Racing returns to Grenfell

‘Racing to School taught me more in one morning about the sport’s rationale and intricacies than I learnt in years working in racing’ says guest blogger Mary Plowden from the Racing Post’s Commercial Bloodstock Department. - Racing Together

Growing up as an only child on a farm in the Welsh borders, it was only natural that I developed an obsession with horses, or so my justification goes. From the age of 13 I would cycle over in my school holidays to work at a local competition yard, then at 16 came my introduction to racing with a runaway thoroughbred. Riding out in school holidays quickly developed into riding out abroad, then riding out in the mornings before university. Passio…

Racing returns to Grenfell

Racing returns to Grenfell with the reopening of Grenfell Kart Club's track