Training partnership set to end
One of the most successful training partnerships since their introduction is to split. Grand National-winning trainer Dr Richard Newland announced two and half years ago that he was expanding his operation into the Flat and he was taking on Jamie Insole to help manage it.
Newland tasted Aintree glory with Pineau De Re in 2014, while he also has a Cheltenham Festival winner on his CV thanks to the 2007 Coral Cup success of Burntoakboy. After starting training with only three horses in 2006 Newland sent out more than 500 winners and nearly 150 after teaming up with Insole at his state of the art yard in Droitwich, Worcestershire.
Together they won the Lennox Stakes at Goodwood last year with Witness Stand while Dividend recorded two wins during the Dubai Carnival.
Insole prepares for Lambourn yard
But from the end of August Insole is to establish a yard in Lambourn with his partner, Racing TV presenter Jess Stafford.
“Following recent reports and the decision to restructure the training operation at Urloxhey, I can confirm that my training partnership with Dr Richard Newland will come to an end next month,” Insole said in a statement.
“I am immensely proud of what we have achieved over the past two and a half years. From a standing start I established and developed the Flat operation at Urloxhey alongside a fantastic and hardworking team, and together we have enjoyed some memorable successes.”
He continued: “I will always be grateful to Richard for giving me the opportunity to begin my training career within the partnership. Establishing yourself as a trainer in Britain is no easy task, and that opportunity provided an invaluable platform from which to build the Flat string from the ground up.
“It has always been my ambition to establish my own training business and build an operation that reflects my own vision. Jess and I are now in the advanced stages of finalising a lease on a state-of-the-art yard in Lambourn, with excellent facilities and access to some of the best gallops in the country.
“Although the move to our new Lambourn base has always been planned for later this year, the partnership at Urloxhey will now come to an end beforehand, creating a short term period before I am able to begin training under my own licence.”
He added: “While this transition has arrived sooner than anticipated our focus is firmly on the future.”
