SANDHILL Racing Stables in West Somerset have just welcomed Starzand, a five year old bay gelding, to their yard, writes Richard Walsh..

Johnson White, joint licence holder with Philip Hobbs, said: “Starzand has just arrived at Sandhill and seems to have settled in really nicely.

“He has got a very nice laid back attitude which was very apparent when we bought him at the sales at Cheltenham at the weekend where he also showed very well.

“He looks well and we very much look forward to getting him going. We will give him a couple of days to settle in and we are very excited to have him.”

Philip Hobbs said: “ We are delighted to have him at Sandhill; he is a lovely looking horse and won his Point Point in Ireland very easily, so we’re verypleased to have him in the yard and hopefully he can win a bumper in the spring.”

Starzand has been bought by Gwent Holdings who have other horses at Sandhill already, several of whom have enjoyed recent success at meetings.

To find out more about Sandhill Racing Stables or any aspect of ownership log onto www.pjhobbs.com.