ROYAL ASCOT & NEWMARKET - HOST NOTES
Updated 2023
NEWMARKET
Population: 15,000
District of Suffolk
1 in 3 jobs in Newmarket are connected to horse racing in one way or another
Racing at Newmarket dates back to 1174
Sister city to Lexington (Kentucky) and Maisons-Laffitte (France)
NEWMARKET TRAINING CENTRE
Horses have been trained for racing at Newmarket for over 350 years
Operated by the Jockey Club Estates (management company for the Jockey Club)
Located 2 hours north east of London
Total size is 4500 acres
2500 acres of maintained training grounds
50 miles of turf gallops
14 miles of artificial tracks
80 racehorse trainers, 3000 horses in training
Two racecourses – the Rowley Mile & July Course
Training facilities are split between ‘Bury side’ east of the town & Racecourse side (west)
ABOUT THE JOCKEY CLUB
Founded in 1750 by influential figures in British Society
First raced in London in Pall Mall, St James St & Hyde Park
1752 saw the establishment of the club rooms in High St Newmarket.
The Jockey Club established the rules of racing and oversaw them until 2006
The HRA took over the rules of racing and enforcement of same in 2006
The BHB was established in 1993 to govern racing.
The Jockey Club operates 14 racecourses in the UK:
North: Aintree, Carlisle, Haydock Park
Midlands & East: Huntingdon, Market Rasen, Newmarket & Nottingham
London: Epsom Downs, Kempton Park, Sandown Park
South West: Cheltenham, Exeter, Warwick, Wincanton
Overseas three training facilities – Newmarket, Lambourn & Epsom.
In 2008 The National Stud was transferred to the Jockey Club as a subsidiary.
Lambourn:
Located at Berkshire downs (1 hour 20 min west of London)
Developed in 2006
600 acres
8 miles of turf gallops
7 miles of artificial tracks
30 racehorse trainers, 850 horses in work
Epsom:
The closest training facility to London
1 hours south west from London
250 acres of maintained training grounds
6 miles of turf gallops
3 miles of artificial tracks
10 trainers
UK RACING STATISTICS
60 racecourses in the UK (AUS 400)
1482 race meeting in the UK each year (AUS 2500)
from Perth in Scotland (North) (8 hours from London)
to Newton Abott – Devon (South) (4 hours from London)
36 Group 1 races (flat) (74 AUS)
40 Group 2 races (flat) (94 AUS)
73 Group 3 races (flat) (166 AUS)
9,300 horses in training (flat) (AUS 35,000)
5,400 horses in training (jumps)
Total Prizemoney in UL each year 182m pounds ($337m AUD)
Total Prizemoney in Australia each year $855m AUD
UK BREEDING STATISTICS
Live Foals: 4,200 (12,000 AUS)
Stallions Standing: 150 (524 AUS)
Northern Hemisphere Breeding Season: February to July (Sept to Dec SH)
NH Thoroughbreds have a birthday of Jan 1 each year (1 Aug SH)
Typical gestation period 340 days (can range from 320 to 370).
TOP PRICED STALLIONS IN THE WORLD TODAY
DUBAWI (Dalham Hall, UK) 350,000 GBP
FRANKEL (Banstead Manor, UK) 275,000 GBP
INTO MISCHIEF (Spendthrift Farm, USA) 185,000 GBP ($250,000 US)
CURLIN (Hill N Dale, USA) 179,000 GBP ($225,000 US)
I AM INVINCIBLE (Yarrman Park, AUS) 162,000 GBP (302,000 AUS)
SEA THE STARS (Giltown Stud, IRE) 154,000 GBP (180,000 EURO)
TAPIT (Gainseway, USA) 136,000 GBP ($185,000 US)
SNITZEL (Arrowfield Std, AUS) 133,000 GBP (247,500 AUS)
SIYOUNI (Haras De Bonneval, FRA) 128,000 GBP (150,000 EURO)
WOOTTON BASSESTT (Coolmore, IRE & AUS) 126,000 GBP (150,000 EURO)
KINGMAN (Banstead Manor, UK) 125,000 GBP
UNCLE MO (Ashford, USA) 119,000 GBP (150,000 US)
LEADING TRAINERS UK (2023)
John & Thady GOSDEN (Newmarket) 51 wins
Andrew BALDING (Newmarket) 60 wins
Aidan O’BRIEN (Co Tipperary) 7 wins
Charlie APPLEBY (Newmarket) 38 wins
Charlie JOHNSTON (North Yorkshire) 65 wins
LEADING JOCKEYS UK (2023)
Oisin MURPHY 31 wins
Joe FANNING 25 wins
William BUICK 23 wins
Hollie DOYLE 20 wins
Tom MARQUAND 19 wins
DALHAM HALL
Purchased by Sheikh Mohammed in 1981 from a shipping magnate Laurence Phillips.
