Bedford House Stables was the main training yard of

Luca Cumani Luca M. Cumani (born 7 April 1949, in Milan, Italy) is an Italian thoroughbred horse trainer and breeder. He trained at Bedford House Stables in Newmarket from 1976 to 2019. He has trained a multitude of high-profile horses, including seven Cla ...

. After Cumani's retirement at the end of the 2018 flat racing season, the yard was purchased by trainer Charlie Fellowes. It is located next to the prestigious Bury Road in Newmarket, Suffolk, and became a British

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on 30 October 2006. The original construction dates to the 1820s and was built for

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. Upon his death, the property changed hands multiple times, eventually being bought by horse racing enthusiast

James Octavius Machell Captain James Octavius Machell (1837–1902) was an influential figure in British horse racing during the final decades of the 19th century. He was a respected judge of horses and an astute and highly successful gambler. During a career that ...

. In 1892, the property was sold to Henry McCalmont.

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