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The Archie Watson trained Corinthia Knight headed to Chantilly today to compete in the Montenica Listed Stakes over 6.5 furlongs. He was aiming to follow up on 2 wins from 2 runs on U.K. soil this year. The talented Oisin Murphy travelled for the ride.

He bounced from the gates in his usual professional manner and Oisin settled him in 3rd on the rail until the home straight. As the pace quickened, the French jockeys looked to be doing their best to deny Corinthia room. Oisin found daylight by switching to the outside and he showed a fantastic turn of foot to gather the leader in and win the valuable contest under a fantastic ride.

Currently rated 105, he is a very talented horse with a tremendous appetite for the game. He has won 3 races at different distances & tracks this year, with various tactics used. He is a versatile speed machine and there are plenty of options for him going forward.

A huge well done to Archie who is absolutely flying this year.

A huge well done also to his owners who will be looking very much forward to his next destination; the all-weather finals on Good Friday.

Winner # 10 for the year.

Castle Hill Cassie notched up the 3^rd win of her career last night at Newcastle under a superb ride from Graham Lee.

She was due to run at the same course recently but The Beast from the East had put an end to her hopes of running on that occasion.

She jumped well from the gates and Graham got her nicely settled after around a furlong as the field travelled down the straight. Travelling in Indian File down the course, the placings remained unaltered until the final furlong when the pacesetter started to come back to the field.

As Graham was looking for daylight, the favourite kicked for home and stole a couple of lengths advantage. Once the gap came, she showed an excellent turn of foot to collar the leader close home and win the race.

Graham reported he didn’t want to hit the front too early and was keen to hold onto her for as long as he could. He carried out his plan to perfection and clearly knows how to get the best out of her.

This was her 3^rd win from nine runs and she is clearly on the up.

Ben was over the moon with her run. She is an improving mare who settled much better and looks to be getting stronger.

A big well done to her owners and a big well done to Ben who landed a double on the night.

Our 9^th winner of the year!

We are delighted to announce the Compton Place x Finalize colt that is trained by Adrian Keatley will be called Compton’s Finale, named by Nick Bland.

We had loads of fantastic entries including Distinct Shot, Earl of Wilmington & Pursuing The Dream and many more.

We also liked Beastfromtheeast but the name was taken.

Thanks to all that entered and we look forward to seeing him on the track.

Bournville lined up in the open NH flat race over 2 miles today at Newcastle. Henry Brooke was aboard once again as she looked to follow up on her excellent debut win at the same course last month.

She was slow away and Henry had to be sharp to ensure she got going, she eventually did and she made up the lost ground quickly.

The pace was slow throughout and Henry was happy to keep her at the back of the field for the majority of the race.

On the turn into the home straight, she began to easily move through the field and it was just a matter of when Henry wanted to take it up. Henry pressed Go and she showed a fantastic turn of foot and went on to win by 4 lengths with a further 12 lengths back to 3^rd place.

She is clearly talented and has her own ideas. She now has plenty of options available to her over the coming months. Her owners have a lot to look forward to.

Our 8^th winner of the year!

Made Of Honour ran in the 32red.com fillies handicap over 1 mile yesterday at Lingfield with Ben Curtis taking the mount aboard the Karl Burke trained daughter of Casamento.

Made of Honour had refused to go in the stalls on her last run. On arriving at the start, the handlers positioned her very close to the gate and after a few anxious moments, they persuaded her to go in; a fantastic job by the handlers.

She opened up at a price of 9/2 on the eve of the race but was well supported in the betting markets seeing her sent off at 5/2 fav on the day.

She was drawn in stall 6 for the 8 runner event. After breaking smartly, Ben was happy to settle her in mid division for the 1st half of the contest. Approaching the 3 furlong marker, Stevie Donohoe, who rode the 2nd favourite – Wicker made a good move to steal a few lengths heading into the home bend.

Entering the straight, Ben set about reeling the leader in. In full drive position, Ben galvanised Made of Honour and ate up the lead to collar Wicker close home. It was a fantastic performance from both horse and jockey on the day and a fantastic success for her owners.

A big well done to Nikki Hazell, Mark Ashley Simms & Lucy Burke who traveled with Made Of Honour, they had her looking fantastic on the day and was deservedly awarded best turned out for their efforts.

Made of Honour brought up our 6th winner of the year in as many weeks. She was our 2nd winner by Casamento this week after Bournville’s impressive debut at Newcastle on Monday. It has been our best start to any year for Ontoawinner and something we could only dream of. Long may it continue!

