Dan Astbury

Connections of Aisling Oscar are eyeing a return to Newcastle for Aisling Oscar, who created a little slice of racing history at Southwell on Thursday when winning his eighth successive handicap. While his previous seven wins for his current connections had all come at Newcastle, trainer Adrian Keatley had to look at Southwell for that record-equalling success in the Win £250,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap. Bought by Dan Astbury from Ireland for just 3,200 gns, the five-year-old son of Rajasinghe has risen from a mark of just 42 to 71...

When you spend 3,200gns at the horses-in training sales on a 42-rated handicapper, the barometer of expectation cannot be set very high. Win a little race somewhere? Great. Win a couple? You're a genius. Win seven in a row and bid for a modern day record-equaling eighth success on the trot? You must be having a laugh.  Well, the ownership group of Barry And The Chuckles are the only ones laughing here. It was through bloodstock agent Dan Astbury that the syndicate picked up Aisling Oscar for that paltry sum...

The seven-year-old Bumpy Evans (lot 49) topped Monday's Goffs Summer Sale at Doncaster when going the way of Richard Lee Racing for £60,000. Consigned by trainer Tim Vaughan, the son of Ocovango came into the sale as the winner of three of his four starts over fences, having added to that tally on Saturday with a 28-length victory at Cartmel. Other highlights included Stuart Crawford's seven-year-old Bleu d'Enfer (lot 43), who opened his account over fences on his most recent start at Carlisle. He was bought by Jimmy Fyffe for...

Group 3-placed Champagne Gold (Ire) (Presenting {GB}) brought a final bid of £34,000 from Dan Astbury/Stockton Hall to top Thursday's ThoroughBid August Online sale. The 8-year-old gelding, catalogued as lot 19, raced last season for Henry de Bromhead and now goes into the hands of Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero. "He has been bought for a long-standing owner at Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero's, with a view to go Hunter Chasing," Astbury said. "He came highly recommended by a good friend and looks the ideal candidate to hopefully end up...