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Jon Hughes
3 years
Devastated to have lost our Sarasota Star today doing what he adored which was attacking 2m chases with verve & exuberance. Bought as a yearling with @GerryHoganBS & brought along beautifully by @KeighleyTeam Please spare a thought for @belindakeighley @BethWhittle7 driving home.
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Jon Hughes
1 year
Terrible news today that our lovely Mayson suffered a colic attack and is now in horse heaven. So sad and RIP young fella. Will be much missed.
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Don't you love him? They say horses grow from their heads backwards so our Mayson colt is going to be a big fella. Only four days old and he and mum doing well. @WestShawFarm @karl_burke Love those ears.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
The madness of crowds...or at least the uber rich at Tarrersalls Book 1. Great letter to @RacingPost by my keepownersinracing comrade @ShieldsGed Separating fools from their money. Is this what British Racing is all about? @ThomasKerrRP @RishiPersad1 @nickluck @SkySportsRacing
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Jon Hughes
4 years
Bruised and a bit battered after his crashing fall at the open ditch @haydockraces @AJHoneyball but both Acey Milan and @Rex_Dingle are OK. Ace was coming back into the race at the time and made a rare error. Just so happy that he should be fine after a few days of TLC.
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Bound to be questions to answer after Panorama tonight. !0 years ago we paid a top centre £1k to rehome a horse. Within a week they wanted to shoot it. Our trainer refused & we removed our lad. He is still alive & well in Devon loving his showjumping & adoring owner.
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Jon Hughes
4 years
I've just received a lovely letter & photo from @NewtonAbbotRace Managing Director Pat Masterson thanking us for running our horse at his track. @martinkeighley7 @PJHobbs1 This sort of contact with owners is very motivating & much appreciated. The horse will run there again Friday
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Jon Hughes
8 months
Very well said. Richard is one of the most even handed commentators on the sport and he's right to be critical @CheltenhamRaces
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Daniel Hussey
8 months
Richard Hoiles superb here. He hits the nail on the head and speaks for a lot of racing fans. Cheltenham must act now.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Adore this picture. Show it to anyone who questions whether racehorses enjoy what they do.
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Racing Post
2 years
Happy retirement, Blaklion! 🖤
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Jon Hughes
8 months
Was a member of Cheltenham and Festival goer for 25 years. No more. At home, log burner blazing, fine food and a wine tasting with friends every day. We save thousands, watch every second and talk utter bollocks. Fabulous.
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Carl Hinchy
8 months
Looking forward to the pricing for this one?
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Terribly sad news to hear of the death of "legend of Lambourn" Henry Ponsonby. I lived near him for almost a decade & loved his company. On very first meeting he had sold me a share in a horse by the time we sat down to dinner...and another by the end of it!! Sleep well my friend
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Jon Hughes
1 year
He will. This little video was taken just a few days before colic hit him again. Heartbreaking.
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Ann Spicer Reilly
1 year
@OwnersforOwners I'm so sorry Jon. All my sympathy ❤ he will always be with you in spirit.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
This case will be followed with considerable unease by British Racing. How much corruption and fraud exists across the equine supply chain? Agents, breeders, trainers, racecourses and syndicators?
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Jon Hughes
6 months
Would love to see independent, local suppliers with food and drink from the area. Racecourses to show off the Best of British Food, wine, cider and beer. Make meetings a food fest. Not serve up the usual unhealthy, bland and overpriced rubbish.
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Lydia Hislop
6 months
Racing fans deserve better than a choice of fried stuff, fried stuff, doughy meatball sandwiches (🤮 this is not the US) or salty packet sandwiches. Paying customers at racecourses routinely get an awful deal. Is it any wonder people are voting with their feet?
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Won't be easy sleeping tonight with El Caballo in the Commonwealth Cup @Ascot tomorrow. Maybe not the best of draws but who knows. So looking forward to the day. @karl_burke @CliffordleexLee @WestShawFarm @GParkRacing Best horse I've ever been involved in.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Straight line from my house over Cleeve Hill to @CheltenhamRaces is 5 miles. Bet they're glad they watered?!?!?
