Shovelstrode Racing

Andy Irvine
Racehorse trainer, Sussex

About us

Shovelstrode Racing is a long established family run business based in Sussex. The stables are built on a legacy left behind by the well known trainer Zoe Davison. Andy Irvine and Zoe’s eldest daughter, Gemelle Johnson, and the family continue to run the yard in her memory. To read more about the history of the stables click here

Latest News

All the latest news from the stables and at the races….

Clondaw Robin blog – April 2026

Apologies if this blog does not make sense. Suzy Wood went off on her summer holiday and just dumped it on me with the instruction “do the blog and don’t[…]

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Dick Turpin Day Update

Today is 287 years since Dick Turpin was hanged in York. Not for highway robbery, but for horse theft. It would also have been Ravi Shankar’s 106th birthday, but he[…]

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Transfer Day Update

Today is Transfer Day in the US Virgin Isles, commemorating events in 1917 when the islands were sold to the US by the Danes, for the price of $25,000,000 and[…]

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