Owen Burrows 2026 Flat season stable tour
By Racing TV
Last Updated: Sun 19 Apr 2026
By Graham Clark
Trainer Owen Burrows has a strong squad for the months ahead
Owen Burrows has seen his status rise in recent seasons after proving on more than one occasion he is a man to respect on the biggest stages.
Having learnt from one of the best in the now retired Sir Michael Stoute, the Lambourn handler has established himself as a fine trainer in his own right.
Success at Group One level might have eluded Burrows last season, but there was plenty of positive moments for him to enjoy.
Saddling 32 domestic winners, plus another two in France, it saw Burrows smash past the £1 million barrier in prize money, along with ending the season in Britain with a 21 percent strike-rate.
And not only does Burrows head into this season with a full yard, but one where plenty of potential can be found in almost every corner you look which suggests that once again, he will be a man to follow when he plays his hand at the biggest meetings.
Burrows said: “We didn't have a Group One winner, but with the two in France, we had thirty four winners, which is my second best numerically.
“With a bit of prize money abroad as well I think we were around the one and a half million mark for the year.
“We had ten stakes winners as well which means nearly a third of the winners were stakes race winners.
“Azaniya turned herself inside out as I had her as an eighty five or ninety raced filly and she was the highest rated horse in the yard until Gethin went up, so she was a nice surprise.
“Calendar Girl was nice as well because she was a forty six thousand pounds filly by Advertise which wouldn't be everybody's cup of tea.
“To be able to then win the Weatherbys race at Doncaster, but then to make her a Group Three winner as well was great.
“We are well up on numbers again and I've got a near enough fifty-fifty split of nearly forty older horses and forty two year olds.
“I’ve got a few new owners on board including Valmont, who have got four with me, and Stephen Hillen has sent me one.
“I don’t think that on paper for a long time that I’ve had as much stock worth as much from the sales.”
AL DURRY
“She was a Shadwell filly that won at Southwell at the back end, but she wasn't one for Shadwell to keep, but I felt she hadn't reached her limit.
“Her owners, Strawberry Fields Stud, were looking for something, and on my recommendation, I said this could be one.
“She started back at Wolverhampton and I felt she won quite nicely to be fair. She had a right look about when she turned in, but then when challenged she went again
“She has had four runs now on the all-weather, and she is an American Pharoah, but Callum (Rodriguez) said she would be fine on nice ground on the turf.
“There is a nought to eighty five fillies handicap in early May for over a mile and quarter so we will have a look at that.
“That is where I’m half looking to go again. I think she would be one to keep over ten furlongs.”
AL WASL STORM
“He had a couple of big tasks in the Derby and then at Royal Ascot, but to his credit he came back from that and I thought he won nicely at Newbury.
“He just had a little issue after that which kept us off the track. He is another one that has physically done very well.
“I will probably start him off at Ascot on May 9th for a mile and a half handicap there, but I’m sure he will stay further in time.
“He is rated ninety two now, and there are some nice races in that bracket, so hopefully he will give his owner a lot of fun.
“Races like the Old Newton Cup and things like that could be for him further down the line, and he wouldn’t need to improve massively to be competitive in races like that.”
ASCENDING STAR
“He has come from James Owen’s, but we have only had him for about two weeks. He showed ability in his two runs last year. He is a big strong horse who they gelded through the winter.
“Noel (Fehily) did a fair bit of pre-training with him so he has had a fair base of fitness on him. He is about to start half speed work and he will be ready to go in the middle of May.
“It looks like he should get a mile, but we will see. Looking at him they did well to get two runs out of him last year as he is a big lad.”
AZANIYA
“She was a revelation last year, and she completely surprised me, but racing her with a bit of cut in the ground, and stepping her up to ten furlongs, transformed her.
“PJ McDonald said last time that she would probably get a bit further than ten furlongs as well.
“Ground will be important to her as the only time she ran under par was at Salisbury on quick ground.
“We plan to start at Saint-Cloud on May 1st in the Group Three in the Prix Allez France, but we will keep an eye on the weather as they are having a dry spell over there.
“I’ve got her in the Middleton at York as well. She will be ground dependant, but we will see if we can get some Group form on her page. She is an important filly for her owner-breeders.”
CALENDAR GIRL
“She wasn’t blossoming for whatever reason and she scoped a bit dirty. To be fair, her work was okay without blowing me away.
