With 71 winners at home and overseas, 2025 was another successful year at Saxon Gate. Three Group wins courtesy of Duty First, Tadej and Spartan Arrow and four Listed victories were the highlights. Duty First’s Group 3 win in the…

BRAVE EMPEROR, a globetrotting standard bearer for Saxon Gate over the last three years, was retired following his run at Southwell on 21st November. Middleham Park Racing’s five-year-old won two Group 2s, four Group 3s and a Listed race abroad,…

SPARTAN ARROW and Shartash played starring roles in October with Group 3 and Listed wins overseas. Archie and the team have now saddled winners in five countries this year following the former’s success for Hambleton Racing in the Bar One…

Valuable races in the Middle East in the New Year beckon for the speedy Spartan Arrow following his Group 3 breakthrough in Ireland on Friday, 24th October. Hambleton Racing’s speedball overcame a wide draw under Hollie Doyle to win the…

Pattern races abroad could be on the agenda this autumn for back-to-form SHARTASH following his Listed success in Germany on Sunday 5th October. Wathnan Racing’s gelding returned from a three-month break to take the Grosser Sparkassen Familien-Cup over seven furlongs…

Victorious Forever’s DUTY FIRST returned to form in Germany when she finished second in a Group 3 in Cologne on 28th September. It was her best performance since her fourth in the Irish 1,000 Guineas in the summer – a…