page_title: Lambourn
section_title: Horse racing
hierarchical_section_title: Lambourn / Horse racing
caption_attribution_description: English: Mandown Gallops A view, shortly before sunset, down an all-weather gallop ascending from Maddle Road.
context_page_description: Lambourn is a large village and civil parish in West Berkshire. It lies just north of the M4 Motorway between Swindon and Newbury, and borders Wiltshire to the west and Oxfordshire to the north. After Newmarket it is the largest centre of racehorse training in England, and is home to a rehabilitation centre for injured jockeys, an equine hospital, and several leading jockeys and trainers. To the north of the village are the prehistoric Seven Barrows and the nearby Long Barrow, and in 2004 the Crow Down Hoard was found close to the village.
context_section_description: Lambourn is a unique town as almost everyone is involved in horse racing – from top trainers such as Mick Channon and Henrietta Knight through to the saddlers and stable lads and lasses.
  — Clare Balding
  The racing connection began in the 18th century, when the Earl of Craven held racing meetings on Weathercock Hill near Ashdown House. There were regular race meetings on the Lambourn Downs and private race meetings can be held on Mandown between Upper Lambourn and Seven Barrows. In the 1840s some owners moved their racehorses to Lambourn as the ground at Newmarket was too firm and caused many horses to break down.
  The first trainers were Edwin Parr, Joseph Saxon, John Prince, Luke Snowden (one of the few trainers to be buried at St Michaels graveyard) and John Drinkald, who went insane when his horse was disqualified after winning a race in which he stood to win £28,000.
  The first stables were at the Red Lion Inn on the crossroads opposite the church, which has since been converted into flats, and at Lambourn Stables, now called Kingswood House Stables. The well drained, spongy grass, open downs and long flats made Lambourn ideal for training racehorses and it became a fashionable training centre. Lord Rothschild has his stables at Russley Park in Wiltshire and like Lord Craven his horses practised on the gallops at Lambourn.
  However, it was not until the Lambourn Valley Railway was built in 1898 that Lambourn grew into its present size. Until then horses could only attend local meets, or had to walk the 10–15 miles to the railway at Newbury. Horses could now be transported to Newbury and from there to meetings all over the country and many new stables were opened in the area. Over 1,500 horses are now stabled in and around Lambourn – second only to Newmarket – there are many major stables, varied turf and all-weather gallops in and around the village. It even has the luxury of two fully licensed equine swimming pools and the Ridgeway Veterinary Group Valley Equine Hospital. As a result, it has been dubbed the "Valley of the Racehorse", and this is displayed on the road signs leading into the village.
  In 2006 the Jockey Club Estates Ltd bought 500 acres (2.0 km²) of land in the valley, its first investment outside Newmarket, including Mandown and many other gallops and training grounds The Oaksey House rehabilitation centre for injured jockeys was built in Lambourn in 2008, named after Lord Oaksey, the President of the Injured Jockeys Fund.
  In 2013, Mehmet Kurt, the owner of the Kingwood Stud in Lambourn, received permission to build a 1.5 km (0.93 mi) long horse training monorail, the first in the country.
  Some Lambourn Derby winners
  Steve Donoghue on Pommern in 1914, trained by Charles Peck at Sefton Lodge
  Harry Wragg on Felstead in 1928, trained by "Ossie" Bell at Delamere Stables
  Pat Eddery on Grundy in 1975, trained by Peter Walwyn at Seven Barrows House
  Martin Dwyer on Sir Percy in 2006, trained by Marcus Tregoning at Kingwood House Stables
  Some Lambourn Grand National winners
  Pat Buckley on Ayala in 1963, trained by Keith Piggott at South Bank
  Willie Robinson on Team Spirit in 1964, trained by Fulke Walwyn at Saxon House
  Tommy Smith on Jay Trump in 1965, trained by Fred Winter at Uplands Stables
  Tim Norman on Anglo in 1966, trained by Fred Winter at Uplands Stables
  Ben de Haan on Corbiere in 1983, trained by Jenny Pitman at Weathercock House
  Marcus Armytage on Mr Frisk, in 1990, trained by Kim Bailey at Old Manor Stables
  Carl Llewellyn on Party Politics in 1992, trained by Nick Gaselee at Saxon Cottage Stables
  John White on Esha Ness, in the void 1993 Grand National, trained by Jenny Pitman at Weathercock House
  Jason Titley on Royal Athlete in 1995, trained by Jenny Pitman at Weathercock House
  Leighton Aspell on Many Clouds in 2015, trained by Oliver Sherwood at Rhonehurst
  Notable Stables
  Kingwood House Stables
  Seven Barrows House
caption: Mandown Gallops
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