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Thoroughbred Breeding & Racing30 years of horseracing and breeding
Thoroughbred Horses
Winning with Rita Brown
Our thoroughbred horses run in the name of Rita Brown. Initial success was in flat racers trained by Willie Musson in Newmarket. Over the years the partnership with Willie produced 28 winners and many places.
Winners were:
- Rise up Singing (4)
- Noble Neptune (1)
- Dauphin (3)
- Mutadarra (1)
- Ellens Lad (9)
- Fearby Cross (6)
- Mistress Cooper (1)
- Rustic Deacon (3)
All these horses have died, retired or gone to another home for retraining. Ellen’s Lad (27) and Fearby Cross (25) are enjoying their retirement at Lyndsay’s.
The Start of
Breeding Horses
An opportunity to become involved in breeding came when we were invited to go to the Royal Stud at Sandringham where four of the late Queen Mother’s mares were offered for sale. We purchased Close Harmony which we later found out to be the mare of the highly successful Barbers Shop. The horses we have bred are therefore all related to Barbers Shop either directly from Close Harmony as mare or Ceilidh Royal, her daughter.
Thoroughbred Breeding & Racing
Owner & Breeder Mrs Rita Brown
Chives
Trainer: Nicky Henderson
Sire: Sulamani (IRE) (11.5f)
Dam: Ceilidh Royal (GB)
Dam's Sire: Erhaab (USA) (10.5f)
Mill Green
Trainer: Nicky Henderson
Sire: Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) (13.5f)
Dam: Ceilidh Royal (GB)
Dam's Sire: Erhaab (USA) (10.5f)
Royal Ruby
Trainer: Nicky Henderson
Sire: Yeats (IRE) (13f)
Dam: Close Harmony (GB)
Dam's Sire: Bustino (GB) (11.3f)
ButtsBury Lady
6yo: (30Mar15 b m)
Trainer: Nicky Henderson
Sire: Great Pretender (IRE)
Dam: Ceilidh Royal (GB)
Dam's Sire: Erhaab (USA) (10.5f)
RACE RESULTS
Season 2022/23
CHIVES
MILL GREEN
ROYAL RUBY
1st Place
- Plumpton
BUTTSBURY LADY
Season 2021/22
CHIVES
1st Place
- Bangor
- Stratford
- Ffos Las
3rd Place
- Market Rasen
MILL GREEN
2nd Place
- Pertemps Qualifier – Haydock
3rd Place
- Pertemps Final Cheltenham Festival
- Aintree Grand National Festival
ROYAL RUBY
1st Place
- Stratford
3rd Place
- Stratford
4th Place
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- Huntingdon
BUTTSBURY LADY
2nd Place
- Huntingdon
Working with Trainer
Nicky Henderson
The jump horses have been trained by Champion Trainer Nicky Henderson at Lambourn in Berkshire and have produced 22 winners and many more places.
Close Harmony’s winners were;
- Busker Royal (3)
- Heather Royal (3)
- Maestro Royal (5)
- Royal Ruby * (3)
Ceilidh Royals’ winners are;
- Mill Green* (4)
- Buttsbury Lady* (1)
- Chives* (3)
* still in training
Keith’s involvement has been in several syndicates. He was a part owner of Petrushka which won the Yorkshire Oaks and Irish Oaks and was sold to Godolphin for breeding. He was in a syndicate that owned Might Bite and in 2016/17 won the prestigious King George at Kempton, the Aintree Bowl and was second in the Gold Cup at Cheltenham. He is now retired and a new syndicate has been formed which owns Bridal Knot a half -sister of Might Bite.
Royal Ascot Racing Club
Through the membership of the Royal Ascot Racing Club we have shared in several successes including Motivator which won the Derby in 2005.
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