Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 17 November 2017
Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 17 November 2017 Speredek strikes again…. Speredek has won again at Exeter by fifteen lengths, he has now won his last four races and looks to be improving all the time. He was ridden aggressively by James Bowen, he...
Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 10 November 2017
Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 10 November 2017 It has been an emotional week… Sadly we lost Lake Placid this week, he was a lovely kind horse who had a future over hurdles. It’s always very sad when this happens and the staff in the yard feel it...
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