With a position adjacent to Downland turf which has benefitted the training of racehorses for centuries, Kingsclere is a natural location for stables to be developed in the mid-1800s; the trainer appointed is to become one of flat racing’s greatest names and he ensures the big-race winners soon flow.

Backed by some of racing’s highest profile and most successful owner/breeders, a new trainer takes over the helm at Kingsclere and immediately brings further Classic success; after the War, the sale of the stables ultimately leads to the arrival of the Balding family.

A new era in the stables’ history is heralded by the arrival of Mill Reef whose iconic exploits bring a string of Europe’s major flat racing prizes to Kingsclere; but it is not just Classics, as ‘sprint Queen’ Lochsong speeds to folk hero status.

A training dynasty is continued as father hands over to son. Classic success swiftly follows, and an era of consolidation and modernisation begins.