“She had a couple of scopes where I couldn't really get her cleaned up properly enough to be able to get stuck into her to try and prepare her for her a Guineas.
“She is having a month turnout up at Kingwood House Stables. She goes on the walker for an hour and then gets turned out for like four or five hours in the afternoon.
“I would do that all of April, so she's about halfway through that now, and then we'll get her back in at the start of May and just try and see where we are with her and see if we can creep on then.
“The Coronation Stakes would come too soon and I wouldn’t even entertain that. Speaking to Sam Hoskins, of Kennett Valley Syndicates, he said let’s do what is right for her, and it is not all about the Guineas.
“There are a lot of nice races for her, but it would be at the end of June, early July onwards, that I would be looking to get going and not much before that.
“I'm sure she'd get a mile on her head. I'd probably start her at a mile, unless by some chance when we do start fast work that she's really shown plenty of boot.
“When Callum (Rodriguez) got off her in the Oh So Sharp he said she would get a mile then.”
FALAKEYAH
“She looks great and has done well, and her work is good, but she is just probably her own worst enemy a bit.
“I'm contemplating the Nottinghamshire Oaks at Nottingham which is over ten furlongs as she is not a miler.
“There is the Dahlia Stakes, which is back at Newmarket, which is over a straight course. If she just rips again we might get away with it, but my worry is we will be back to square one.
“I'd rather try and just drop her in and ride a race around a turning track, over a mile and a quarter and just see if we can get her to do things right.
“We will have a look at the entries, and if we're not happy with what we see, and if it's tough enough, then she may as well go tough enough in a Group Two on Guineas weekend.
“I just fancy trying to get her to drop in on a turning track. She won around Wolverhampton first time out and I thought Callum did a fine job in the Pride Stakes as she settled well enough.
“We were happy enough with her that we were happy to run her, but she still wasn't quite showing the same as what she was showing before the Pretty Polly and, for whatever reason, we couldn't quite get her back to that level.
“She is a talented filly, but everything needs to line up as such.”
GETHIN
“He won a year ago at the meeting we had at Newbury on Friday. He was mighty impressive that day, because obviously Roger Varian’s horse (Saddadd) turned out smart and I know he really liked him.
“He had a little niggle after that, which kept him off for the best part of the middle of the season.
“He ran well in his two Listed races. He just got touched off in France and then it didn't really work out for him at Newmarket at the beginning of November, but again, he's still learning and we're still learning.
“We felt that his work had been good this year. I thought that was a nice start in that race at Kempton Park and as you say he had done it well.
“Unless by some miracle the Ganay cut up he won’t go for that. He will probably get an entry in the Prix Aga Khan IV, but I was speaking with the owners there at Tattersalls on Wednesday and we'll probably have a look at the Huxley at Chester.
“If we don’t go there then there is the Brigadier Gerard at the end of May.
“As long as we're happy with him I'd love to get him out and I think Chester would teach him plenty plus it’s a big pot this year.
“If he did happen to win that the owners aren't overkeen on going to Royal Ascot and they would rather keep him for an Eclipse.
“If he got beat at Chester we could still look at the Brigadier Gerard, but I wouldn’t want to go there with a Group Two penalty.
“If he won a Chester I would probably give him a racecourse gallop before going for the Eclipse. That would be our mid-season, if the Huxley went to plan.
“Obviously, if he got beat at Chester we could still look at the Brigadier Gerrard.
“Callum (Rodriguez) said he felt very comfortable over a mile and a quarter, but I think in the second part of the season we'd probably experiment a mile and a half.
“You'd probably give him a King George entry when that comes, and potentially an Arc entry as well.
“There is also the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, which is a mile and a half. It tends to be slightly easier, if there is such a thing, easier Group One.”
HEYZOOM
“He is a Dubawi colt that finished third on his only start last year in November up at Wolverhampton. He is a half-brother to Falakeyah. He had an awful winter as he had to have two sinus operations and two teeth extracted.
“He was a horse last year that I could never get clean scoping wise so I think that must have been a factor. We managed to get him clean enough to run, but he was raw and Wolverhampton wouldn’t have been his track.
“His work has been pleasing enough this spring. He will start over ten furlongs in early May over a nice galloping track.”
