The ever popular and highly successful Ridgeway Racing for Fun Partnership is the ideal opportunity for anyone looking to enjoy all the benefits and excitement of being an owner at a fixed economically viable price. As an owner in the Ridgeway Racing for Fun Partnership you will be involved in the workings and excitement of a racing yard; coming to Upper Herdswick Farm to watch your two horses on the gallops and schooling, along with plenty of opportunities to have fun with your fellow owners over breakfast, racing and at social events. Members are kept fully informed about their horses’ progress and running plans directly from Neil.
On race days you will experience the thrill and anticipation of being in the paddock before the race. Whether you win or lose, the action is electrifying and you are right in the thick of it. Partnership members will receive race day owners’ badges, distributed fairly throughout the season, and can enjoy complimentary refreshments on many racecourses when the partnership has runners.
Since establishing the partnership many years ago, members have enjoyed plenty of success with rarely a year without a winner and always multiple placings. As importantly, members have enjoyed lots of social events, new friendships and fun! The Ridgeway Racing for Fun Partnership has consistently been one of the best value and most successful partnerships in the country, a record we look forward to continuing!
The Partnership horses for the coming year are:
The Ridgeway Racing for Fun Partnership
BLACKWATER LILLY
2020 Bay Mare
The Racing For Fun Partnership
Sire: Casamento (IRE)
Dam: Cuckoo's Calling
(So You Think)
This lovely 6 year old has been placed twice in National Hunt Flat Races at the age of 4, won in May 2025 at the age of 5 at Bangor-on-Dee over WFA Maiden Hurdles and has been placed 3 times including second at BetMGM EBF National Hunt 'Maiden Hurdle' Race (Class 2) at Newcastle
MR MCMAHON
2023 Bay Gelding
The Racing For Fun Partnership
Sire: Ghaiyyath (IRE)
Dam: New Arrival
(Zaminder (USA)
Unraced
This good sized, nice looking individual has plenty of scope, a lovely long stride on him and a great laid back temperament. A half brother to four multiple winners and by Ghaiyyath, who produces staying types that like cut in the ground, he is made for Juvenile Bumpers and then Hurdles. Having been in training on the flat he already knows his job and is ready to get on with it.
The Package
A one off all-inclusive payment of £3,750 for the 2026/27 National Hunt season, beginning 1st October 2026 and finishing on 30th September 2027.**
The Ridgeway Racing for Fun Partnership will have a maximum of 15 shares. As a member of the partnership you will have a free lease on the two partnership horses.
The one off price of £3,750 includes:
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Full training fees
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Farrier costs
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Vets bills*
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Dentistry
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Transport
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Lads racing expenses
* All routine veterinary work such as vaccinations, blood tests, endoscopes and treatment of any minor ailments is included. Should any horse incur a vet bill for a single item in excess of £250, the cost will be additional and shared equally between the partnership members.
All prize money and appearance money (net of jockey fees and entry fees) will be shared equally among members.
** Shares can be bought on a pro-rata basis throughout the seasion, or, if preferred, on a rolling year.