Declarations & Entries w/c 24th November 2008

Monday Desert Dreamer runs in the 1.30 Claiming Stakes at Lingfield.

Thursday Belated Silver is entered in the 7.50 Nursery Handicap Stakes at Great Leighs.

Friday Tikka Masala is entered in the 6.50 Median Auction Maiden Stakes and Ravi River in the 7.20 Handicap Stakes both at Kempton. Belated Silver is entered in the 1.55 Nursery Handicap Stakes and The Game in the 3.05 Handicap Stakes both at Lingfield.

Saturday Chic Shanique is entered in the 6.50 Maiden Stakes at Wolverhampton and on Sunday Ravi River is entered in the 4.45 Handicap Stakes at Kempton.

Declarations & entries w/c 17th November 2008

Today Bertoliver runs in the 4.00 Handicap Stakes at Wolverhampton.

Tomorrow Shadow Bay runs in the 12.50 Selling Stakes at Southwell.

Wednesday Caprio runs in the 12.30 Handicap Stakes at Lingfield and Plush in the 3.30 also at Lingfield. Hope Road is entered in both the 12.50 Novices' Hurdle Race and the 2.20 Steeple Chase both at Warwick.

Thursday The Game is entered at Great Leighs in the 7.20 Handicap Stakes.

Friday Bahkov is entered in the 7.50 Maiden Auction Stakes and Plush in the 9.20 Handicap Stakes, both at Wolverhampton.

A big surprise!

On Sunday ONEWAY held an Owners' Day.

It was not only a thank you to all the owners who have supported us since the beginning but also a chance for us to show our owners our new stables.

Having had a vintage year highlighted by Group 2 two-year-old winners Classic Blade and Firth of Fifth, we saw the need for expansion and have recently taken over Paul Blockley’s yard adjacent to the original yard.

Tom now has space for 72 horses on site.

It was also an opportunity for ONEWAY to show off the yearlings that Tom had purchased at the various sales over the past few months and hopefully to sell a few of the mighty beasts. The yard was successful in selling a few but there are a couple more to go and the details are on our website, just click The Horses for Sale tab.

But the wonderful surprise of the day was the announcement by Tom of his engagement to his secretary Sam Paton (see photo)

Declarations and entries w/c 10th November 2008

Wednesday Plush runs in the 6.20 Apprentice Handicap Stakes at Wolverhampton.

Thursday Belated Silver is entered in the 3.20 Nursery Handicap Stakes at Lingfield.

Friday Wee Sonny is entered in the 7.50 Maiden Stakes at Kempton, Varadouro in the 12.35 Claiming Stakes at Southwell and Shadow Bay in the 1.40 Selling Stakes, also at Southwell.

Saturday Chic Shanique and Faldal are entered in the 6.50 Maiden Fillies' Stakes, Saucy in the 7.20 Fillies' Handicap Stakes, Plush in the 8.50 Handicap Stakes, all at Wolverhampton. Wee Sonny is entered in the 3.35 Maiden Stakes at Great Leighs and both Chic Shanique and Faldal are entered in the 4.05 Maiden Fillies' Stakes also at Great Leighs.

Winner No 30 for the year

Tom's last runner, before the end of the 2008 flat season, was a winner. Saucy, ridden by Richard Kingscote, won at Lingfield on Thursday afternoon to make it 30 winners in 2008. This was Saucy's second run for Tom and was a welcome winner for both Tom and Saucy's owner Bernadette Quinn.

Tom was not able to go to Lingfield today because he was supervising the arrival at his yard of some 34 yearlings all already broken and ridden away by Harry Whittington at his yard on the outskirts of Lambourn. This is the third year that Harry has helped in this way and Tom is very satisfied with the care and attention the young stock have received. Harry has become an essential part of the ONEWAY team. The yearlings will now have just a few days to settle in before being paraded for Tom's owners at an end of season party at the yard on Sunday 9th.

Having moved into the yard at Felstead Court recently, increasing ONEWAY's capacity to 73 boxes, it is very pleasing to see all the boxes full with horses in training with those temporarily out of training being housed elsewhere.

Anyone with a serious interest in purchasing one of the unsold yearlings (click the Horses For Sale tab on the website for further details) should call Tom on 07973 511664 with a view to visiting the yard and inspecting them. You will be made very welcome.

Declarations and entries w/c 3rd November 2008

Saucy is declared to run at Kempton on Wednesday 5th November at 6.20pm in a Class 6 Handicap and Lambourn Genie in a Median Auction Maiden Stakes at 7.20pm

Yellow Printer is entered at Lingfield on Thursday in a Class 4 Novice Stakes (2.20pm) and Saucy at 3.50pm in a Class 6 Handicap

Yellow Printer is entered again on Friday 7th Nov at Wolverhampton in a Class 5 Maiden at 7.20pm

On Saturday, we have an entry at Doncaster for Belated Silver in the Class 4 Nursery Handicap at 1.30pm and also Diapason at Wolverhampton at 6.50pm (Class 5 Median Auction Maiden) and Gross Prophet at 9.20pm (Class 3 Handicap).

At The Races

Tom was a guest of At The Races on the Forum programme at 9.00 am on Sunday, hosted by Matt Chapman.

The first half of the programme was a discussion about jump racing and in particular the seasonal reappearances of Kauto Star and Noland at Down Royal on Saturday. It was interesting that Tom, a trainer who specialises in flat racing, should be asked to give his opinion on the performances of Paul Nicholls' jumpers.

The next 15 minutes was devoted to exploring with Tom his view of his 2009 season and the ups, like the two Group 2 wins an July, and the downs, like 66 days without a winner. It was great publicity and, hopefully, viewers would have felt that Tom acquited himself well. At least he, like Matt Chapman, is always prepared to express an opinion.

The last quarter of the programme was spent reviewing the runners in the Melbourne Cup.