As a trainer I am very much 'hands on', I'm always the first person in the yard each morning and do the final check
round every night. I ride out with each lot daily and undertake general work around the yard. I keep meticulous personal notes for each horse, recording vaccinations, vet, dental and worming details, and information on schooling sessions with notes as to the work each horse requires in the next stage of its training including its forthcoming racing engagements.
round every night. I ride out with each lot daily and undertake general work around the yard. I keep meticulous personal notes for each horse, recording vaccinations, vet, dental and worming details, and information on schooling sessions with notes as to the work each horse requires in the next stage of its training including its forthcoming racing engagements. Everything we do here, on the racecourse or at home in the yard, is geared to my first and uppermost priority, the wellbeing of the horse, which means that ultimately the horses come first, on or off the track.
Setting up Sun Hill Farm as a first class racehorse training centre has taken an enormous amount of time, energy and expense. Now, with the sterling support of George and my staff we are beginning to reap the rewards in both the number of winning horses and prize money won.
