I hope you can agree with me in saying that the website looks amazing, refreshed and modern. Huge thank you to Liam J. Dowler and Stephanie Jones for the design and putting it together.

Blackmore Farm hasn’t had much of a rest over the summer with plenty of pressure washing and painting ready for the new season. The horses, however, have all enjoyed a lovely summer out to grass and have started trickling back into work from the end of July/beginning of August.

We purchased 5 three year old stores at the Sales over the summer which have all been broken in and we very much look forward to watching their progress over the next year after the success we had with last years’ stock. We have plenty of old and new faces for this coming season, both National Hunt and in the Point to Point sphere and we very much look forward to welcoming new owners as well.

Last season was a personal best with 6 National Hunt wins, 17 Point to Point wins and 2 Hunter Chase wins. To produce this from our small yard is a huge achievement and we celebrated well when Josh was crowned National Champion Trainer (6 to 14 Category) at the National Point to Point Awards at the end of the season.

The 2023/2024 National Hunt season has already started very well with a successful summer campaign. Nickelsonthedime won at both Warwick and Newton Abbot while Sylvies Dance won on her rules debut for us also around Newton Abbot in June.

Fingers crossed for a successful season under both codes and we will keep you all updated with the yard news fortnightly.