| Alan McCabe has survived a mid-year move of | | | | successful jockey for the stable having ridden 18 out |
| stables and a couple of months when he didn't have a | | | | of the 33 winners so far this year which includes 11 of |
| runner. In the process he lost several of his best | | | | the 19 sprint winners. In spite of being a stable which |
| horses as his chief patron and owner of the Haygarth | | | | has produced a hefty level stake loss this year, |
| House stables Paul Dixon, brought in Jeremy Glover to | | | | Winston has managed to make an impressive 45.75 |
| take over being in charge. Alan though is now settled | | | | pounds level stake profit from a 1 pound unit. |
| into his smart new stables at Averham Park and there | | | | 2008 saw many more winners in the first half of the |
| are the first signs of better things to come. | | | | year (29) compared to the second (13) and it is |
| 14 out of 19 sprint winners so far this year have been | | | | undoubtedly going to be the same trend this year. At |
| achieved on the all-weather and that's about the same | | | | the time of writing (mid-November) there had been 30 |
| proportion as the stable as a whole since it started in | | | | winners up to the end of June and only 3 since. |
| August 2006. The McCabe horses are mainly low | | | | Obviously the move of stables hasn't helped in this |
| grade and obviously get more wins in weaker races | | | | regard, with no runners for a couple of months in the |
| of which there are a higher number on the all-weather. | | | | middle of the year, but many of the stable's horses |
| McCabe gets more wins at Southwell, Wolverhampton | | | | now looked well handicapped and I can see there |
| and Lingfield than Kempton. So far this year the stable | | | | being plenty of winners in the next four months or so |
| has had 4 winners at each of the first three named | | | | till the end of the all-weather season. |
| and just 2 at the latter. Turf wins seem to be | | | | Strike rate and numerically McCabe has always done |
| scattered around the northern courses with Thirsk and | | | | best with his sprinters and names of horses which |
| Catterick having the best strike rate while Doncaster | | | | should be followed in this department are Fratellino, |
| has the most winners numerically but a slightly lower | | | | Tamasou, Cornus, Loose Caboose, Rosie Says No |
| winning percentage. | | | | and Fol Liam. |
| As far as jockeys, Robert Winston has been the most | | | | |