If you fancy getting involved, we have very limited shares available in some cracking 2 year olds with Karl Burke & Archie Watson (U.K) and Adrian Keatley (Ireland). Now is the time to get involved as we don’t expect them to last much longer. You can view all available shares here: www.ontoawinner.net/available-shares

A stable visit is planned for Saturday 10th March at Archie Watson’s Yard in Lambourn and further details will be released nearer the time. To book a place contact jonathan@ontoawinner.net. You can see our Breeders Cup placed Corinthia Knight, who has already qualified for the all-weather Finals on Good Friday. You will also be able to see our two new 2 year old horses (a Society Rock colt that quickly sold out but there are limited shares available in the Swiss Spirit colt, recently named Freddie’s Spirit – Click here for Freddies Spirit profile

Pictures of Made Of Honour from yesterdays win

Our 5th winner of 2018 arrived on Monday with Bournville winning the first ever all-weather bumper to be held at Newcastle Racecourse. It was a fantastic moment for her owners, Jon Farmer and his parents, who named the horse after the area where they lived and also Roger Wilson, Andrew Butterworth and Steve Bedworth who were rewarded for their patience and loyalty.

Bournville has not been the easiest to train with various niggles and bumps in her short career, however, Karl Burke has always had faith in her and was confident she had ability based on her work on the gallops.

Karl booked Henry Brooke to ride for her racecourse debut, she was still very green jumping off but Henry allowed her to settle at the rear of the field before edging closer in the home straight. She still had plenty of horses to pass but Henry weaved Bournville through the field and took up the running a furlong from home and quickened clear in good fashion winning by nearly three lengths. Henry was very impressed given her greenness and commented she ‘had a big engine.’ Well done to all her owners!

Pictures from Bournvilles win

Tuesday saw Pearl Acclaim return to his favourite course, Southwell, where he has won three times since the beginning of December. He ran well to finish fourth and is now likely to have a mini break as he has had a busy eight weeks.

Our owners in Ireland have enjoyed a stable visit to Adrian Keatleys yard to see G Force and our new two-year-old colt by Compton Place. Adrian was in his usual good form and commented how he ‘really liked our colt who has a great attitude and his willingness to learn and please.’ The colt is a very relaxed individual and a lovely mover. We do have shares available : Click here for Compton Place Profile

Pictures from Adrians

The coming week sees entries for Made of Honour, Krebs Cycle, Zoravan, Castle Hill Cassie and Aguerooo; best of luck to all connections.

A stable visit is planned for Saturday 10th March at Archie Watson’s Yard in Lambourn and further details will be released nearer the time. To book a place contact jonathan@ontoawinner.net. You can see our Breeders Cup placed Corinthia Knight, who has already qualified for the all-weather Finals on Good Friday. You will also be able to see our two new 2 year old horses (a Society Rock colt that quickly sold out but there are limited shares available in the Swiss Spirit colt, recently named Freddie’s Spirit – Click here for Freddies Spirit profile

Saturday morning saw stable visits to Ben Haslam’s and Karl Burke’s yard. On a blustery morning in Middleham, our first port of call was to Ben Haslam’s yard, the picturesque Castle Hill Stables. As it stands, we have three horses in training with Ben and we first saw Castle Hill Cassie. She is a beautiful horse that won twice last year, she is an improving mare that should be in for a good year and she looked fantastic on the day. We also saw Cherry Oak, she was unlucky to finish runner up twice in January, she is now on a short break and being readied for a turf campaign. Cherry Oak is improving and strengthening all the time and she will be winning soon, we still have some shares available: Click here for profile.

The last horse we saw was First Breath, our unraced Bated Breath gelding. He has a size and presence about him, a fantastic looking animal. His half-brother came second in Hong Kong recently and was rated 98 when based in the UK. First Breath will be prepared to run in a maiden in April and looks a very interesting prospect for the season ahead; we do have shares available: Click here for profile

We then moved onto Spigot Lodge to see the Ontoawinner horses under the care of Karl Burke. Unfortunately, the weather took a turn for the worse when the wind picked up and the rain set in. First to be paraded before the large crowd of owners that had braved the weather were all the older horses in training. The only absentees were London Protocol (currently enjoying the Meydan sunshine) and Magic Mark (ran at Kempton on Saturday night).

There were plenty of positive comments regarding the older horses and we had very positive news regarding Bournville (unraced Casamento mare) and Raydiance (Pat Eddery Ascot Listed winner). We have lots to look forward to in 2018 with the other older horses.

