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Diamond Falls made his racecourse debut on Tuesday 1st October at Kempton and finished third in the Novice Auction Stakes under Kieran Shoemark. We are delighted with how he ran, he made progress from two furlongs out and ran on well inside the final furlong up through horses to take third in the last strides of the race. This exciting two-year-old is for sale and more information can be found on the For Sale section of our website. 

Having just been beaten at Sandown on his previous start, we were delighted when Tinto won the intu Chapelfield Shopping Centre Handicap at Yarmouth yesterday.  The race was run at a decent gallop and Tinto, ridden by Marco Ghiani, made headway on the outer over 1f out to win going away in the final furlong.

We are delighted that Sash won at Bath today for owner breeder Prince Khalid Abdullah. Carrying top weight, Sash won the ‘John Herman Handicap’ under Adam McNamara.  He made all and was ridden strongly when challenged over two furlongs out, but stayed on well to assert inside the final furlong and won comfortably by 3/4 length.

We are extremly pleased that Zzoro got his head infront at Sandown today having been very consistent this year. Having only been out of the first four on one occasion this season and it was superb to watch him win the Hwfa Williams Handicap in impressive style.

We are thrilled that Lavender’s Blue won the Group 3 Betway Atalanta Stakes at Sandown on Saturday and Cogital provided us with a double on the day when winning at Lingfield.

We are thrilled that Frontispiece won again at Newbury this afternoon for the Frontispiece Partnership! He won at Newbury back in June by a ‘shoulder’ from Mackaar and today was even closer when eventually finishing in a dead heat with Emenem.

We are so pleased that Dutch Story got his head in front at Yarmouth to win the ‘MansionBet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap’ on his fourth outing. Ridden by Martin Dwyer, Dutch Story led before being ridden two furlongs out and ran on well when challenged to win comfortably by 1 3/4 lengths with his ears pricked in front.

We welcomed Mark from Sussex By Air to Coombelands this morning to film an exclusive aerial video showcasing our wonderful facilities. Keep your eyes peeled for the video next week! Sussex By Air also filmed at a recent Harwoods Bentley – Bentayga Event which celebrated 100 years of Bentley. Click read more to see the video from the day.

We are delighted that Zuba won at Kempton yesterday afternoon for owners John Connolly and Odile Griffith. Ridden by Jim Crowley, Zuba made effort to challenge entering the final two furlongs, he then led from one furlong out and kept on well to win the Matchbook Betting Podcast Handicap by a neck from Laafy. Well done to Chris Waterlow who looks after Zuba at home. 

We would like to congratulate Mary Garland on her Institute of Biomedical Science Fifty Year Award. Mary is a Laboratory Technician at Sussex Equine Hospital and has been a regular visitor to Coombelands for many years. Mary has worked at Sussex Equine Hospital for 12 years, before this she worked in various NHS hospital pathology laboratories for 40 years.