The purchase included 1 stallion, Great Nephew, the sire of that years famous Derby winner Shergar.
Godolphin now own 11 other farms in Newmarket.
Dalham Hall stood 12 stallions in 2023:
Cracksman, Dubawi, Farhh, Harry Angel, Ifraaj, Masar, Palace Pier, Perfect Power, Pinatubo, Postponed, Territories, Too Darn Hot.
GODOLPHIN – RACING
Charlie Appleby – Moulton Paddocks (Bury Road, next door to Bedford Lodge).
Part of Godolphin since 1994
Capacity of 190 horses
Dubai Milleennium & Lamtarra both trained here
Saeed Bin Suroor – Godolphin Stables (formerly Stanley House stables)
Founded in 1903 by Lord Derby
Capacity of 115 horses
Shamardal & Dubawi both trained here
Godolphin has two private tracks in Newmarket, in addition to access to the Jockey Club estates.
CHEVELEY PARK
Cheveley Castle was built in 1341
Several monarchs have owned Cheveley Park
Now owned by the Thompson family who purchased the property in 1975.
Pivotal was bred and raced by the stud
Pivotal was trained by Sir Mark Prescott to win the Gr 1 Nunthorpe Stks
Pivotal went on to be champion sire and stood at Cheveley until his death in 2021 (age 28)
His son Siyouni is highly successful and among the top 10 most expensive stallions in the world.
Pivotal is also the sire of Gr 1 winners Addeybb, Farhh (stallion at Dalham Hall)
Cheveley is a highly successful owner of racehorses in the UK.
They have around 100 horses currently in work both flat and jumps.
Currently stand 5 stallions in Dutch Art, Mayson, Twilight Son, Ulysses, Unfortunately
TATTERSALLS
Established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall
Operated at Hyde Park corner, then Knightsbridge (near Harrods) and Doncaster
Sales at Parks Paddock, Newmarket started in 1965
SIR MARK PRESCOTT – HEATH HOUSE STABLES
Heath House stables date back to 1670
Prime location at the bottom of Warren Hill
Sir Mark took over training at Heath House 1970
Sir Mark Prescott, 3rd Baronet (born 1948) 75 years old
Most recently trained the 2022 Arc winner Alphinista
Trained over 2000 winners in his career.
Gr 1 winner Pivotal
Classic winning filly Confidential Lady
Champion fillies Alborada, Albanova, Last Second
Champion 2yo filly Hooray
Champion trainer William Haggas is a former assistant to Sir mark
BANSTEAD MANOR
Juddmonte was established by Prince Khalid Abdullah – he passed away in January 2021
Prince Khalid was one of the sons of Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman, a younger half-brother of King Abdulaziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia.
Prince Khalid purchased his first thoroughbreds in 1977.
His model was to breed his racehorses, rather than buy them and he went about building an elite broodmare band.
Banstead Manor was purchased in November 1987
Best horses raced/bred by Juddmonte inc: Frankel (TimeForm 147), Dancing Brave (140), , Warning (136), Known Fact (135) Enable (134).
Arrogate (139) was purchased by Prince Khalid to stand at his Kentucky farm.