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Delighted to see that @jamesbe19813630 has achieved his best ever season today @TauntonRacing on Kingsmill Gin. You won't find a braver or harder working rider in the weighing room. Very well done. #topofhisgame #RoleModel
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Wow, what a performance by El Caballo @NewcastleRaces Huge thanks John Weymes @WestShawFarm who bought him for us as a foal, Alan Crombie @GParkRacing who co owns him with us, Team Spigot @karl_burke who have done such a great job @CliffordleexLee for his strength in the saddle
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Jon Hughes
4 years
A mare I'm involved in @C_HartEquine @CharlieLongsdon @CharliePoste @francesca_nimmo , Scented Lily, Flora to her friends, has just within the last hour produced a gorgeous Getaway colt. I can hardly type let alone speak. Bless @batsfordstud
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Jon Hughes
3 years
A few have asked me today why I'm having a go at rip off syndicators. Simple. I hate the way so many in racing see the owner as a wallet to be raided. Racecourses, trainers, breeders, agents, syndicators and administrators all too readily see us as the paymaster.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Just been verbally assaulted by friends at my health club about @CheltenhamRaces Not about the whip, equine welfare or extortionate prices...but human animals. Boozed up, drugged up, gross behaviour by racegoers in the town. Please @jockeyclub keep the pressure on to stop this.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
In the Hughes' household a tradition is a glass of champers on a Friday night. Well, tonight, it will be more than that as we celebrate today's new born filly. Daughter to dear Scented Lily (AKA Flora to her friends) by Jack Hobbs. Flora is by Presenting from the Best Mate family
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Jon Hughes
4 years
Emotional week and a very emotional day with Luttrell Lad winning @TauntonRacing Days like this reaffirm why we own horses. His greatest fans my wife Jack and @C_HartEquine love him to bits. Thank you so much @PJHobbs1 @dickyjohnson77
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Hard to comprehend the PR disaster created by @jockeyclub Look at how use it on their website. "JCR ashamed to show the reality of the whip in horse racing in which animals are abused". @MCYeeehaaa @nickluck @claimsfive @boyciesbetting
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Jon Hughes
2 years
What a super interview @LeglockLuke and it just captures the pleasure of the first winner. What a lovely family.
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Sky Sports Racing
2 years
What a heart-warming interview! 🥰 A delighted Gwendoline Clarke bought her first horse during lockdown, Gwennie May Boy, who wins on debut at 80/1! Gwendoline and family chats to @LeglockLuke at @BangorRaces - incredible! 👇
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Jon Hughes
3 years
With all our Owners for Owners horses the partners don't just sign up for the racing career of a horse. If rehoming is necessary they pay all costs. In 15 years noone has ever objected. We adore our racehorses no matter what they do on the track.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Shocked to hear that @page_fuller had a mini stroke while riding at Fontwell. All of us at OwnersforOwners wish you a full and speedy recovery. Excellent rider and super person. Get well soon.
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Jon Hughes
3 years
What a super evening. Our trainer & rider @AJHoneyball @Rex_Dingle have a great win @punchestownrace & then our lovely Society Rock mare Mayfair Rock gives us a big, bonny Mayson colt. Have wetted the baby's head with fine Islay malt Ardbeg Supernova @WestShawFarm @karl_burke
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Jon Hughes
1 year
Sad decision to cut back NH horses by 50% over the next 3 years but I no longer have confidence in racing's funding nor future plans. Not just Gambling Review. Premierisation will hit the grassroots owner hard and I'm fundamentally opposed to this very partial approach. #Elitism
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Would love to see every racecourse Showcase wonderful local food and drinks. Celebrate the best cheeses, pies, beers and even wine now. Not dreary and overpriced bland fare from the outsourced Compass provider. Food to relish and enjoy.
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Lydia Hislop
2 years
@TheNorthLights_ @Boingingallover Agree, wholly. I've never understood why racecourses haven't embraced the pop-up restaurant/street food concept more fully. They're perfect for it. Instead, they usually serve #greasystuff .
