in the meantime, no race for Secret Squirrel today so we were lucky enough to see him on the gallops…
SECRET SQUIRREL (Stimulation x Trigger Point) is set to make his seasonal reappearance and first start over hurdles in the 12.50 from
@kemptonparkrace
this afternoon!
Best of luck to connections! 🤞🏼
David Bass is in the saddle! 💪🏼
#SummerdownStables
#SecretSquirrel
More than welcome! 🙌🏼
That kind of support can’t go unnoticed… Sleepy always has time for his biggest (and littlest) fans! 🤩
#NotSoSleepyFanClub
#NextGeneration
They say never meet your heroes, but Izzy loved meeting Not So Sleepy at Hughie Morrison's this morning 🥰
Thanks
@Summerdown1997
for being so kind and inviting her and to Andy for the tour.
WINNER!
Kyle Of Lochalsh is a horse on the up!
Let’s hope he has a big 2024 ahead of him….
Nice ride
@CliffordleexLee
! 💪🏼
Well done team! 🙌🏼
#SummerdownStables
Excellent piece of journalism from Brough Scott in the
@thetimes
today, celebrating the success of this year’s Grand National.
We need more pieces like this to educate the wider public just how celebrated these horses are and the efforts in place to protect them.
Love it! 👏🏼
Some man! 👏🏼
Raj is the ultimate professional and has been a vital part of our team over the years, what a great opportunity for his efforts to be recognised!
Get voting! 🙌🏼
#QUICKTHORN
📍 Tuesday 12th March
⏰ 3.30
🐎 Champion Hurdle (Grade 1)
🗣 “I think State Man is a player this year"
Tom Segal thinks Constitution Hill will win but believes State Man could run him close 👀
In The Know with
@Coral
🔵 | 18+
#GambleAware
Good luck to all runners and riders in this afternoon’s Grand National! 🙌🏼
Hope everyone enjoys their spin, and that everyone comes home in one piece! 🤞🏼
Promises to be another special spectacle! ⭐️
Just some happy horses on the morning of the
@RandoxHealth
Grand National ☺️
A mixture of today’s runners and previous runners enjoyed a roll and a leg stretch ahead of racing 🙌
Wasn’t the fairytale result but it was so good to see him back on a racecourse!
Well done to everyone involved for making it happen! 🙌🏼👏🏼
#SummerdownStables
#ThirdWind
ONE FOR BOBBY (Frankel x One Spirit) makes her stable debut in the Nottinghamshire Oaks!
Hopefully she enjoys the experience today and there could be a lot of fun to be had with her if we’re lucky!
Best of luck to connections!
@LeveySean
rides! 💪🏼
#SummerdownStables
And we’re off the mark for 2024! 🎉🎉
CURTIZ (Stimulation x Supatov) returns to winning ways with a well-timed challenge in the 4.15 from
@ChelmsfordCRC
!
Well done to connections and the team at home! 🙌🏼
Fine ride by
@davidprobert9
! 💪🏼
#SummerdownStables
#Curtiz
What a star ONE FOR BOBBY has been since joining the team!
Listed ✅
Group 3 placed ✅
Group 3 ✅
Absolute gem! 🌟
Well done team! 💪🏼
#SummerdownStables
#OneForBobby
Oh Alan 😥💔 We miss you already.
Just shy of his 29th birthday!
What an amazing life he had. He was so special and so loved, he knew it too!
He had such a lovely long retirement thanks to
@Hughiemorrison2
& Mary.
Sleep tight legend X
⭐️ Lot 328 - a filly by
@ShadwellStud
's MOHAATHER on offer at the
@Tattersalls1766
October Yearling Sale, Book 1
🐴 Consigned by
@LletyFarms
, she's a half-sister to Group placed LADY ARIA & LR placed UNION ROSE
👏 MOHAATHER was an exceptionally talented Group winner at 2,3 & 4
ONE FOR BOBBY (Frankel x One Spirit) is set to become our first runner at
@HippodromeVichy
, as she lines up in the Grand Prix de Vichy at 8.45!
Hopefully our first visit is a lucky one! 🌟
Best of luck to connections! 🙌🏼
@CSoumillon
rides! 💪🏼
#SummerdownStables
#OneForBobby
8:00pm Result: Congratulations to Beggarman who wins the “6 Horses Challenge At bet365 Handicap” (T) Hughie Morrison (J) Rob Hornby (O) Mrs E Bickerton And A Streeter
1️⃣ Beggarman
2️⃣ Daaris
3️⃣ Devizes
CAPRELO (Ulysses x Capriolla) is set to make his seasonal reappearance in the 8.00 from
@kemptonparkrace
this evening!
He’s bound to improve for this start back but hopefully he can go well for connections! 🙌🏼
@rob_hornby18
is in the plate! 💪🏼
#SummerdownStables
#Caprelo
Kyle Of Lochalsh takes the H’cap
@ChelmsfordCRC
. Well done The Fairy Story P’ship,
@Summerdown1997
& Deepwood Farm Stud who also bred x5 Grp winner Marmelo- in case you recognised the colours! Thanks to Neil Graham for doing the honours. 📸
@Meganrosephoto