Today we have our first runner this season back on the turf at Leicester. Mr Macattack runs in the 5.20pm, ladbrokes.com Handicap Cl4 over 7f9y with Richard Kingscote riding.

Check out Tom’s new blog on Chester racecourse website by CLICKING HERE.

Tom will be regulary updating his racecourse blog in the lead up to the Chester May meeting and throughout the summer season. Chester is our local course and we shall be supporting it throughout the season.

Andy Jackson tries out the ice machine

Andy

Week 7 of the build and we have started to dig out the swimming pool.

Week 7

Week 7

The start of the swimming pool

We now have all the entries in for the 2011 Five To Follow competition. We received 115 entries which puts £1,120 into the prize fund (three people received 2 entries for the price of 1 for scoring 100% on the Manor House Stables quiz!) With the transfer window hopefully raising additional money, the prize fund could reach £1,500 by the end of the season!

For a complete list of everyone’s entries and a list of the most selected horses, please click here.

The highlights are that the most selected 2yo was the Majestic Missile ex Khawafi Colt, by the same sire as last year’s most selected 2yo, Ballista. This colt is part of the MHS 4×10 Partnership, which there are still shares available in! To see more information about the MHS 4×10 Partnership, please click here.

The most selected 2yo filly was the Lucky Story ex Soft Touch, a half sister to Gentle Lord. This filly is part of the MHS 8×8 Partnership, which again there are still shares available in! To see more information about the MHS 8×8 Partnership, click here.

The most selected 3yo was Ballista, while the most selected older horse was Jonny Mudball, no surprise there!

The competition kicks off tonight with Mr Macattack at Kempton. Good luck and thank you to everyone that has entered…

Tonight we run Mr Macattack at Kempton Park in the 8.10pm, Panoramic Handicap Cl4 over 7f with Richard Kingscote riding.

One last day to get those Five To Follow entries in!

Entries are coming in thick and fast; we now have over 70 entries in but are hoping to get over 100 as we did last year.

Entries must be in by end of play Thursday 24 March and all entries will be published on the website on Thursday evening before the first runner, Mr Macattack, goes at Kempton.

For full details, click here.

The Andrew Black and Michael Owen owned Nemo Spirit returned to MHS this morning. Nemo has been running over hurdles for Tim Vaughan. He ran consistantly over hurdles to finish in the first 5 each time. He  recently ran at the Cheltenham Festival in the charity race to finish 2nd. Nemo has returned to MHS for his flat turf campaign this summer.

Tim Vaughan’s horsebox returning Nemo Spirit this morning

Nemo Spirit

The competition ended 19 March 2011 and the final results are now in!

Owen Promotions were top owners during the competition, having the 1st and 2nd highest scoring horses. Our ‘in-house’ winner, Alex, has kindly donated his winning tickets to 2nd placed Caroline Sanderson.

To view the final standings and all the entries and tables, please click here.

Don’t forget our main Five To Follow Competition closes 24 March. For full details on how to enter click here.

Week 7 of the new build

Week 7 – Laying the foundations

Foundations