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Harriet Graham Racing |
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BRUNDEANLAWS
Harriet Graham trains at
Brundeanlaws set in the quiet and unspoilt Scottish
Border hills, but only 3 miles from the ma
With the completion of a new stable block in 2005, we have 19 boxes in two separate yards. The new stables are used for horses that are actually racing, whilst the other block (built in 1999), is kept for new arrivals, horses resting between races or up and coming youngsters. We also have a horse walker, All-Weather gallop and All-Weather school as well as grass gallops and various schooling facilities.
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GALLOPS Having the Border Hills
on our doorstep, we have access to a wide v |
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SCHOOLING
All of our schooling fences
have been relocated to the inside of our
new All Weather circuit next to the stables. These
include 3 flights of h Where possible, we like to take young horses to shows and hunter trials to give them experience of an event as well as a jumping education. Some of the horses that we have trained have started by BHS eventing (for example Harry Hooly) and we are proud of the fact that several have been successful in that field after their racing careers have finished. |
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HACKING We have
access to thousands of acres of open hill land over which we
ride every day. The ditches, burns and open ground they encounter
teaches young horses to look after them
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GRAZING
We have six small padd We also have two sandpits under cover to allow the horses to have a roll even in the worst weather.
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TECHNOLOGY Away from the horses themselves, we use technology to help us to find suitable races, using the Wetherbys internet service. This service gives us a list of races for a set of given requirements up to 3 months in advance which can be searched for specific things e.g. distance, handicap bands, novice etc. This saves us from wading through countless Racing Calendars looking or races. it also helps us to track the number of horses entered and declared in races to help us to decide in which race to run. In the past, this has helped us to pick up some easy place prize money. The internet also helps us to analyse races that we have entered using the Racing Post's excellent form history and entries listings. We also use the race video history that can be viewed on both the Racing Post and At The Races web sites for pre and post race analysis. We are great believers in giving better feedback to our owners and use e-mail and text messages to keep owners informed of entries, declarations, going conditions and the health of their horse. |
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in A68
Newcastle to Edinburgh road.
ariety of
grass gallops including short uphill spins, long
undulating canters and a long, stiff climb. We have also just built an All-Weather gallop at Brundeanlaws in the field next to the stables that incorporates a 3f oval with
a 2f up hill sprint. This will allow us to do long
canters, short fast work and keep in full operation even
in bad weather. We also have
a superb, one mile, oval, flat grass gallop. This flat
oval gallop is ideal for getting a serious bit of work
into the horses without taking too much out. In
particular, young horses enjoy it as they find it so
much easier than the hills. All our gallops are an easy
hack from the yard.
urdles, 5 chase fences and we also have a selection of logs,
tyres and small cross country fences. We use the latter to start the
youngsters over which also teaches them to jump quickly and
accurately.
selves which should hold them in
good stead on the racecourse. The amount of land at our disposal also
enables us to vary our rides every day and to include
natural obstacles to jump, which all helps to stop the
horses getting bored. This is particularly useful for
older horses and those that have come from big stables
with limited facilities. In the winter, there is also
always the chance of meeting up with the Jed Forest or
Border hounds on some of our regular rides.
ocks and one large field to
turn the horses out into when at grass. Whenever
possible, we like to get the horses to be turned out for
a couple of hours in one of the paddocks. This helps to
keep them happy to have a pick of grass and a roll and a
buck. In the summer they are turned out into our big 20
acre field to enjoy the lush grass and sunshine.