Kevin’s Owners Day

Kevin Ryan’s Owners’ Day is one of the highlights of our social calendar and proved a great occasion again on Sunday.

A mainstay in our social diary for nearly 20 years for owners with Kevin, this day has always been popular with owners and the Hambleton team once again put all their efforts into ensuring everyone had an enjoyable time on Kevin’s private gallops and in and around Hambleton Lodge.

Arriving at the gallops to prepare, the weather was not quite what we’d hoped for but thankfully dry and as the minutes ticked down to the arrival of owners the weather improved gradually, with temperatures rising steadily through the morning,

A large number of our owners joined Kevin on the gallops to see the Hambleton horses in action, first on the gallops and then again at the parade in Kevin’s yard.

Owners were greeted on the gallops by the Hambleton team and our coffee providers for the day, who offered out tasty treats to compliment hot chocolates, lattes and cappuccinos.

As owners enjoyed the complimentary catering and talked horses, anticipation grew that the horses were imminent as trainer Kevin Ryan arrived on the gallops ahead of the Hambleton string cantering past.

Hambleton’s Director Of Racing Simon, took to the microphone and guided owners through the horses as they came past the gallery.

Jockeys Tom Eaves and Oisin McSweeney were among the riders in action, as was Umar, an experienced and gifted member of the Kevin's team, who enjoyed some well-deserved success and recognition when Inisherin won the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot this summer.

The equine stars of the morning looked in fine condition as they exercised on Kevin’s woodchip gallop, led by our eight-time winner Magical Spirit.

After the gallops action, owners moved down into Kevin’s yard to see their horses at closer quarters in the horse parade. The horses looked in fantastic condition as they paraded in front of the gallery.

Simon was on hand again and with microphone in hand welcomed owners to the parade before talking through the history of each horse, and what the next few months were likely to hold for each member of our equine team.

With the horses safely back in their boxes owners then enjoyed a relaxed tour of Kevin's yard before heading off to the nearby award-winning Carpenters Arms, for lunch.

The Carpenter’s has been hosting our owners for over a decade and once again proved the perfect venue for owners to enjoy their complimentary two-course lunch. As you’d expect at such an excellent venue, the food was of a fine standard.

Owners enjoyed the catering and atmosphere for the rest of the afternoon as they talked horses and looked ahead to our upcoming runners and back on a good morning overall.

The support of our owners once again helped ensure Kevin’s Owners' Day was the usual great occasion.

It was great to see so many long-standing owners mixing with some of our new owners to Hambleton on what is always one of the team’s favourite days of the year.

We’d like to take this chance to thank all owners who joined us on Sunday and helped contribute to making the day at Kevin’s the great success it was!

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