No prizes for guessing that the fastest five-furlong course in Britain – in fact, the fastest in the world – is to be found at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey, South East England. Starting from a chute, which joins the round course at the top of the home straight, 3½ furlongs from the finish, the … Read more
Based at Blowing Stone Stables in Kingston Lisle, near Wantage, Oxfordshire, Georgina ‘Georgie’ Nicholls, née Brown, is the ex-wife of 13-time champion National Hunt trainer Paul Nicholls. On July 21, 2023, she made headlines when her two-year-old filly Betties Bay, who had previously finished unplaced in the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot, … Read more
Holly Doyle, 26, rode her first winner, as a amateur, on May 5, 2013 and, in the intervening decade or so, has made a habit of reaching landmarks, breaking records and making headlines. In 2019 – the year in which she succeeded another youngster, Edward Greatrex, as stable jockey to Archie Watson – Doyle rode … Read more
Archie Maximilian Bannatyne Watson served a worldwide apprentice, culminating in a four-year spell as assistant trainer to William Haggas, at Somerville Lodge in Newmarket, before completing the purchase of Saxon Gate in Upper Lambourn – historically the home of the legendary Fulke Walwyn – in July, 2016. He embarked on a training career in his … Read more