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Jon Hughes
3 years
We retired our lovely Melekhov AKA The Great Donald on Sunday after another disappointing run. All the owners are determined to support him in rehoming using @C_HartEquine Smashing new career ahead. @KeighleyTeam @belindakeighley @PJHobbs1
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Don't you love him? They say horses grow from their heads backwards so our Mayson colt is going to be a big fella. Only four days old and he and mum doing well. @WestShawFarm @karl_burke Love those ears.
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Jon Hughes
4 years
I've received a video from one of our trainers @martinkeighley7 that quite frankly is a work of art. If you love the racehorse and this doesn't put a smile on your face and a tear in your eye then give up on our fantastic sport.
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Jon Hughes
7 months
Oh dear oh dear. As a member of Naunton Downs for 10 years if you want to listen to a trainer lying through his teeth this is the interview to listen to. Not at all surprised some have decided to quit the yard. Sorry, Ben, change tack. @Fitzdares @WIGWOOD
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Racing TV
7 months
🗣 "Hopefully she will be lovely for the rest of her career." 🗣 "The phone call lasted about a minute." A day of differing emotions for @benpauling1 ends with Diva Luna's impressive win at Aintree Well worth a watch 👇 @LydiaHislop
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Best run for a while from our Acey Milan @wincantonraces @AJHoneyball finishing 2nd & taking his earnings over £80K. Well judged ride from @Rex_Dingle who is one of our OfO valued riders together with @jamesbe19813630 @Ben_Godfrey24 @tjobrien12 All top guys & fine horsemen.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
That is a disgusting allegation. Every horse I have ever owned has been properly rehomed on retirement, sometimes at considerable expense. #StopTheLies #StandUpForRacing
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2 years
@OwnersforOwners Poor owners ha ha Poor horse they don't end up in a slaughter house if they can't find a retirement home.
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Jon Hughes
3 years
After some disappointing owner experiences at a number of courses my wife and I decided to avoid them. I've just had a discussion with Rebecca Davies about @WorcesterRaces and her energy and enthusiasm for change and improvement has won me over. A mover & shaker @arenaracingco
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Jon Hughes
3 years
I want to publicly thank the CEO of @plumptonraces Dan Thompson for being so responsive and sorting out the mistake made in owner badge allowances for Sunday. Positive and very helpful. All I need now is for Sarasota Star to hack up @KeighleyTeam @jamesbe19813630 #jumpslikeastag
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Kevin did more for racing in 5 minutes than current leadership have done in 5 years. Full marks. @StandUp4Racing
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Harry Stewart-Moore
2 years
Kevin Blake was brilliant both in dismantling his opponent and in putting forward a brilliant, positive and polite defence of racing. The other guy though was a reminder of what the regulator is currently intent on trying to appease. Really, what on earth is the point?
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Jon Hughes
4 years
House rule No 1, no alcohol before 6:00pm. House rule No 2, get stuck in straight afterwards....when you have a winner such as the gorgeous Sojourn @AJHoneyball @Rex_Dingle @CarlisleRaces Fabulous day and four winners in ten days. Brilliant weekend for the Potwell Farm team.
