Heath House Stables is one of the most beautiful and historic racing stables in Newmarket, sending out winners for over 185 years.
THE STABLES AT HEATH HOUSE ARE THE BEST SITUATED IN NEWMARKET.
The Heath was cleared in 1660 and within 10 years, Tregonwell Frampton, ‘Keeper of the Running Horses’ to four monarchs, had built the first stables on the site which is at the foot of the two principal gallops, Warren Hill and Long Hill. Subsequently acquired and expanded by the Weatherby family, the stables were then leased by various owners to various trainers until 1948.
From the
Stables
the Dawson family, two brothers and a nephew, trained 28 classic winners in 38 years, as well as St Simon, voted the horse of the Millennium, worldwide, in 2000. Fred Archer, champion jockey 1874 to 1886, was apprenticed to Mat Dawson at Heath House, whilst Tod Sloan, who brought over from America the fashion for riding short, which transformed jockeyship was attached to American trainer John Huggins at Heath House.
Jack Waugh purchased Heath House and amalgamated it with Osborne House Stables to create the current 50 box yard.
In 1970
On Mr Waugh’s retirement, I took over, training almost 2000 winners from the stable, including classic winning filly, Confidential Lady, champion sire, Pivotal and champion fillies Alborada, Albanova, Last Second and world champion 2-year-old filly, Hooray.
Sir Mark Prescott, 2017
