Archive July 2007

Flint Cottage Stables
Rayes Lane
Newmarket
Suffolk CB8 7AB

Phone: +44 (0)1638 661434
Fax: +44 (0)1638 668107

 

An extreme in temperatures and rainfall led to a month of mixed weather conditions with bright sunshine and heavy stormclouds

The horses did a combination of cantering up the all-weather and grass gallops, as well as swimming

While other horses used the Links

And more of the two-year-olds were put through the stalls in preparation to making their debut on the race track

Our interview of the month was with Rory MacDonald of the British Racing School.

Mark added: "Rory is without doubt a top man. He has revolutionised the British Racing School single-handedly. It is now a top-class establishment, winning awards for training and sending out in to the industry well-trained young people. His best asset is that he is a Sheffield Wedneday supporter!

"The school is constantly being updated with new accommodation blocks and the latest scheme is a new american style barn. I recommend anybody who has never been there to go for a visit - the door is always open and they are delighted to show people around. For anyone leaving school and wanting to come in to racing there can be no better place to start."

Your favourite virtue: Honesty

Your favourite qualities in a man: Sense of humour

Your favourite qualities in a woman: Good looks and not talking all the time

Your biggest flaw: I am told I am a typical Virgoan

Your chief characteristic: Being as straightforward as I can be

Your idea of happiness: Being at home in Shropshire

Your idea of misery: Having obedient dogs

If not yourself, who would you be: Tulip - my dog - eating, sleeping and doing whatever she fancies

Your hero: Bismark

Your favourite motto: You have to endure the hard times to enjoy the good times

Name four people (past or present) to join you for dinner: Winston Churchill, Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley and Margaret Thatcher

Your favourite horse: Millers Tale (26 year old son of Mill Reef who has been responsible for educating generations of youngsters who previously had never sat on a horse before)

Your favourite race: The Derby

Your favourite racecourse: York

Your best day's racing: Taking my 21 year old God Daughter to Ascot and having to explain to certain raised eye brows that she really was my God Daughter.