Denton Hall News
- 30-Aug-2025: Latest News from Denton Hall Stables the home of Michael Dods Racing
- 23-Aug-2025: Northern Ticker beats Commanche Falls by a head in thrilling finish at York Festival
- 20-Aug-2025: Count Palatine strikes under Sean Kirrane to make it a Carlisle double
- 20-Aug-2025: Taylormade Lad wins his first race at Carlisle for Tg Racing
- 20-Aug-2025: Sanbona gets off the mark for owner Davi Metcalfe at Wolverhampton
- 05-Aug-2025: Langholm scores all-the-way victory at Catterick for Dods Racing Club
- 29-Jul-2025: A dozen winners in July as Homeland strikes at Ripon under Connor Beasley
- 28-Jul-2025: Boy Douglas makes it a double for Connor Beasley and owner Frank Lowe at Ayr
- 28-Jul-2025: Stable's 10th winner in July as Mighty Magnus strikes at Ayr
- 26-Jul-2025: Novamay defies 21lbs rise in the handicap to make it three on the bounce with victory at Windsor
- 21-Jul-2025: Boy Douglas wins for the third time at Ayr
- 19-Jul-2025: King's Crown makes it four for 2025 under Rhys Elliott ride at Doncaster
Weekend Update 16 May
With racing scheduled to get going on June 1 as things stand, we start this week’s update with a look at QUE AMORO.
She goes into the season as a four-year-old and is going very nicely at home.
She did us proud last season – winning spectacularly by seven lengths under Paul Mulrennan over five and a half furlongs at York on good ground in July. She then followed up in the Sky Bet Apprentice Handicap, with Phil Dennis in the saddle, back on the Knavesmire over five furlongs a month later.
She finished off the season with a solid second in a listed race at Ayr.
She looks really well at the moment and, off a mark of 98, she could get into a handicap or head for a listed fillies-only race once we see a programme.
Ideally, we’d want to run her on turf, on decent fast ground, but suffice to say we’re pleased with the way she’s wintered.
CAMACHO CHIEF hit the headlines last year when he gave Paul Mulrennan his 1,000th winner, with victory at Doncaster. It was soft that day and that’s how he likes it. He needs the ground to at least be easy, and ideally we’d run him on turf with some juice in it.
If we don’t get that, we might start him off on the all-weather and there could be a race at Newcastle in the first week of the season just to get him going.
He’s in good form at home and we’ll be able to make firmer plans once we have more of a programme to work with. The aim will be five to six furlong races on soft ground.
TOMBOLO is a nice three-year-old colt by Le Havre, who only had one run at Haydock as a two-year-old.
He finished second that day over a mile on soft ground with Connor Beasley in the plate.
That was promising and we’ll probably look to set him off at a mile before stepping him up to at least 1m 2f.
He’s a horse with a very good attitude and a high cruising speed and I’m sure he’ll do well.
We might set him off on the all-weather and progress to turf after that.
HEATH CHARNOCK won at Chelmsford last season and he’s never run a bad race really.
He’s done well at Newcastle in the past so he could start off there over five or six furlongs. He doesn’t want fast ground, is rated 85, and has done well over the winter, so we look forward to getting going with him.