Exciting Prospect

A 12-share syndicate has been launched for Snowy Clouds, which has sparked a lot of interest, writes Highclere’s Jason Fildes

We are very excited to be able to launch a new National Hunt syndicate to own Snowy Clouds who will be trained by Nicky Richards at Greystoke in Cumbria.

Nicky had been on the lookout for a horse for Highclere for a while and he thinks he’s found a cracker for us.

He is the five-year-old grey son of Cloudings who was trained by ex-jockey Brian Harding to dead heat in his only run in a point-to-point. The other horse in the dead heat was Another Brown Bear, owned by the Barlows from Cheshire, who has since been sent to Nicky Henderson at Lambourn and is the subject of very good reports.

Snowy Clouds was one of a number of store horses (young horses being brought along before their racing careers start) and was looked after by Brian for three-time Grand National winning owner Trevor Hemmings, but when Trevor decided to sell 70 per cent of his string via a dispersal sale earlier this year, the store horses were sold too. Brian and Nicky didn’t want to lose Snowy Clouds, so they contacted Highclere. I was delighted when I saw the horse for the first time a couple of weeks ago and, not wanting to miss out on him, did the deal straight away. Nicky has kept a leg in him, and we have bought the other 75 per cent.

We have launched a 12-share syndicate at £6,950 per share, to include the purchase of the horse and all the first year’s racing and training costs. I’m pleased to say there has been lots of interest, so I think we’ll have sold out by the end of the week!

Having already won his point-to-point, Nicky is going to send him hurdling straight away with his first run probably going to be in November. Like his famous half-brothers, Many Clouds and Vintage Clouds, his future will lie over fences so we will expect him to be Novice Chasing in the autumn of next year.

This will be Highclere’s first horse to be trained at the Richards’ historic Greystoke yard, near Penrith in Cumbria. It is an absolutely beautiful part of the world, only 10 miles from Lake Ullswater and the Northern Lake District with spectacular views and superb hotels. It is a lovely place to come for a short break – to include a stable visit, of course!

Nicky is as straight as they come and he wouldn’t have offered us this opportunity to buy Snowy Clouds if he didn’t think he would be ‘a proper hoss’. He’s from an excellent family and we think he’s terrific value.

If you are interested and would like to see Snowy Clouds, Nicky and the yard, we have arranged a stable visit on Tuesday 5th October at 11am to be followed by lunch in the Boot and Shoe pub in Greystoke. All welcome but please let us know in advance if you are coming, for lunch numbers.

Highclere – Jason Fildes
01200 444622
07721 311778
jason@highclere.co.uk
highclereracing.co.uk

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