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Jon Hughes
4 years
How wonderful is this. Only 5 days old and our Getaway foal @batsfordstud @C_HartEquine is out for a little trip and some sunshine and then back home again. Love him to bits. From the Best Mate family and his relative Champ is in the Gold Cup. #dreaming #besotted
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Jon Hughes
4 years
Lovely Sarasota Star. Winner, winner Champagne before, during & after dinner. We've a 50% strike rate @CarlisleRaces so delighted to be back. Proper thanks @martinkeighley7 @belindakeighley who rides him at home, @dickyjohnson77 who can also ride a bit, @TheJockeyClub @ShWallis
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Jon Hughes
4 years
Hats off to @TauntonRacing for their kindness to winning owners. When our Luttrell Lad @PJHobbs1 @dickyjohnson77 @C_HartEquine won recently they sent not just a crystal vase but a personalised bottle of vino in colours of @michael_ogilvy Bring on the celebration @LuttrellArms
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Jon Hughes
2 years
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Jon Hughes
3 years
What an evening for @KeighleyTeam up at @Southwell_Races tonight. Has any trainer won three races before when all three were on hat tricks? Look forward to discussing this with Martin. Brilliant.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Huge day for El Caballo in the Group 2 Sandy Lane @haydockraces @itvracing @olibellracing Bought for us to pinhook by John Weymes @WestShawFarm . Covid intervened. We bought him back. BINGO. What a star!! Some good came out of the plague. @karl_burke @CliffordleexLee @GParkRacing
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Jon Hughes
2 years
What a super horse he is becoming. Definitely my horse of a lifetime. So pleased that @CliffordleexLee gained his first Group win on him. More to come from both!!!
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Racing TV
2 years
⭐️ El Caballo - what a hugely exciting prospect He records a sixth straight win from seven starts with a brilliant display in the £115,000 G2 Cazoo Sandy Lane Stakes for @karl_burke & @CliffordleexLee at @haydockraces
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Very kind of the boys to pop in and see how she is coming along. Bounce back soon Betsy. Lovely sweet mare.
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TeamKeighley
3 years
Capricia (Betsy) is one tough cookie. Yesterday’s Op went well & hidden under the bandages is some amazing work by the surgeon. She was bright this morning & even more so tonight when her work rider Freddie & brother Harry called in on the way home from school. #MendSoonBetsy
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Super run from our mare Fortuna Ligna @CheltenhamRaces in the Listed Bumper. A battling 3rd secured the black type & delighted all the owners @AJHoneyball Terrific ride from @CobdenHarry who told us before the race his plan & stuck with it. Another great buy with @GerryHoganBS
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Jon Hughes
4 years
An idea for 2021 @PJAOfficial Why not introduce a jockeys communication award. As owners off course it adds so much to receive feedback such as this from @jamesbe19813630 @martinkeighley7 Could be part of a digital strategy @NTFnews @RacehorseOwners
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Jon Hughes
1 year
Terrific news from @AJHoneyball Our "retired" star Acey Milan has won his second P2P at Dulverton today. 2 from 2. Bless him.
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Great results @Chepstow_Racing for @PJHobbs1 @tjobrien12 My first ever trainer and still with him. Professional, pragmatic, a friend and a mentor. Thoroughly deserved after a disappointing year 2020/2021. #trainertofollow
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Jon Hughes
4 years
End of the jumps season so raising a glass to our excellent trainers @PJHobbs1 @AJHoneyball @KeighleyTeam @CharlieLongsdon & riders @jamesbe19813630 @Rex_Dingle & our star retirees @dickyjohnson77 @C_HartEquine So onto the flat with a 2nd @karl_burke @WestShawFarm @GParkRacing
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Don't forget to do your stretches before exercising!!!!. That's what our Sarasota Star says @KeighleyTeam as he leads the string in warm ups. Indebted to @belindakeighley for her pics and vids. Not a one off always does it. @GerryHoganBS
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Well said Luke and completely agree. Racing has found it's voice and let's make it a loud one. @StandUp4Racing
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At The Races
2 years
“You’re never gonna appease these people” - @LeglockLuke is passionate that racing should come together to defend the Grand National and the horse racing industry…
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Wasn't to be for El Caballo today. Difficult draw and ground too quick. But a super day out with great people all enjoying being at @AscotRacecourse Maybe a bit of a break & then race again on easier ground. @karl_burke @CliffordleexLee @GParkRacing @WestShawFarm @haglobalmd
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Jon Hughes
7 months
Such sad news and so pleased to see our sport show such respect. So easy to forget the dangers our riders face every day.
