Culverhill Farm
Top quality facilities, spacious rural setting and thorough attention to detail across every step.
Culverhill Farm is one of National Hunt racing’s most inspiring success stories, with a small stable from a tiny Devon village consistently mastering the sport’s biggest races against the powerhouse yards and big-money buys.
Just 30 boxes are installed in the picturesque setup on the outskirts of the tiny village of George Nympton, yet some star names have occupied them including Grade 1 winners Reve De Sivola, Tea For Two, Diamond Harry, Le Rocher and For Non Stop.
Culverhill Farm has proved the perfect place to prepare for the Cheltenham Festival with major handicap heroes Siruh Du Lac, Coo Star Sivola and Flying Tiger also in the yard’s roll of honour.
The secret to over 20 years of success at Culverhill Farm is its uniqueness, making us a real far cry from the traditional training centres. We blend traditional training methods on our top-class gallop, arena and schooling facilities mixed with making the most of our stunning rural surroundings.
Core Facilities
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Allowing us to complete anaerobic exercise, working horses in pairs or threes at top speed, two or three times with intervals in-between. The benefits include increased muscle mass, which leads to strength, power and boosting speed levels
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This means that we are able to complete continuous aerobic work in all weathers. It is focused on improving cardiovascular health and endurance. This is particularly beneficial for young horses as the work nearly exactly replicates the questions posed by a race.
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Jumping facilities across multiple sites, including our first-class arena, to accommodate for differing weather conditions, including fences, hurdles, French hurdles and tyres.
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Unlike yards in busier locations, we are ideally placed in our tiny village to take horses safely out onto the roads.
A programme designed to give every horse the best chance to fulfil maximum potential.
Training Foundations
High-quality feed is essential in the health and performance of racehorses and each horse gets their own personal programme.
Nutrition
Health is the cornerstone to maximise performance levels and Culverhill Farm is the perfect setting.
Yard Health
Turnout
A daily turnout programme to ensure our horses maximise the benefits from acres of land at Culverhill Farm.
High-quality feed is essential in the health and performance of racehorses and each horse gets their own personal programme.
Farrier
Race Planning
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Understand each horse’s optimum conditions such as ground, track and trip using data as well as our expertise
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Find the most suitable opportunity considering every factor: such as the horse’s optimum conditions, competition and securing the best possible prize-money.
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Work back from the selected key target, creating a dedicated programme for each horse to optimise peak performance for the target race
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After celebrating all our successes with our owners, we review everything from each race and use data to inform future learnings and help future race-planning