Kingsley Park

Group 1-Placed Delius Added to Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale

Nineteen wildcards have been added to the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale, headed by the G3 Prix du Lys winner and G1 Grand Prix de Paris third Delius (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who will be offered as lot 749G by Coolmore. The sale takes place at Park Paddocks from Monday, October 28 to Friday, November 1, with the full catalogue available to view here. Bred by David Brown, Delius is one of five winners out of the Daylami (Ire) mare Whatami (GB), with the others including the G3 Hoppings Fillies'...

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Charlie Johnston: 'You Can Still Get Value On Horses With Great Pages'

The Johnston approach to sourcing talent sounds terribly simplistic and there's no doubting that it has appeared that way through the oodles of success the Middleham men have had on the racecourse. But this year was an important one for the Johnstons with Charlie taking over from his father Mark, the winningmost trainer of all time in Britain, who opened up on how he tackles the yearling sales to TDN Europe last year. Given the importance of Charlie enjoying a productive debut season as a full-fledged trainer and the need...

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'We Like To Set Targets' – Charlie Johnston Eyes 200 Winners This Season

Charlie Johnston has revealed that he has ambitions of training at least 200 winners in his own name in 2023 after taking over fully from his record-breaking father Mark at the turn of the year.  After a year sharing the licence with his son, Mark Johnston confirmed that Charlie would take the reins this season, and it didn't take the new master of Middleham long to get off the mark with just his second runner Asdaa (Ire) (Dutch Art {GB}) scoring at Kempton on Wednesday.  That tally was quickly doubled...

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Charlie Johnston To Join Father Mark On License

From Jan. 1, Charlie Johnston will join his father Mark Johnston, Britain's winning-most trainer in history, on a joint license at Kingsley Park in Middleham. The news was first reported by Thoroughbred Racing Commentary. "I feel that there should be recognition of that," said Mark Johnston of his son's pivotal role at the stable. "He has been doing that work for the past three years. But also the time has come for Charlie to share the responsibility as well. He has passed all his modules at the BHA, and his...

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Freshman Sire Highland Reel Off The Mark at Hamilton

Coolmore's Highland Reel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) became the latest European freshman sire off the mark when the Mark Johnston-trained even-money favourite Highland Premiere (GB) shed maiden status in Thursday's EBF Restricted Novice S. going a shade over six furlongs at Hamilton. The 32,000gns Tattersalls December foal and 15,000gns October Book 2 yearling had earlier posted an Apr. 15 debut fourth over five at Ripon before running third upped to six in a May 18 Nottingham maiden last time. Prominent throughout, he was stoked up when tackled by Smullen (Ire) (Camacho...

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