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Racing TV
7 months
❤️ A minute's silence was also held at @kemptonparkrace this evening to pay tribute to Stefano Cherchi
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Jon Hughes
3 years
A good friend and co-owner Chris Emmerson had a winner today in a Group 3 at Longchamp with @NBradleyRacing Corazon. I cannot communicate the pleasure he experienced. He's been an owner for 53 years and was absolutely thrilled. It's why we dream and own horses.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
I tell you what, I'll send you the monthly invoices on my 22 horses, let you pay them for a few months and then check again on your prize money views. I've argued for a long time that higher place money really matters. It's not just the quantum of money but it's allocation.
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Vaughan Lewis
2 years
@OwnersforOwners But would changes in prize money actually make any difference to that? The answer is no, in my opinion. You wouldn’t suddenly enjoy it if you got £1,500 for coming 3rd not £700. Just wouldn’t make any difference.
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Fantastic that Sojourn is fine this morning @KeighleyTeam @belindakeighley @jamesbe19813630 @jasmin17417868 He needs treatment on his back and then, hopefully, happy days again. Such a lovely chap. #gentlegiant
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Jon Hughes
4 years
BOOM, BOOM and BOOM again. Sojourn hacks up @CarlisleRaces @AJHoneyball @Rex_Dingle and routs the field. Two weeks ago Sarasota Star @martinkeighley7 won at Carlisle, then Acey Milan @AintreeRaces What a treble. So, so chuffed
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Jon Hughes
3 years
El Caballo @CarlisleRaces @karl_burke was my 99th winner. No pressure on the next few runners then????
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Jon Hughes
1 year
Brilliant day, brilliant horse, brilliant connections and brilliant training. Just raises the spirits. @KeighleyTeam @belindakeighley @NewtonAbbotRace @Sean_Bowen_
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Buzzy Bee
1 year
Mr Mafia you are simply the best! A horse of a lifetime. 14 years young & now a winner of 14 races. Never without your ears forward - the happiest & most genuine horse ever who loves being a racehorse. @NewtonAbbotRace - a day we'll never forget 🍾❤️🍾 #MrMafiaTheLegend
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Jon Hughes
4 years
Runner today owned with friends. @DoncasterRaces paid £829 for 2nd. Horse been in training since Xmas. Once all deductions paid will be left with nothing. Would @TheRCA @RacehorseOwners @BHAPressOffice @GBRacing @arenaracingco @nickluck like to tell me the case for continuing?
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Terrific seeing El Caballo on the gallops @karl_burke this morning. Doesn't he look well? Group I targets ahead this autumn. He enjoyed a bit of breakfast afterwards as you can see...but nowhere near as much as I did!! @GParkRacing @WestShawFarm
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Are they cooling him down or boiling him up? Either way @jamesbe19813630 looking forward to his afternoon @WorcesterRaces Congrats to James and wife Izzy on arrival of second son this week.
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Jon Hughes
4 years
Not yet 24 hours old. By Getaway out of our mare Scented Lily. The dream starts!!!! Thank you so much @C_HartEquine @batsfordstud
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Jon Hughes
4 years
Another winner!!! A gorgeous young horse we've had since foal days Luttrell Lad wins the bumper @MarketRasenRace Huge thanks to Aiden Murphy for buying him; @C_HartEquine for looking after him; @PJHobbs1 for training him; & @dickyjohnson77 for riding him so considerately. Superb!
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Jon Hughes
2 years
What a vista @KelsoRacecourse Sorry I'm blocking the view. @KelsoRacecourse
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Off to @Chepstow_Racing soon to cheer on Sarasota Star @KeighleyTeam @belindakeighley @jamesbe19813630 in the 2 mile chase. Saw him schooling the other day under James and he is a natural. Likely to be favourite and deserves to be. #lovelylad
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Jon Hughes
3 years
We were due to send our Duke of Luckley to @FakenhamRC on Friday @KeighleyTeam but were increasingly concerned about the weather. Very well done to CEO David Hunter & Clerk of the Course Matthew Taylor for making the right decision and cancelling it. #safeandsound
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Jon Hughes
2 years
1st tweet of a series. Julian Thick CEO of @NewburyRacing is paid £300k+ per year. Owners race for peanuts. Are we all getting value for money? @TheRCA @BHAPressOffice @NTFnews How about linking executive pay to prize money?
