THE HORSES

OUTPLACEMENT

Nick Brown Partnerships began in 1999, when I purchased a 4 year old American bred gelding for the princely sum of £200 (including VAT!!) after a very sociable evening at Newmarket races. This was Outplacement who was to give The Royal George Racing Partnership a huge thrill, when, trained by Roy Bowring, he won on the All Weather at Southwell on only his third outing at the massive odds of 50 to 1!!!

Unfortunately Wiz as he was known at home suffered an injury when in the process of running a huge race in a Maiden Hurdle at Huntingdon on Easter Monday 2000. He was subsequently retired and now spends his time relaxing at home on our family farm with my 28 year old former showjumping pony, he will see out his days with us and is a real member of the family.

KISS ME KATE

Members of The Royal George Partnership were understandably bitten by the bug and requested that we bought a replacement for our hero. This came in the shape of Kiss Me Kate a previous winner on the flat for John Hills and over hurdles for Simon Sherwood. She was very well bred being the half sister to a very good horse trained by Mick Channon called Pan Jammer. She was a very athletic mare with a lovely nature and was to give us a great day at Warwick when she so nearly landed a monster gamble(25/l into 9/1) only failing by about a length after being at least 20 lengths adrift with 2 furlongs to run. Unfortunately these exertions took their toll and she suffered a hairline fracture to a knee,the members were very patient and stuck with her as we all liked her so much but she never regained her form and was sold as a brood mare.

OLNEY LAD

OLNEY LAD WAS PURCHASED FOR THE TYRINGHAM PARTNERSHIP IN SEPTEMBER 2003. HE WAS TO PROVE A GREAT SUCCESS, WINNING SIX OF HIS NINETEEN STARTS AND NEARLY £90,000 IN PRIZE MONEY. HIS GREATEST MOMENT WAS WINNING THE 100,000 EURO BETFAIR CHASE AT THE PUNCHESTOWN FESTIVAL IN APRIL 2006, AND IN DOING SO HE PROVED TO BE THE ONLY BRITISH TRAINED WINNER OF THE WHOLE WEEK.

UNFORTUNATELY THIS PROVED TO BE BITTER SWEET, AS HE SADLY HAD TO BE PUT DOWN AFTER SUFFERING IRREPAIRABLE INJURIES DURING THE RACE. THANKFULLY WE DID EVENTUALLY GET HIM HOME AND HE WAS ABLE TO SPEND HIS LAST WEEKS AT FENCES FARM.

ALTHOUGH HE IS GONE HE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN HIM.

PHOTOGRAPHS AND A DIARY OF HIS EXPLOITS IN IRELAND CAN BE VIEWED ON THE PUNCHESTOWN PAGE.

RAVENSTONE LAD

RAVENSTONE LAD WAS PURCHASED FOR THE RAVENSTONE PARTNERSHIP AT THE DONCASTER SPRING SALES IN MAY 2005.HE IS A WELL BRED INDIVIDUAL BEING BY TOP NATIONAL HUNT SIRE, PRESENTING , OUT OF A MARE THAT HAS BRED A LISTED PLACED CHASER. RAVENSTONE LAD RAN IN TWO BUMPERS FOR THE PARTNERSHIP, BUT ALTHOUGH POSSESSING OBVIOUS ABILITY AT HOME HE WAS TOO BIG AND WEAK TO BE COMPETITIVE ON THE COURSE, SO HE WAS SOLD IN NOVEMBER 2006 AND WILL RESUME HIS RACING CAREER IN POINT TO POINTS WHEN HE HAS FINISHED MATURING AND STRENGTHENED OUT, PROBABLY IN 2008

PAIX ETERNELLE

PAIX ETERNELLE OR 'NELLIE' AS SHE IS KNOWN AT HOME WAS PURCHASED PRIVATELY OUT OF THE NICKY HENDERSON YARD IN JUNE 2006, AFTER FAILING TO REACH HER RESERVE AT THE DONCASTER MAY SALES. SHE HAD WON A BUMPER ON DEBUT AT FONTWELL, BEATING SOME WELL REGARDED TYPES FROM THE NICHOLLS AND TIZZARD CAMPS, AND THEN WENT ON TO RUN WITH GREAT CREDIT IN THE LISTED BUMPER AT THE AINTREE GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. UNFORTUNATELY NELLIE SUFFERED A SMALL INJURY 2 DAYS BEFORE HER PROPOSED DEBUT FOR THE SHERINGTON PARTNERSHIP IN NOVEMBER 2006, AND WILL BE SIDELINED FOR THE SEASON.FORTUNATELY THE INJURY WILL REPAIR AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING HER BACK FOR THE 2007/2008 SEASON WHEN SHE WILL BE AIMED AT THE MARES ONLY HURDLE SERIES.

BOBBY GEE

WITH PAIX ETERNELLE OUT FOR THE SEASON AND NOT GIVING THE SHERINGTON PARTNERSHIP THEIR SPORT, IT WAS FELT THAT A REPLACEMENT NEEDED TO BE FOUND AS FOR MANY MEMBERS IT WAS THEIR FIRST VENTURE INTO OWNERSHIP,AND IT WAS SO UNLUCKY TO LOOSE THEIR HORSE SO EARLY IN THE SEASON. WHEN BOBBY GEE BECAME AVAILABLE WE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE OF HAVING HIM ON A FREE LEASE FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON. HE IS A TALL,WELL MADE SON OF BOB'S RETURN, AND HAS COME FROM KIETH REVELEYS YARD AFTER RUNNING WELL IN A COUPLE OF NORTHERN BUMPERS. AFTER AN INITIAL SPIN IN A BUMPER FOR US IN DECEMBER HE WILL NOW GO HURDLING, AND HAS SCHOOLED VERY WELL AT HOME.

IMPORTANT BUSINESS

THIS GELDED SON OF MUTAMAM WAS PURCHASED FOR THE TYRINGHAM PARTNERSHIP AT THE DONCASTER BREEZE-UP SALES HELD AFTER RACING AT CHELTENHAM IN DECEMBER 2006. FROM THE GOOD SIR ROBERT OGDEN FAMILY THAT INCLUDES THE FORMER TOP CHASER SQUIRE SILK, HE IS SHOWING PLENTY OF SPEED AND CLASS ON THE GALLOPS. HE IS BEING PREPARED FOR A SPRING CAMPAIGN IN NATIONAL HUNT FLAT RACES BEFORE GOING HURDLING NEXT SEASON