HAS NICKY RICHARDS ANY DECENT HORSES LEFT?

he is a miserable sod

mccain much the best now

and improving fast.....mr marker

Wouldn't be suprised if he closes down in a few years

Seems to have the same altitude as Hen Knight

Wraps them in cotton wool

Perhaps he thinks their

PETS

:)

grand

terrible speaker imo and does not come over well on the tv, needs some electrocution lessons

hasn't had much ammo in recent years but when my mate collared him at wetherby (in a drunken stupor) and asked him about some of his horses he was one of the nicest blokes you could wish to meet. Spoke with him for a good while (he did say grand about four times though!)

He is a nice bloke, just not the best communicator. It's not that he's reluctant to run them but rather he couldn't even work them for a month due to snow this winter. He is also an old fashioned trainer, in that he gives young horses time to mature. He has his faults too, some of the gallops are a bit in need of modernisation.
He's also been unlucky in having a few like The Whisperer that could have become very good but were injury prone. And lost a couple like Grand Theatre as it was about to start to show its real value.
He has a fair few young horses who will take time but it's fair to say these are difficult days at Greystoke. I hope there are some good 'uns in that crop as the North needs more competitive racing, much as I admire McCain.

mate had a couple of horses with richards - never updates on how the horses are - says they have a bit of swelling here and there . Seems to be a lazy c...ut who is not interested

steady tiger is another who threatens to be good :-)

bit weird he has a magnier/tabor bumper horse that run the other day they dont send him many

And a McManus hurdler. New owner too

yes but that mc manus horse is useless

Certainly seems slow, must be handicapped now so we'll see next time for sure

^ nicky is not slow...just the way he speaks! grand

Think you know I meant Sundown Trail

what happened to the kelvin hughes horses

Still has a couple there but most went south to your fella because he lives down there

a friend of mine who isnt short of a few quid bought his wife a half share in her first of what may have been several horses with him,they were lucky enough to drop on one half decent,he was placed first time up in a bumper at aintree then proceeded to easily win a bumper at carlisle,they very much took a backseat in running plans etc,the horse ran once the next season easily winning his novice hurdle with richards telling them the horse was slightly fragile and needed looking after,he may have been right but for his next appearance the following season he managed to find a 23 runner handicap hurdle at ayr in december for his first outing for which he admittedly looked decently handicapped ridden by a 7ilb claimer with dobbin on his other entry,unfortunately in such a big field a horse clipped heels resulting in 2 horses being brought down,one of them being sobraon who had to be put down from his injuries,dobbin won the race on his other runner.

was only jestin redal ;)

I know mate.

That story sums it up. A bit of bad luck and a very traditional bloke who lacks communication skills.

sad story ribero

i remember him messin up a bit with Turpin Green, running him too soon @ Kelso after a hard race against rebel rhythm

When I was last there they had a lot of young horses based out in Northumberland. I really hope they get some decent horses through soon because even the loyal owners won't be patient forever.

indeed gt,as i said they took a backseat as my friend has no big interest in horse racing,it was just to keep the wife happy,but in 3 outings over 2 seasons the horse hadnt put a foot wrong and for a trainer like richards who does seem to wrap his horses in cotton wool somewhat it seemed an incredible choice of race for his seasonal debut for such a promising horse especially putting a 7lb claimer up.

Ribero as you are probably aware I know Nicky better than most and he is a good trainer who does the best he can for his owners with the animals he has got, at the mioment he is short of both numbers and quality but it is only a matter of time before he gets back to relative big time. His dad is a hard act to follow.

wee eck
As I have said I like the stable and have been fortunate to visit a few times and know a couple of the lads. Do they still have the Northumberland storage yard and are there some young ones coming through? The likes of Steady Tiger and The Whisperer must have driven Nicky to distraction. May was always his dad's month for bringing the youngsters on, hopefully there's more to come from Greystoke.

losing the davidson horses dosnt help

Monets Garden..By far the best Jumper this year, victories around Aintree and Ascot are still my fav races of the year.

Purple Moon beaten in a 4 runner hurdle race.....amazing given its exploits afterwards...

Purple Moon just hated the hurdles

granted Redal he did....

Mind they must have thought they had a champion hurdler when he arrive. Still they had nice compensation.

What goes around comes around

he is a good trainer who does the best he can for his owners with the animals he has got


No he isn't, and no he doesn't. Owning a horse in his yard when your name wasn't Hemmings or Davidson did you no favours. He is clueless when it comes to placing, and doesn't listen to any outside advice.
Ask Briggsy why he took his last ever horse away from him and gave it to Swinbank - you'd change your mind about him.

OK. Briggsy, care to comment?

What about Chapel Flowers...couldn't buy a race with Nicky.....goes to the Vaughan yard and wins 3 and places every time.The horse just needed to be placed and ridden to suit..Nicky didn't seem to have a clue how to do this.

I was always suspicious when Dobbin used to pull up horses that seemed to going fine. Not sure why you would train a horse, take it to the course then pull it up after a few furlongs. Used to watch them next time out as they always went off a good price with a P in the form.