Other top horses: Rainbow Quest, Quest Fo
Population: 15,000
District of Suffolk
1 in 3 jobs in Newmarket are connected to horse racing in one way or another
Racing at Newmarket dates back to 1174
Sister city to Lexington (Kentucky) and Maisons-Laffitte (France)
NEWMARKET TRAINING CENTRE
Horses have been trained for racing at Newmarket for over 350 years
Operated by the Jockey Club Estates (management company for the Jockey Club)
Located 2 hours north east of London
Total size is 4500 acres
2500 acres of maintained training grounds
50 miles of turf gallops
14 miles of artificial tracks
80 racehorse trainers, 3000 horses in training
Two racecourses – the Rowley Mile & July Course
Training facilities are split between ‘Bury side’ east of the town & Racecourse side (west)
ABOUT THE JOCKEY CLUB
Founded in 1750 by influential figures in British Society
First raced in London in Pall Mall, St James St & Hyde Park
1752 saw the establishment of the club rooms in High St Newmarket.
The Jockey Club established the rules of racing and oversaw them until 2006
The HRA took over the rules of racing and enforcement of same in 2006
The BHB was established in 1993 to govern racing.
The Jockey Club operates 14 racecourses in the UK:
North: Aintree, Carlisle, Haydock Park
Midlands & East: Huntingdon, Market Rasen, Newmarket & Nottingham
London: Epsom Downs, Kempton Park, Sandown Park
South West: Cheltenham, Exeter, Warwick, Wincanton
Overseas three training facilities – Newmarket, Lambourn & Epsom.
In 2008 The National Stud was transferred to the Jockey Club as a subsidiary.
Lambourn:
Located at Berkshire downs (1 hour 20 min west of London)
Developed in 2006
600 acres
8 miles of turf gallops
7 miles of artificial tracks
30 racehorse trainers, 850 horses in work
Epsom:
The closest training facility to London
1 hours south west from London
250 acres of maintained training grounds
6 miles of turf gallops
3 miles of artificial tracks
10 trainers
UK RACING STATISTICS
60 racecourses in the UK (AUS 400)
1482 race meeting in the UK each year (AUS 2500)
from Perth in Scotland (North) (8 hours from London)
to Newton Abott – Devon (South) (4 hours from London)
36 Group 1 races (flat) (74 AUS)
40 Group 2 races (flat) (94 AUS)
73 Group 3 races (flat) (166 AUS)
9,300 horses in training (flat) (AUS 35,000)
5,400 horses in training (jumps)
Total Prizemoney in UL each year 182m pounds ($337m AUD)
Total Prizemoney in Australia each year $855m AUD
UK BREEDING STATISTICS
Live Foals: 4,200 (12,000 AUS)
Stallions Standing: 150 (524 AUS)
Northern Hemisphere Breeding Season: February to July (Sept to Dec SH)
NH Thoroughbreds have a birthday of Jan 1 each year (1 Aug SH)
Typical gestation period 340 days (can range from 320 to 370).
TOP PRICED STALLIONS IN THE WORLD TODAY
DUBAWI (Dalham Hall, UK) 350,000 GBP
FRANKEL (Banstead Manor, UK) 275,000 GBP
INTO MISCHIEF (Spendthrift Farm, USA) 185,000 GBP ($250,000 US)
CURLIN (Hill N Dale, USA) 179,000 GBP ($225,000 US)
I AM INVINCIBLE (Yarrman Park, AUS) 162,000 GBP (302,000 AUS)
SEA THE STARS (Giltown Stud, IRE) 154,000 GBP (180,000 EURO)
TAPIT (Gainseway, USA) 136,000 GBP ($185,000 US)
SNITZEL (Arrowfield Std, AUS) 133,000 GBP (247,500 AUS)
SIYOUNI (Haras De Bonneval, FRA) 128,000 GBP (150,000 EURO)
WOOTTON BASSESTT (Coolmore, IRE & AUS) 126,000 GBP (150,000 EURO)
KINGMAN (Banstead Manor, UK) 125,000 GBP
UNCLE MO (Ashford, USA) 119,000 GBP (150,000 US)
LEADING TRAINERS UK (2023)
John & Thady GOSDEN (Newmarket) 51 wins
Andrew BALDING (Newmarket) 60 wins
Aidan O’BRIEN (Co Tipperary) 7 wins
Charlie APPLEBY (Newmarket) 38 wins
Charlie JOHNSTON (North Yorkshire) 65 wins
LEADING JOCKEYS UK (2023)
Oisin MURPHY 31 wins
Joe FANNING 25 wins
William BUICK 23 wins
Hollie DOYLE 20 wins
Tom MARQUAND 19 wins
DALHAM HALL
Purchased by Sheikh Mohammed in 1981 from a shipping magnate Laurence Phillips.
