Fenmarsh / The Stud / Pictures

The stud in pictures

Two hundred and eighty acres, forty-one boxes and a season that runs from the first of February to the end of the December sales. This is roughly what it looks like.

The paddocks

Nine of them, none bigger than eleven acres.

A mare and her foal grazing in an open field — The band out on the flat ground below the house

A mare standing over her foal in a quiet paddock — A mare standing over her foal, April

A grey mare and her foal grazing in a green meadow — The grey mare Wintersett with her 2026 filly

A dark mare with a young foal in a summer pasture — Weanlings on the top ground, September

The barn

Twelve boxes, a camera on every one, and somebody awake.

A mare nursing her foal in the early morning mist — Four in the morning in the foaling barn

Two thoroughbreds in headcollars standing out in the sun — Morning stables in the old yard

A mare and foal grazing in dappled sunlight — Turnout, first light

The racecourse

Where the argument for a stallion is settled.

A thoroughbred led up before a race — Saltmarsh King led up at Ascot

A chestnut colt led round the parade ring — Flintgate in the parade ring

Close detail of a racehorse in a red hood — Winter Compass before the Brancaster

The field breaking from the starting stalls — The field breaks, Newmarket

A jockey driving a horse out at full stretch — Driven out inside the final furlong

A racehorse and jockey on the grass before a race — On the way down to the start

Thoroughbreds at racing speed on the track — Racing speed on the July course

Come and see it

Photographs only go so far

We show people round most weekday mornings between March and October. Ring the day before and Declan will walk you out himself.

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