Harry Dunlop

Former Group-winning trainer Harry Dunlop has announced his involvement with financial and racing specialists Stable Capital, a new company aimed at assisting racehorse trainers to balance the books and access financing options. Dunlop retired from training in 2022 and is an advocate for modernising the business side of the sport.  He said, "For years I saw trainers struggling with the same problem - unpredictable costs, uneven cashflow, and too much time spent on paperwork instead of horses. "Stable Capital is designed to change that. It's a simple, transparent solution that...

Many well-known figures from across the racing industry are making their final preparations for the Racing Welfare Jurassic Coast Challenge, which takes place on Sunday, September 29. Sky Sports Racing presenters Josh Apiafi and Alex Hammond announced they were taking part in the challenge live on-air on Saturday. "You and I and 50 others from around the racing world are walking the Jurassic Coastal Challenge next Sunday in aid of Racing Welfare--a fantastic cause," said Apiafi. "We both started off working in a yard so it's great to be giving...

Victorious Racing's 2023 G1 King's Stand Stakes hero and 'TDN Rising Star' Bradsell (GB) (Tasleet {GB}--Russian Punch {GB}, by Archipenko), on an enforced sabbatical for 329 days after registering that career high, added to his comeback win in this month's Listed Prix du Cercle with a dominant performance in Friday's G1 Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York. The 3-1 second favourite was swiftly into stride on the far wing and chased the trailblazing Ponntos (Ire) (Power {GB}) in second through the initial stages of this straight five-furlong dash. Easing...

When Ben Pauling agreed last summer to train a couple of Flat horses for Andrew and Jane Megson who already had their string of jumpers with the Cotswolds-based 39-year-old, he had no idea what was coming. Pauling says, "Harry Dunlop had told them that he wasn't going to be training next season. The conversation went along the lines of, 'We've got a nice, big, backward 2-year-old colt who needs gelding and then he should be lovely for next year. And we've got a little filly who has run well to...

There was a surprise in store in Thursday's G2 Cazoo May Hill S. at Doncaster as The Megsons' 21,000gns Book 2 bargain Polly Pott (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) registered a 40-1 success for the soon-to-be-retired Harry Dunlop. In an outcome almost scripted by the racing gods, the winner of nurseries at Nottingham and Salisbury last month burst some bubbles as she swooped from rear under Danny Tudhope. Taking the measure of Novakai (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) from the furlong pole, the bay readily asserted to upstage that rival by 1...

Group 1-winning trainer Harry Dunlop has announced that he will quit training at the end of this season. Just over a week after established handler Joe Tuite walked away from the profession due to financial difficulties, Dunlop has revealed that he is exiting the training ranks for the same reason. Dunlop's career highlight came when Robin Of Navan (Fr) won the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud in 2015, while Knight To Behold (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Fighting Irish (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), Classic Remark (Ire) (Dr Fong) and Festoso (Ire) (Diesis...