LOHOOBB
“He is rated seventy six, but again he is not very big. He was always pretty small and then he had a bit of an issue when it was due to run at Sandown at the end of August.
“He is working away fine as he will go to Newmarket on Guineas weekend as there is a nought to eighty confined three-year-old handicap.
“He is a funny thing as he thinks he's a bit quicker than what he actually is. Finley Marsh gave him a lovely ride at Lingfield on the turf on his second start and he ran on for his second.
“He went to Windsor, and that was over six furlongs, and again he was a little bit on it, and he definitely wants at least seven furlongs.
“Hopefully he can pick something up off that mark.”
MERVEILLEUAX LAPIN
“Jim (Crowley) won the Polish Oaks and then Jim finished third on her at Longchamp, and he said I would have been closer to the two in front, but they got first run on me.
“Jim said this filly would hold her own in Listed company in England, so the owner has very kindly sent me her.
“She ran in the Prix de l’Opera at the end of last season, but the owner said he shouldn’t have run her as she had enough by then, and she never went a yard.
“If they won’t give me a handicap mark then I will have to start her off in stakes race company, but if they do give me a mark I’d rather build her up.
“She is not the biggest filly in the world so I can't think that faster ground would bother her. I wouldn’t be too worried about quicker ground until I tried her on it.
“She will be ready for the middle of May. In an ideal world I would like to start slowly with her, but I might not have that luxury.”
MOSTAAN
“It was a tidy enough run first time out and the form has worked out well, but as I touched on he's not the easiest to keep sound. He has done alright physically, but I wish he would have grown a bit more.
“The plan is to go to Windsor on May 4th as a mile novice, and that will do him good going around there with the twisting turns.
“He would be one for handicaps after that and I would think a mile would be his trip. It was seven furlongs he ran over at Kempton Park and Billy Loughnane came in and said he would want a mile next time.
“If he stays sound he could pick up a few handicaps providing he stays sound as that is the big issue with him.”
NANINO NIYATI
“This filly was with Daniel and Claire Kubler. She was behind Azaniya at Salisbury, but she had a bit of a fetlock issue after that, however she had a bit of a fetlock issue after that so they put her away.
“She is a nice scopey filly. When she won at Salisbury, Richard Kingscote made all on her and she was quite impressive
“She third behind Azaniya on soft ground at Windsor, which they said she didn’t love, then they rolled the dice in Listed class and it didn't pay off as such.
“We will start her in handicaps, but if we can progress up and see if we can pinch a bit of black type somewhere through the year then that would be important.
“We would probably start her at ten furlongs, but I don’t see her getting much further than a mile and a half.”
QUEBELLA
“Stephen Hillen bought this filly at the sales last year. She is an ex Kirsten Rausing-owned filly that was trained by Richard Hughes. She was fifth in a Listed race at Goodwood behind Waardah. We have got a bit of a line through her
“She is rated eighty five and there is quite a valuable nice fillies handicap at Goodwood at the end of May and that is what we are aiming at. It looks like she will get a mile and a half as she looks like a big galloping filly.
“She won at Wolverhampton first time out and she hasn’t won since. She was tried over a one mile three furlongs once, and it didn’t bring out any improvement as such, but with another winter on her back it looks like she will appreciate a bit further.
“The race at Goodwood is over ten furlongs so we will see after that if we step her up.”
RAAHEEB
“He will run in the Classic Trial at Sandown Park and we will find out where we are a bit with him.
“He has obviously only raced once, and if we don't feel he's ready, then he won't be going anywhere near Epsom.
“It's a tough one to try and say for definite, because we are very pleased with his work, but everybody who's ridden him has said he is still half asleep.
“Epsom could potentially come a bit quick for him, but on the other hand, there is only one Derby. If he does the business at Sandown, and is very smooth doing it, there will be a lot of discussions to be had.
“He had the one run, and won, and we thought about the Royal Lodge, but again we felt it was a fair jump from just one run into a Group Two as he was a big horse, and he just felt that first run.
“It was tacky old ground at Ascot, and we just thought that he doesn't need to really do any more. It was felt, for the best, to just give him a nice break and touchwood he seems grand.
“He looks more in the shape of Hukum, and he is built more like him than Baaeed. The Shadwell boys both see him in the Hukum build, and I know Jim (Crowley) felt at Ascot that he was a mile and a quarter, mile and a half horse.”
