The yards of Martin Pipe, Venetia Williams, Len Lungo, Paul Nicholls and Alan Jones were all visited early on Tuesday morning by Jockey Club teams wishing to carry out blood testing on their horses.

THE successful combination of Downpatrick jockey Tony Dobbin and Scottish trainer Len Lungo may be seen in action on the first day of the Northern Ireland Festival of Racing at Down Royal next month.

The Dumfriesshire yard that produced over 640 winners including two at the Cheltenham festival and a Northumberland Plate for Len Lungo is set to have a new trainers name above the door.

Blood from 408 horses resident in the yards of Martin Pipe, Paul Nicholls, Venetia Williams, Len Lungo and Alan Jones was taken in unannounced swoops by Jockey Club vets two days ago.

LEN Lungo, Scotland's champion National Hunt trainer, and his stable jockey Tim Reed are to go their separate ways. Announcing the split yesterday, Lungo paid tribute to the service that Reed had ...

All blood samples taken from horses during the Jockey Club's surprise swoop on some of the leading yards in the country on yesterday… ...

ON a fine day, the view from the top of Len Lungo's gallops high above Dumfries is spellbinding. Each morning, when he goes to work , Lungo can enjoy the rare privilege of seeing Scotland behind ...

Len Lungo and Tony Dobbin have successfully appealed the decision by the Warwick stewards to punish them over the running and riding of Mirjan on December 6.

Len Lungo moved on to the 26-winner mark for the season at Carlisle with a 47-1 treble, of which Wild Cane Ridge's impressive performance was the highlight.

The Bajan Bandit, one of the most exciting prospects in Len Lungo's powerful Dumfries yard, makes his debut over fences at Carlisle tomorrow. The seven-year-old will be ridden by top jockey Tony ...