Bryan Smart has built an enviable reputation as a top class trainer.

 

Having trained very successfully in Lambourn for 12 years Bryan and his team moved North to the historic Hambleton House in North Yorkshire in October 2002.

 

The former base of top Northern trainer Les Eyre, Hambleton House and the surrounding area is steeped in racing history. Once the site of Hambleton Racecourse the Hambleton Hills have been famous for hundreds of years as the best ground for training horses and trainers from all over the North of England would travel their horses to Hambleton to gallop their horses on the old turf during the summer months when the ground was hard everywhere else. Records dating back to the 17th Century show that many good horses were trained out of Hambleton House and many tales can be told by the locals about the fantastic wagers that were bet on horses trained here.

 

More recently Noel Murless trained a Derby winner and the famous trainer's ashes are scattered on the gallops.

Jack Calvert also trained for many years prior to its modernization by Les Eyre.

 

The yard now has 90 stables, 2 horse walkers, an indoor school and a cold water Jacuzzi and is the highest altitude training yard in the country. At 1300 ft above sea level at the top of Sutton Bank  there are far reaching views across the Vale of York to the South and the North Yorkshire moors to the North. It is heaven on earth for any horse and has a wonderfully relaxing atmosphere which soon rubs off on any visitor who is usually keen to take photographs to remember their visit by.

 

With its own grass and all weather gallops Hambleton House is everything a trainer ever dreamed of and it is perfect for any horse that might need an individual training programme as the land is close to miles of woods, moorland and bridleways without the need to see a main road and there are numerous turn out paddocks for the summer months.

 

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