The purchase included 1 stallion, Great Nephew, the sire of that years famous Derby winner Shergar.
Godolphin now own 11 other farms in Newmarket.
Dalham Hall stood 12 stallions in 2023:
Cracksman, Dubawi, Farhh, Harry Angel, Ifraaj, Masar, Palace Pier, Perfect Power, Pinatubo, Postponed, Territories, Too Darn Hot.
GODOLPHIN – RACING
Charlie Appleby – Moulton Paddocks (Bury Road, next door to Bedford Lodge).
Part of Godolphin since 1994
Capacity of 190 horses
Dubai Milleennium & Lamtarra both trained here
Saeed Bin Suroor – Godolphin Stables (formerly Stanley House stables)
Founded in 1903 by Lord Derby
Capacity of 115 horses
Shamardal & Dubawi both trained here
Godolphin has two private tracks in Newmarket, in addition to access to the Jockey Club estates.
CHEVELEY PARK
Cheveley Castle was built in 1341
Several monarchs have owned Cheveley Park
Now owned by the Thompson family who purchased the property in 1975.
Pivotal was bred and raced by the stud
Pivotal was trained by Sir Mark Prescott to win the Gr 1 Nunthorpe Stks
Pivotal went on to be champion sire and stood at Cheveley until his death in 2021 (age 28)
His son Siyouni is highly successful and among the top 10 most expensive stallions in the world.
Pivotal is also the sire of Gr 1 winners Addeybb, Farhh (stallion at Dalham Hall)
Cheveley is a highly successful owner of racehorses in the UK.
They have around 100 horses currently in work both flat and jumps.
Currently stand 5 stallions in Dutch Art, Mayson, Twilight Son, Ulysses, Unfortunately
TATTERSALLS
Established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall
Operated at Hyde Park corner, then Knightsbridge (near Harrods) and Doncaster
Sales at Parks Paddock, Newmarket started in 1965
SIR MARK PRESCOTT – HEATH HOUSE STABLES
Heath House stables date back to 1670
Prime location at the bottom of Warren Hill
Sir Mark took over training at Heath House 1970
Sir Mark Prescott, 3rd Baronet (born 1948) 75 years old
Most recently trained the 2022 Arc winner Alphinista
Trained over 2000 winners in his career.
Gr 1 winner Pivotal
Classic winning filly Confidential Lady
Champion fillies Alborada, Albanova, Last Second
Champion 2yo filly Hooray
Champion trainer William Haggas is a former assistant to Sir mark
BANSTEAD MANOR
Juddmonte was established by Prince Khalid Abdullah – he passed away in January 2021
Prince Khalid was one of the sons of Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman, a younger half-brother of King Abdulaziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia.
Prince Khalid purchased his first thoroughbreds in 1977.
His model was to breed his racehorses, rather than buy them and he went about building an elite broodmare band.
Banstead Manor was purchased in November 1987
Best horses raced/bred by Juddmonte inc: Frankel (TimeForm 147), Dancing Brave (140), , Warning (136), Known Fact (135) Enable (134).
Arrogate (139) was purchased by Prince Khalid to stand at his Kentucky farm.
Other top horses: Rainbow Quest, Quest Fo
