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….
End Of Jumps Season Update
Today (April 26th) would have been the 100th birthday of commentating legend David Coleman, inspiration for Private Eye’s “Colemanballs” feature collecting idiotic things said on television and radio. Enjoy these[…]
Read moreClondaw 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[…]
Read moreDick 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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