Late in 2005 the Jockey Club Estates purchased the Mandown Gallops above Upper Lambourn and immediately started on a significant improvement and refurbishment programme. The latest addition to this is the plan to build three new racing training yards to encourage new trainers to establish themselves.
Horse racing in Lambourn dates back nearly 300 years to the 18th century and was instigated by the Craven family.
A golden age followed in the second half of the 20th century when National Hunt greats such as Fulke Walwyn and Fred Winter cemented Lambourn’s reputation as a revered training centre, a status maintained into the 1990’s.
However by 2006, the facilities on Mandown were in need of investment and modernisation. Their purchase that year by Jockey Club Estates was a significant development in that it represented the first time the company’s property portfolio had expanded beyond Newmarket.
In the last decade, following a period of sustained investment, the number of horses using the Lambourn Training Grounds has more than doubled.
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