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Jon Hughes
3 years
What do you think to this beautiful colt by Getaway ex Scented Lily AKA Flora who was a staying winner @CharlieLongsdon and from the Best Mate line. Having 5 star treatment in the Cotswolds with @C_HartEquine What a lucky fella. Not a care in the world.
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Jon Hughes
1 year
BOOM!!!! Our horse Luttrell Lad, Gino to his friends wins the most valuable Ladies' race in the calendar @Cartmelrace @C_HartEquine trained by Tom Lacey. Superbly ridden by Izzie Marshall. Not there as in Provence but Le Grand Repas tonight.
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Early start today to go down to @AJHoneyball and see our horses Sojourn, Acey Milan and Fortuna Ligna. Soj is my favourite horse in training and one of his biggest fans is young Harry Honeyball who rushed straight from bed to meet his pal. Bless them both.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Apparently a 14.5 % pay rise agreed for stable staff. I'm hugely appreciative of these key workers and don't begrudge them a penny. But will racing now commit to a prize money increase in line with this? @BHAHorseracing @TheRCA @NTFnews @RacehorseOwners @nickluck @ThomasKerrRP
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Jon Hughes
3 years
A very important person in the @KeighleyTeam @belindakeighley success story is Paul Davis who puts in so much time and effort as the embodiment of the willing volunteer. Not least he manages Martin's Club and Partnerships so celebrated Ben Buie's success in style. Cheers Paul!!
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Those who don't know me will be glad to see that I always maintain a quiet and restrained demeanour even when one of our horses wins as Sarasota Star did @Chepstow_Racing today @KeighleyTeam @belindakeighley @jamesbe19813630 Wouldn't want to peak early.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Our village in the Cotswolds is open again. Pity in some ways. The peace and isolation is most pleasant and relaxing. Wine cellar and freezer full. Definitely chilled in GL54. #godsownpostcode
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Jon Hughes
4 years
This made me chuckle and I've sent it on to some of my trainers. Mad game training and so tough at the lower levels.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Winner winner, point to point dinner. It's made my Easter that Acey Milan won on his PTP debut for @AJHoneyball at Cothelstone today. Well done all.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Many thanks indeed to @WolvesRaces for letting our El Caballo do a racecourse gallop after racing tonight & @karl_burke @CliffordleexLee for setting it up. All on track for reappearance @DoncasterRaces on Lincoln Day @GParkRacing @WestShawFarm 3 weeks time but getting nervous.
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Three of @KeighleyTeam @belindakeighley owners in the last week have all enjoyed their first wins as owners with horses securing their first victory. Great training by Martin and delighted for all connections. #BePartOfIt
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Jon Hughes
3 years
There is a snobbishness in racing towards lower class racing. It should be celebrated not reviled. The grassroots funds the whole sport. 75% of horses race at Class 4 or below and the income generated funds elite racing. Very well done all the owners at that level.
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william orr
3 years
@DrJim_Walker @OwnersforOwners You will have more runners in a class 6 handicap at Redcar for £3k than a class 2 for 20k at Chester. So there is an argument for cutting the prize money at the upper level. It’s amazing how folk think they are hard done by at their level.
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Jon Hughes
2 years
So agree. Who should be the "voice of racing" to counteract all of this. Someone well briefed, articulate and persuasive. Ideas?