There was a lot of excitement regarding the development of the eleven unraced two-year olds and their progression to date. Owners took the time to get pictures with their horses and hear first-hand from Karl his thoughts on each one of them. Karl was very upbeat and has commented that “The horses are in great order as we build up their work regimes. They are just back from their winter breaks and are doing lots of conditioning work to build their fitness. We start to do quicker work towards the end of February and into March and these are the nicest bunch of two-year olds Ontoawinner have ever had.”

It’s too early to say where and when these two-year olds will be running but a few that took the eye, and are already sold out, were the Showcasing Colt, the Morpheus Colt and the Footstepsinethesand Colt. Of the 2 year olds with shares available, 2 in particular caught the eye: the Toronado Filly and Swiss Spirit Filly looked extremely well and both have shares available.

Swiss Spirit x Perfect Pursuit

“She is working well and is making good progress. She is a filly I will kick on with next month. She looks sharp.” – Shares start at £560 per 2.5%.

Link to Profile http://www.ontoawinner.net/syndicate/swiss-spirit-x-perfect-pursuit

Toronado x Cross My Heart

“She is working well and is pleasing me. She has an entry in the Tattersalls Sales race on October 6th at Newmarket. She looks a nice filly and moves very well. ”  – Shares start at £560 per 2.5%.

Link to Profile

http://www.ontoawinner.net/syndicate/toronado-x-cross-my-heart

After the parade of horses all owners had a good look around the yard before everyone moved back to Middleham where everyone enjoyed a spot of lunch at The White Swan. Plans and hopes for the upcoming season were discussed and there was excellent criac as to which horse will be our next two-year old rated over a hundred; we had three last year with Corinthia Knight, Raydiance and Staxton!

Many thanks to all our owners who braved the elements and to both Ben, Karl and all their staff for the work that went into the day.

Our next stable visit is planned for Saturday 3rd February at 9.30am at Adrian Keatleys Yard at Rossmore Cottage Stables, Friarstown, The Curragh, Co Kildare to see Group One Winner G Force and our new two-year-old by Compton Place. There will be further yard visits planned for Tim Easterby, Ollie Pears, Archie Watson and our other trainers before the turf season starts. If you are interested in attending please get in touch.

Archie has spent his whole life around thoroughbreds. He grew up near Lambourn, the Valley of the Racehorse, and trains at historic Saxon Gate in Upper Lambourn.

He enjoyed a fantastic 2017, notching up 56 winners in total throughout the year. He achieved a strike rate of 21%, and 63% of individual horses than ran this year won a race. Impressive!

Ontoawinner had an excellent first year in 2017 with Archie with our own Corinthia Knight winning 3 races and finishing a fantastic 4th at the breeders cup meeting in Del Mar. He is rated 105 and is a top sprint prospect for 2018.

Archie is undoubtedly making a name for himself in the training ranks and is widely regarded as one of the best young talents in the game.

Below are the horses trained by Archie for Ontoawinner. We have shares available in Freddies Spirit, a cracking 2 year old colt by Swiss Spirit. He should be an early type for the season ahead.

Cappella Sansevero filly

SOLD

Panis Colt

SOLD

Dandy Man Filly

SOLD

The Wow Signal Filly

SOLD

Concello

SOLD

Quiet Endeavour

SOLD

Freddie’s Spirit

SOLD

Corinthia Knight

SOLD

Its the time of year when the excitement builds towards the 2018 flat season.

The 2 year olds that celebrated their birthday at the turn of the year start to build up their work and do more each week on the gallops.

We have our strongest team of 2 year olds heading into the new season.

We do have shares available and we don’t expect them to last long. We have 2 year olds available in both the UK & Ireland, dotted around the countries to suit everyones needs.

You can click on the links below to see full profiles. Get in touch with any queries that you may have.

Chains of Love

SOLD

Praxidice

SOLD

Secret Footsteps

SOLD

Compton’s Finale

SOLD

Freddie’s Spirit

SOLD

Freesia Gold

£800 per 5%/£400 per 2.5

Pearl Acclaim travelled to Southwell yesterday to run in the Betway handicap over 6 furlongs with Steve Drowne taking the mount aboard the David Griffiths trained son of Acclamation.

Drawn in 1 for the 10 runner event, he broke smartly from the stalls to take up the lead in the early stages of the contest. At the 2 marker Steve got into full drive and kept Pearl up to his work and went on to score by over 2 lengths.

It gave us our 42nd winner of the season and a first for the Ontoawinner & David Griffiths combination, a fantastic result for all involved.

Pearl Acclaim is a horse that will be campaigned throughout the winter and he looks like he could potentially follow up based on yesterdays success. We do have shares available : http://www.ontoawinner.net/syndicate/pearl-acclaim