Is a Thoroughbred breeding farm located two miles from Newmarket. The Stud originated in 1916 a gift by William Hall Walker (later Lord Wavertree) from the entire bloodstock of his stud farm in Tully, Kildare, Ireland. The British Government took over the Tully...
Until I can sort my website, photos on Facebook Karen Davison White photography – and rarely do you see a Dandie Dinmont and yesterday I saw two and nice to meet the lady with her little dog. I can’t even insert a photograph on here at the mo. The joys of...
The National Stud is a Thoroughbred horse breeding working farm. Set in 500 acres and run by The Jockey Club. At present only three stallions stand and some ninety two foals have been born this year. David Elsworth (famously trained Desert Orchid) is the only...
Jockeys are brave and horses too. This shows you a sequence of events with a fall at Fakenham 7 May 2019 in a Handicap Steeplechase. Champion Jockey Richard Johnson riding Achill Road Boy trained by Stuart Colthill came all the way from Selkirk to run in the...
Steeplechasers – “Tucked away in winter quarters, Gainsborough’s sons and Buchan’s daughters, Blue of blood, clean-lined and handsome, priced beyond a prince’s ransom, where no danger can befall them, rest till next year’s Classics...
It is what hunting people do in the season. The versatility of the Thoroughbred; bred to race and certainly a breed that can adapt to most disciplines. “Brushing through the birchwood switches, cramming at the open ditches, grinning when the guard-rails rattle...
