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    Owner: John Best Racing
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    You'll find all the news about John Best's runners and winners here, from race reports to news of horses for sale, big-race entries to results from his recent runners. And John's weekly blog keeps you up to the minute with news and views from the horse's
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One in a Mullion
2008-04-17 14:56:38
Mullionmileanhour made a winning debut for John Best’s Kent Bloodstock syndicate tonight when taking the digibet Maiden Auction Stakes over five furlongs at Kempton. The two-year-old son of Mull of Kintyre chased the leaders early on before taking up the running two furlongs out and soon drawing clear, finishing three lengths ahead of runner up The [...]


Liberty’s free run
2008-06-03 14:52:36
Liberty Belle scored her second win tonight when winning the Scizzor Sisterz Live Here July 24th Handicap at Folkestone over five furlongs. John Best’s daughter of Statue of Liberty broke well and raced prominently before taking a commanding lead a furlong out and winning with over two lengths in hand. The three-year-old filly is owned by the Heading [...]


Flashman at the Charge
2008-06-18 14:18:44
Flashmans Papers confounded the bookies by winning the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot today. Last year John saddled runner-up Kingsgate Native, who later went on to a famous victory in the Nunthorpe, and he went one better this time with the maiden Flashmans Papers, a 100-1 chance. For good measure John also saddled the more fancied third-placed Mullionmileanhour, as [...]


Sapphire a real diamond
2008-06-26 11:55:20
Sapphire Prince got off the mark at the second time of asking today when winning the Rioja Median Auction Maiden Stakes over six furlongs at Great Leighs. The two-year-old son of American stallion Read The Footnotes was held up behind the leaders under Mohammed Saeed before making headway with two furlongs to go and, despite looking [...]
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Winning street for Bertie
2008-06-25 04:25:10
Bertie Southstreet recorded his first victory since his juvenile days last night when winning the Pump Technology Handicap at Newbury over five furlongs. John Best’s son of Bertolini was racing over the minimum distance for the first time since his two-year-old season. He was held up in touch by Martin Dwyer before making headway with two furlongs [...]
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Jubilation for Kingsgate Native
2008-06-21 10:49:36
Star colt Kingsgate Native landed another shock victory for the John Best yard when denying a strong field of international superstars to take the Group One Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot this afternoon. Coming straight off a slightly disappointing reappearance in the King’s Stand over five furlongs on Tuesday, the son of Mujadil was stepping up [...]


Order of the day
2008-06-21 10:05:35
Relative Order scored for the second time at Newmartket this afternoon when winning the Play Blackjack At intercasino.co.uk Handicap over seven furlongs. John Best’s son of Diktat was held up in the centre field before making headway with two furlongs to go. He was ridden to lead in the final furlong and ran on well to win [...]


Howdi goes well at Windsor
2008-07-14 15:24:33
Howdigo ran out a surprise 33/1 winner tonight when taking the Royal Bank of Scotland Handicap at Windsor over 1m 3 1/2 furlongs. John Best’s son of Tobougg was held up at the back of the field under Steve Drowne, but produced a strong run in the closing stages to collar 7/4 favourite First Avenue. Howdigo, owned [...]


Maiden win for Deposer
2008-07-09 15:00:19
Deposer broke his maiden at the second time of asking today when a facile winner of the Playstowe Maiden Auction Stakes over six furlongs at Lingfield. The two-year-old son of Kheleyf raced prominently and took control of the race with over a furlong to go, easily overhauling nearest rival Shangani to win by a commanding 3 [...]


Syndicate Saturday at Lingfield
2008-07-22 14:50:29
Lingfield Park is to host its first ‘Syndicate Saturday ’ on 2 August 2008. The day is designed to raise the profile of the syndicates and racing clubs that enable thousands of people to enjoy racehorse ownership without needing to spend a fortune. John Best Racing is sponsoring the last race of the day, the ‘Have a [...]


Eddie squares them away
2008-07-22 14:07:02
Square Eddie got off the mark at Salisbury today when bolting up to win the Emma Arbery Memorial Maiden Stakes over six furlongs. The Canadian-bred son of Smart Strike tracked the leaders before taking control with two furlongs to go and asserting his superiority to win by a facile 3 1/4 lengths. One of John Best’s talented two-year-old [...]


Papradon scores at HQ
2008-07-18 15:19:44
Papradon recorded his first win on the turf today when taking the Talk Nightclub And Becks Vier Handicap over a mile and a quarter at Newmarket. The son of Tobougg was held up under Liam Keniry before making steady headway three furlongs out and staying on well to deny runner up Silent Applause by 1 1/4 [...]
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Elegant win for Cad
2008-08-11 15:53:35
Elegant Cad got off the mark at Wolverhampton today when winning the European Breeders’ Fund Median Auction Maiden Stakes over six furlongs. Sent off the 4/11 favourite, the son of Chapel Royal was leading with three furlongs to go, and despite being headed briefly inside the final furlong, rallied to take the race in the final [...]
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Yearling purchases
2008-08-06 14:17:56
Just to let you know where we are with this year’s yearling purchases. American yearlings I’m off to the USA around 16 August for a sale on 18 August. I’ll only stay for the first day of the sale - the Selected Yearlings. I believe this sale will be very good value for money due to the [...]


Magic at Lingfield’s Syndicate Saturday
2008-08-05 14:14:35
Another Magic Man, one of the yearlings set to form part of the 2009 Hucking Horses III syndicate, got his first taste of the racecourse at Lingfield this weekend when parading as part of the course’s Syndicate Saturday . The yearling colt looked very well compared with his elders and is an exciting prospect for next year. John [...]


Southpaw knocks out his rivals
2008-08-02 09:30:58
Southpaw Lad scored his second win in five races at Glorious Goodwood today when taking the Bluesquarepoker.com Stakes over a mile and three furlongs. Sent off a 25/1 outsider, the son of Diktat was held up at the rear of the field under Alan Munro, and was last of all with two furlongs to go. Switched [...]
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