Schiaparelli honoured at TBA Awards
It has been an exciting week for Overbury Stud on location in Doncaster, where we picked up two TBA Awards and sold all five of our National Hunt yearlings at the Goffs UK August Sale.…
Schiaparelli’s Baloo sisters at the double
It has been a big week for breeder Rod Metcalfe and his Kayf Tara broodmare Tarabaloo, whose two daughters by Schiaparelli have each posted their first victories within three days of each other. On Saturday,…
Indefatigable On Hunt For More Cheltenham Glory
The Cheltenham Festival will certainly be different for us all this year but we will nevertheless enjoy supporting a decent number of runners by our stallions Kayf Tara and Schiaparelli. We were disappointed to hear…
Consistent Salvatore Strikes Under Rules
The point-to-point community is enduing a frustrating winter with the suspension of the sport during lockdown but there was some consolation for the connections of the hugely consistent Salvatore, who won the Scottish Foxhunter Chase…
Point-to-point winners for Schiaparelli and Alice Stevens
It was a good weekend on the point-to-point field, not just for Overbury stallion Schiaparelli but also for our sponsored rider Alice Stevens. On Saturday, Salvatore, the prolific seven-year-old son of Schiaparelli, scored his tenth…
Schiaparelli’s chase winners to the fore
Schiaparelli enjoyed an excellent weekend with three winners in steeplechases at Doncaster, Bangor and Ffos Las. Enry Iggins got the ball rolling on Friday when recording his third victory and first over fences under rules…
Tea Time On Mars strikes for Schiaparelli
Tea Time On Mars became the latest winner over fences for Schiaparelli, a day after the chase victory of Enry Iggins at Bangor. Trained by Sue Gardner and ridden by her daughter Lucy, the eight-year-old…
Thyme Hill returns victorious in G2 Long Walk Hurdle
Ahead of an exciting weekend of action, it was wonderful to see the Overbury-bred Thyme Hill return in great style at Newbury to win the G2 Ladbrokes Long Distance Hurdle. One of the outstanding novice…
Ronald Pump back in G1 Hatton’s Grace Hurdle
Schiaparelli’s high-class son Ronald Pump returns to Grade 1 action this weekend in the Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse, in which he will face the unbeaten Honeysuckle. The British-bred seven-year-old has proved to be a…