REMMOOZ
“He had a productive last year. He had four wins and it was great to finish him as a Listed winner. He's another one who's done very well.
“We will start him off in the Paradise Stakes at Ascot. I put him in the Lockinge just in case he happened to win at Ascot very well, but he has got a bit to find yet before we look at that.
“Even if he is not quite top level there are nice races for him like the Summer Mile at Ascot.
“All those sorts of races would be on his agenda. Those experiences in those big runner handicaps and all that, I'm hoping that will stand him in good stead this year.”
SASSICAIA
“He won at Wolverhampton in December. I think his defeat at Southwell will end up being strong form. He is one I’ve been very pleased with through this early part of the season.
“He has done well physically and he will probably get a mile and a half in time but I just felt he needed the experience last time.
“I didn’t want to rock him up at Newmarket, or any of the big tracks over a mile carrying a penalty, so we opted to go to Southwell and I was pleased enough with him.
“We will see what the handicapper does, and we will step him up to ten furlongs, but there might just be a nice handicap in him.”
SHAYHANA
“She will go to Leicester next Saturday. She was second on her only start at Lingfield, but Billy (Loughnane) really liked her. She was big, and raw, and Lingfield was never going to be her track.
“I think she will get a mile and a half, and she has got a fantastic page. If we can get a win into her that would be great. Billy was very complimentary about her hence why we kept her otherwise she would have gone off to stud to be covered.
“I’m looking forward to seeing what she can do and we felt she deserved a bit more of a chance to show us what she could do.”
STICKTOYOURGUNS
“I’m not a hundred percent happy with him. He did a good bit of work last Wednesday, but he wasn’t quite right in behind so plans are on hold a little bit.
“We have done a bit of investigating, but we can’t get to the bottom of it and he is going to go for a bone scan on Monday.
“It is a shame as his work had been really pleasing. I thought he might be the perfect type for the Britannia after getting a third run into him, but that is not going to come off now.
“We will have to see what the vets find and make a plan after that.”
TOULEEN
“She has had a very good prep this spring and her work has been very pleasing. She scoped dirty after the Rockfel so she had a valid excuse, but she looked very exciting before that.
“She has been lovely and relaxed in her work this year so that gives her every chance of getting the mile this year.
“I’ve got no real excuses really for her defeat in the Fred Darling. She just didn’t quite quicken up as I’ve seen at home and as she did as a two year old.
“Whether or not she is just a bit rusty, I don’t know is the honest answer. Saffie (Osborne) said she was the last one to pull up and she purposely let her gallop out as such so I would have no problems going another furlong.
“If she comes out of it alright (we will still look at the 1000 Guineas). I’m not saying she needed it but she might have just been a bit rusty.”
WAARDAH
“She has done very well and I'm very pleased with her. It is slightly concerning that it's a dry enough spring at the minute.
“We learnt on Champions Day that it was quick enough for her that day when it was on the fast side of good. They went slow, and she was keen. It was a complete mess of a race.
“I'd pencilled in that we could possibly start her in the Jockey Club Stakes on Guineas weekend, but she would need a nice drop of rain.
“I've got her in the Middleton and I've got her in the Yorkshire Cup. We will just have to see what the weather does, really. It may well be that she may have to have a trip over to France or two if the ground is more suitable over there.
“This Fillies & Mares Group One on Champions Day would be an end of season target again, as it is normally soft at Ascot in October. There is also the Prix de Royallieu on Arc weekend as well.
“She obviously appreciates getting her toe in so it would be a case of weather watching through the season.
“I know she won the Lillie Langtry, but I think over a true run mile and a half she will be grand. Physically she has done great over the winter.”
WADOODA
“She is a filly that showed up well at home last year and I was chuffed with her run at Newmarket. I’ve been quite bold with a couple of nice entries as she is in the English Oaks and Irish Oaks.
“The plan is to go to Ascot on May 1st with her as there is a fillies’ novice stakes there over a mile. I had contemplated going ten furlongs first, but she is a little bit generous so I thought that would be a nice starting spot for her.
“She would then have to then come out and win that and then we probably could have a look at something in the middle of the month to see whether or not it all comes a bit soon, and that may well be.
“She is a filly we do like and potentially could be very nice. If she happened to do it very well at Ascot, you could look at a Musidora, but it might just come a bit quick.”
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