Achievements
First Flat Winner
On 2nd November 2006 Harry sent out his 1st Runner and 1st Winner SITULA at Wolverhampton. Ridden by Dane O'Neill she lead from pillar to post giving Harry a 100% race record.
First Two Year Old Winner
This was provided by FESTOSO, owned by Prince Faisal, when winning her maiden at Newmarket on 17th May 2007.
First Listed Winner
On 26th June 2008 CLASSIC REMARK owned by Hesmonds Stud won The National Express Hoppings Stakes Litsted at Newcastle at 40-1 in soft ground to the great delight of her trainer!
FLAT PATTERN & GROUP Races
2010
Having not raced for exactly 365 days THREE MOONS made a remarkable comeback when 4th in the Dahila Stakes Group 3 at Newmarket beaten by Strawberrydaiqurri and Spacious. She then went onto finish a gallant 5th in the Wolferton Handicap Stakes Listed at Royal Ascot. At Salsibury racecourse she finished 4th in the highly rated Upavon Fillies Stakes Listed.
GREEN MOON gave Harry his biggest handicap success when winning the London Gold Cup Handicap at Newbury by a magnificent 4 lengths. This son of Montjeu then went onto to win the prestigious Fairway Stakes Listed at Newmarket by 2 lengths. He subsequently finished an unlucky 5th in the King Edward VII Grp 2 at Royal Ascot.
2009
THREE MOONS bred by Ben Goldsmith at Rushbrooke Stud finished 2nd on 1000 Gunineas day at Newmarket in the Stanjames.com Pretty Polly Stakes Listed. Ridden by Frankie Dettori he jumped off the suggested she ran in the Oaks as she had run such a good race and was beaten by only a short distance. She had just completed her best piece of work to date when three days before the Oaks she pulled out lame. This was the end of her 2009 campaign. A very bitter disappointment to everyone involved. As a 2yo she had been beaten a neck by Midday and it was very hard to watch the Oaks finish with Midday beaten only a neck. Always the question what might have been?
Now in her third year in training and FESTOSO won yet another black type race this time at Haydock in the Betcasino Cecil Frail Stakes Listed.Amazingly she despite her fabulous track record she was sent off 16/1. She then signed off her fabulous race career with a fine 3rd in the Dubai Duty Free Cup Listed race at Newbury. She was then sold at the Horses in Training sale for 460,000 guineas to Coolmore.
Here Come the Boys experienced winning first time out ownership when 2yo PRACTITIONER made his debut at Salisbury. The gelding then went on to finish 2nd in the prestigious Washington Singer Stakes Listed at Newbury. At the end of his 2yo career he was sold for 80,000 gunieas at the Horses in Training sale to race in Hong Kong. Not bad for a horse that cost £5,500 at DBS only 12months earlier!
2008
CLASSIC REMARK won the National Express Hoppings Stakes Listed race at Newcastle. This was the first Listed win for Harry. Sent out 40-1 she soundly trounced the field.
Glorious Goodwood was the scene for CLASSIC REMARK to make her Group 1 debut in the Blue Square Nassau Stakes. Despite the race ending up a sprint she ran a fantastic race finishing 6th only beaten 3lengths by Halfway To Heaven (Irish 1,000 Guineas winner) and Lush Lashes (Coronotion Stakes winner).
FESTOSO signed off an injured interupted year with a brave 3rd in the JRA Sceptre Stakes Listed race at Doncaster.
On the final turf day of the Flat season CLASSIC REMARK finished her racing career 2nd at Doncaster in the Totesportcasino.com Stakes Listed. A wonderful filly who will now go back to Hesmonds Stud as broodmare.
2007
During the remainder of her 2 year old career FESTOSO competed in three Group races being placed in all of them. She returned to Newmarket in the Cherry Hinton Group 2 and was just beaten into 2nd by the fast finishing Aidan O'Brien trained Youresothrilling; then it was off to York for the Group 2 Lowther Stakes where she finished 4th to Mick Channon trainned Nijoom Dubai. It was then back to Newmarket for the Cheveley Park Stakes Group 1 where she was 3rd to the subsquent European Champion 2 year old Natagora.
NH Sucess & Cheltenham Festival
On the 19th July 2008 the entire 6 year old SWORDSMAN ran the race of his life in the valuable Listed Tote Summer Hurdle at Market Rasen to finish 3rd in conditions that didn't suit his running style.
During Harry's first National Hunt season 2006/2007 Newbury provided a thrilling finish to the Grade Two Bumper race where JUST A THOUGHT narrowly missed out on first place to the highly regarded Crocodile's Rock amd earnt a run at the famous Cheltenham Festival. This was Harry's first runner at the Festival and did not disgrace himself finishing 14/24 runners in conditions that did not suit him. The following year he finished 4th in the Ballymore Properties Leamington Novices Hurdle Grade 2 at Warwick in unbelieveably testing conditions.
