Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 12 May 2017
Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 12 May 2017 We had four runners at Newton Abbot on Wednesday, three in the first race, a mares novice hurdle. Pomme was our most fancied but she hung very badly right and was pulled up. It was a bit of a mystery because...Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 28 April 2017
Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 21 April 2017 Thorne Farm has had a very quiet week with the season ending this weekend…. A quiet week last week with only a few runners, unfortunately Petergate got injured when running a big race at Fontwell and will...
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