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Fergal O'Brien Racing
2 years
Of course photographs of horses and stable staff aren’t enough to assuage the anti-racing brigade We need robust leadership to counteract the hyperbole and lies too Which is why there’s a palpable sense of unease at the moment #StandUpForRacing
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Jon Hughes
3 years
How widespread is bad practice by syndicate managers? Doubling price paid for horses? Significantly increasing fees charged by trainers? Loading bogus costs against prize money? Withholding sales money? @BHAPressOffice @RSAsyndicates Experiences please jon @ownersforowners .co.uk
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Back home from cheering on Duke of Luckley @TauntonRacing Most encouraging run to finish 2nd under hands & heels ride from @jamesbe19813630 A chaser for the future with @KeighleyTeam @belindakeighley Beautifully turned out & looked a picture in the spring sunshine. @GerryHoganBS
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Lovely winner in Duke of Luckley @Southwell_Races tonight under @Sean_Bowen_ on his first ride for OfO @KeighleyTeam @belindakeighley @jasmin17417868 Still green but most definitely going the right way. Well bought by @GerryHoganBS Yet again the lucky colours of @SHibbett
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Very well presented indeed, Kevin. Advocating without antagonising is a rare skill, and you possess it in spades. Bravo and let's all hope the National is not disrupted.
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Kevin Blake
2 years
Thanks for the kind words re this interview and to @PiersUncensored / @Roolockwood for having me. We are awful for squabbling amongst ourselves in this industry, but I'll you tell what, we have a breed, a sport and an industry that is worth uniting & fighting for. @StandUp4Racing
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Jon Hughes
2 years
So looking forward to going up to @KelsoRacecourse for the Morebattle Hurdle on Saturday with our Luttrell Lad, Tom Lacey @Sean_Bowen_ One of only three courses I've never visited. Fingers crossed. @itvracing @C_HartEquine #GoBabyG
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Jon Hughes
4 years
This has made my day. Sojourn OK apart from a cut or two after yesterday's disappointment @haydockraces @AJHoneyball @Rex_Dingle @olibellracing Horse just didn't travel well in the race and never fired which is most unlike him. But nothing nasty. Phew!!
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Jon Hughes
4 years
What a night. Gorgeous Getaway colt from Scented Lily and the Best Mate family. So emotional. @C_HartEquine
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Jon Hughes
4 years
What a shopping trip that was with Anthony & Rachael @AJHoneyball to Bryan Murphy @DunravenArms to buy Ace & Soj. As we moved onto the second bottle of St Emilion at lunch he said "I'm going to offer you a deal you won't be able to refuse". I didn't @aliceplunkett @itvracing
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Jon Hughes
4 years
42nd wedding anniversary today.....how can anyone endure me for so long!??!!?? Such a romantic, our honeymoon was @NewmarketRace for the Champion Stakes @TheJockeyClub @ShWallis Still going strong.
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Jon Hughes
4 years
In @martinkeighley7 watching Lord Condi.on the gallops. Given an envelope from @Southwell_Races where he won last week. Contained a beautiful photo of the race & a hand written congratulatory note to me as an owner from staff Mark, Mandy & Paul. Lovely gesture @arenaracingco
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Jon Hughes
2 years
Greetings from Marigot Bay, St Lucia. Suitably tranquil start to the day.
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Good prize money today @LudlowRaceClub @TauntonRacing Our Sarasota Star jumped beautifully in the 2m chase to finish 2nd at Taunton to win almost £4k. Makes you want to go back @keepownersinra1 @KeighleyTeam @belindakeighley @jamesbe19813630
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Jon Hughes
3 years
This is the sort of morning after report you want to hear from your trainer following Sarasota Star's super win @KeighleyTeam @belindakeighley @Rex_Dingle @GerryHoganBS @WorcesterRaces Bright and well and all set for a grand season ahead.
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Jon Hughes
3 years
Off to @WorcesterRaces tomorrow to cheer on Dreamsundermyfeet for @KeighleyTeam @belindakeighley in the first. Going for a four timer!! He's been so well ridden by @Rex_Dingle @jamesbe19813630 but we needed to claim off top weight so @Ben_Godfrey24 @AJHoneyball is on. #godreamer
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Jon Hughes
3 years
So pleased to hear that @BethWhittle7 won the Charity Race @WarwickRaces today on her favourite horse Back on the Lash #lashpotato Great result and all in aid of Air Ambulance. Do make a contribution on her Just Giving page. @KeighleyTeam @belindakeighley
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