. In 1997 Ruth rode 13 winners in all, 9 on the level, both Turf and All Weather, making her leading Amateur Rider on the flat. Her proudest moments were when riding winners against the professional jump jockeys - especially the men!
These include Soba 13 wins, Glencroft 17, Chaplins Club 24, No Submission 23, Tempering 22, Takhlid 20, Soaked 19, Redoubtable 21, Sharp Hat 24, Paddywack 21, and
Marion keeps us all on our toes with helpful reminders of declaration deadlines, transport organisation and vets visits. Plus never ending help with daily tasks such as book keeping and entries including evening stable duties when all the staff are away racing! Favourite horse currently in training - Lexington Place.
Philippa is Ryan's girlfriend and helps him on his Sundays to work! She is also a valuable spare pair of hands for busy race days often leading up when we have runners a multiple meetings. Favourite horse currently in training - Be Perfect and Slemy.
My father is a great asset on busy racedays, transporting horses to the races, saddling and helping out. Having worked for Grandad, ridden as a conditional jockey and held a permit trainers licence - he has plenty of experience!
Mum puts together our newsletter and her fantastic photos bring colour and style to the website. Along with Dad both are great at helping entertain owners at our Christmas Open Morning as well as the smaller syndicate mornings. Was hard to find a photo of Mum as she's always behind the lens but I hope to have a photo of her leading in a winner she bred soon! Favourite horses, ginger homebreds!
now an important part of the yard, building new boxes, a walkway and general maintanence work. He also helps out feeding and getting horses in from the field when everyone is away racing. He enjoys coming to the races too if he has any time left! Roger has his own Plant Hire business constructing gallops, arenas, lunge pits, shed bases, farm tracks and roads, digging ponds and ditches.
We are delighted to have agreed a sponsorship deal with Realistic Games which allows the owners at Mowbray House to claim the vat back, saving them 20% on nearly all costs! Realistic Games supply their successful mobile and desktop games to a number of leading operators, including Bet 365, BetVictor, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, William Hill, Stan James, and Boylesports. Click
Colin Russell, Racing Post 20