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Nov 20, 2024 | 
gazetteherald.co.uk | Colin Russell
Spirit Dancer made history by becoming the first horse to win the Bahrain International Trophy twice. (Image: PA) THE hardy veteran Spirit Dancer created a piece of history in Bahrain on Friday evening when he became the first horse to win the country’s most prestigious race, the Bahrain International Trophy, twice.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
gazetteherald.co.uk | Colin Russell
Veteran Zip was among those to shine on a fine day for Ryedale in Doncaster. (Image: PA) THE turf flat season may have faded away rather tamely at Doncaster on Saturday, but it proved an excellent final day for Ryedale yards. They won four of the eight races, most notably the mile-a-quarter Listed Virgin Bet-sponsored Gillies Fillies Stakes which went to the David O’Meara-trained Estrange, who was partnered by James Doyle.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
gazetteherald.co.uk | Colin Russell
Brian Ellison has his eyes on more silverware with Onesmoothoperator at the iconic Melbourne Cup. (Image: PA) LOCAL trainer Brian Ellison’s quest to win one of the world’s most iconic races, the Lexus Melbourne Cup, received a significant boost last week when his Onesmoothoperator was an easy winner of the Geelong Cup on his debut in Australia. The race was being used by Brian as a warm-up race to the main event, which takes place at Flemington on Tuesday, November 5.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
gazetteherald.co.uk | Colin Russell
With a fine sense of timing on the eve of Yorkshire’s biggest meeting, Richard Fahey has his string in great form. The Musley Bank trainer sent out five winners last week, his most notable success being in Saturday’s big race at Ripon, the William Hill Great St Wilfrid Handicap with Dare To Hope. In fact he didn’t just have the winner of the race, he also sent out the runner-up Ramazan.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
gazetteherald.co.uk | Colin Russell
HE has done it at last. There was delight all round on Saturday afternoon when Geordie-born but Norton-based trainer Brian Ellison finally achieved one of his lifetime ambitions by winning the historic Northumberland Plate. It has taken a while, but eight years after the agonizing defeat of another of his runners, Seamour, he finally achieved his goal when Onesmoothoperator, ridden by Connor Beasley, powered clear in the final furlong to take the £81,000 first prize by two-and-a-half lengths.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
psuvanguard.com | Colin Russell
Students and faculty alike at Portland State have voiced concerns about a lack of safety with the presence of the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) on campus. This comes following the administration’s response to involve the PPB in responses to campus protests starting on May 2. This has highlighted not only the tension of campus safety with students and police presence, but also the issues faced when organizing events for students led by different school organizations.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
gazetteherald.co.uk | Colin Russell
John Quinn's Group 1-winning mare Highfield Princess has passed away after sustaining an inoperable leg fracture at her stables in Norton. (Image: Mike Egerton/PA Wire) HIGHFIELD Princess, the mare who progressed from ordinary handicapper to one of the best sprinters in the world, has sadly died after fracturing a leg in her stable at Highfield in Norton earlier this month. Trained by John Quinn for his landlord John Fairley, the mare proved one of the best buys of all time.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
gazetteherald.co.uk | Colin Russell
IT was a super Saturday for Ryedale horses last weekend with high-profile wins for Anglers Crag, trained in Norton by Brian Ellison, at Newcastle and for Spirit Dancer from Richard Fahey’s Musley Bank stables on the international scene in Saudi Arabia. Anglers Crag was formerly trained in Somerset by David Pipe, and although quite a capable performer, he hadn’t won a race since February 2022.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
gazetteherald.co.uk | Colin Russell
CLASSY chaser Sounds Russian is set to make his first racecourse appearance for nearly a year at Haydock Park tomorrow. The nine-year-old, who is trained in Norton by Ruth Jefferson, hasn’t run this season having injured a knee when being brought down six fences from home in last season’s Cheltenham Gold Cup. It has been a long road to recovery but he pleased his trainer in a schooling session last week so is now all set to make his comeback, although his exact target has yet to be decided.
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
gazetteherald.co.uk | Colin Russell
NORTON-BASED trainer Linda Stubbs called time on her long training career after Carey Street had won the extended mile handicap at Wolverhampton on Friday evening. “It was just about the perfect ending,” she said after the eight-year-old, who was partnered by top female rider Hollie Doyle, had won his first race since March 2022. “We weren’t going to run him as he had run on Monday, but he came out of the race well and this race cut up.
