A busy few days for us starting at Exeter last Friday with Game Colours. Partnered for the first time by Sam Twiston-Davies, she was positively ridden making all until headed 2 out before quickening up smartly to win decisively by 5 lengths going away. This was a deserved success having not finished out the first […]
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Ooh Betty – Ascot Grade 2 Winner!!
The 17th January 2026 will be a date here at Ben Clarke Racing we won’t be forgetting in a hurry. Ooh Betty has been struggling in her 2 starts this season but going into Ascot we were certain we had ironed out a couple of issues that have been preventing her from running to form. […]
End of year round up!
We’ve been very satisfied with how the winter horses have been running since they started at the end of October. 6 winners and operating at a 20% strike rate since October 1st, but even so we’ve still had our fair share of frustrations. The highlight has been unearthing 3 promising 4 year olds in The […]
A Perfect Performance For Paterson At Lingfield
After winning very easily on debut for the yard just over a year ago A Perfect Day picked up a little injury preventing from running again last season. He made a most pleasing return at Chepstow just over 3 weeks ago finishing a staying on 3rd. We were very confident he would take a massive […]
🔥 💥 3 Winners In 6 Days 💥 🔥
The horses have been in great form over the past week or so bagging 3 winners. Ri Na Cuirte hasn’t always looked the easiest of rides in his races however he certainly put his best hoof forward at Exeter in the 2mile 7f conditional jockeys handicap hurdle in the hands of Toby McCain-Mitchell. He returned […]
Pancho Picking Up Where He Left Off…..
We tasted our 2nd winner at Ffos las in 12 days with El Bandido Pancho winning comfortably on seasonal reappearance in the 2mile 4f novices handicap hurdle under Rex Dingle yesterday. Pancho is a horse who has always shown us plenty at home, but for one reason or another has taken time to reward his […]
Barrow Hill Lad Glides To Debut Success
Barrow Hill Lad made a winning racecourse debut at Ffos Las on Tuesday in the conditional jockeys 2 mile bumper in the hands of Toby McCain-Mitchell for owners Octavians IV. He is a horse who arrived unbroken 18 months ago as a 3 year old store and from day 1 we were excited by what […]
Holidays Over…. Let The Preparations Begin….
The summer has been very quiet on the racing front with just 8 runners since 1st May. 6 of the 8 did finish in the first 4, however we did anticipate being a lot busy through May, but with no rainfall the decision was taken to pack the horses off on their holidays and bide […]
24/25 Season Overview
The move to Higher Crockermoor last July has rewarded us with our most successful season to date. We have netted our highest prize money tally since starting training and had several high profile ITV runners who ran with real credit. It’s always a big challenge learning the best ways to use new gallops but we […]
Pancho Isn’t For Passing 🥇
El Bandido Pancho in the hands of Rex Dingle secured a well deserved first victory at Newton Abbot in the 2 mile 5 f novices handicap hurdle. All of last season we struggled to keep Pancho healthy which resulted in him gaining a low opening handicap mark. He fell when looking the winner on handicap […]