Prosewriter Another Exciting Recruit
Our link-up with Tom Biggs of Blandford Bloodstock has yielded a string of exciting winners from the horses in training sales over the years and former Godolphin gelding PROSEWRITER promises to add his name to an illustrious roll of honour. Secured unraced for only 12,000 gns at the Tattersalls July Sale this year, the three-year-old son of St Mark’s Basilica made an instant impact by winning a six-furlong novice at Southwell on 26th October under newly crowned champion jockey Billy…
Spirit Takes Us To 800 UK Flat Wins
September was a landmark month for Archie Watson Racing as we celebrated our 800th UK Flat winner with FABLED SPIRIT’S success at Lingfield Park. Hambleton Racing’s grey justified favouritism in a two-mile handicap at Lingfield Park at the beginning of the month, making every yard of the running for a confident Gina Mangan. Our lightly raced son of Phoenix Of Spain had hinted at a breakthrough victory with a hard-fought second over the same course and distance on his previous…
Majesty Goes One Better In Epsom Feature
AURORA MAJESTY ended August in style for Archie and the team at Saxon Gate when he won a competitive handicap at Epsom on Bank Holiday Monday – his first of the season. Salem Rashid Bin Ghadayer’s gelding once again demonstrated his liking for the Surrey track by going one better than his narrow defeat in the same race last year. Ridden by Pierre-Louis Jamin, the four-year-old son of Night Of Thunder took up the running two furlongs out to score…
Exclusive Ready To Build On Goodwood Success
EXCLUSIVE CODE booked a likely crack at York’s Ebor Festival with a classy performance at The Qatar Goodwood Festival at the end of July. Wathnan Racing’s son of Blue Point was a convincing winner of the HKJC World Pool Handicap over a mile on the Sussex Downs, proving his run in the Britannia Stakes at Royal Ascot all wrong. James Doyle had the race wrapped up at the furlong pole to justify strong market support and put the colt on…
Breakthrough Success For Promising Wathnan Filly
Wathnan Racing’s promising juvenile TERMINOLOGY justified favouritism to win a fillies’ novice stakes at Lingfield Park at the end of June, setting herself up for some potentially bigger targets as the summer unfolds. The daughter of Havana Grey improved on her debut third at Nottingham, finishing strongly under our talented apprentice Harry Vigors to beat market rival Havana Flash by a comfortable neck. Terminology, a daughter of five-furlong Listed placed two-year-old winner Daphinia, was a 360,000 euros purchase by Blandford…
Ascot Beckons For Exciting Wareeth
Royal Ascot is firmly on the agenda for Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum’s promising colt WAREETH following his second career win in a Salisbury novice in mid-May. The son of Sea The Stars, who won by 14 lengths on debut at Newcastle, bounced back from defeat in the Listed Feilden Stakes at Newmarket with another authoritative success for stable jockey Hollie Doyle. Stepping up to a mile and a quarter, Wareeth may now head to the Group 2 Queen’s Vases at…
Flying Start For Our Juvenile Division
Our two-year-olds made a flying start to the new season when exciting filly NIEWIADOMA became the first of three juvenile winners in the space of three days. Our precocious daughter of Cotai Glory was well on top at the end of a five-furlong fillies’ novice at Thirsk on 18th April under stable jockey Hollie Doyle. A Super Sprint entry who cost £40,000 as a yearling, she also scooped her owners SAS Thoroughbreds a 10,000 euros IRE Incentive bonus. Two days…
February Double For Promising Numero
Our promising Mehmas gelding NUMERO VINGT became the star of Iveagh in February with two wins from two runs to earn an opening rating of 80. Owned by Georginio Rutter and Windmill House Racing, the three-year-old made his first start since last August’s promising debut at Salisbury when dead-heating in a six-furlong maiden at Salisbury for Luke Morris. Gelded since that initial outing, Numero Vingt finished strongly to join Michael Attwater’s Unionville on the line at the Essex track and…
Three-Year-Olds Make Winning Start
Two of our three-year-olds got the new year off to a flying start by making a winning return to action on the All-Weather. Hamaleel began her season by scoring at Kempton Park on 28th January in the colours of long-standing owner Salem Rashid Bin Ghadayer. Clearly benefitting from her winter break, our daughter of Palace Pier took a mile handicap for Hollie Doyle, making all the running. She had split subsequent winners over the same course and distance in September…
Three Group Winners Head Up Another Successful Year
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 Classic trial traditionally known as the Fred Darling Stakes at Newbury in April set the tone before Victorious Racing’s filly went on to finish fourth in the Irish 1,000 Guineas and second in a Group 3 in Germany in September.…