Cheveley Park Stud is a

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ownership and breeding operation in Newmarket, Suffolk, UK, which has bred and owned many notable horses. It is the oldest stud in Newmarket, the "capital" of British racing, with evidence of horse breeding on the site for over a thousand years, and became famous in the early nineteenth century.

History and ownership

Cheveley Park is the oldest stud in Newmarket, with some buildings dating from the sixteenth century and with evidence that the site has been used for breeding horses since the reign of

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(924–939 CE). It became famous in the nineteenth century under the ownership of

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, was sold in 1892 to

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and again in 1921 by his family to the trainer Robert Sherwood. On Sherwood's death in 1942 it was inherited by his secretary, Albert Stafford-Smith, whose son sold it in 1975 to

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and Patricia Thompson. Their son Richard Thompson has taken an active interest in the Cheveley Park Stud farm over that time. The farm has owned horses such as Pivotal, Medicean,

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, Peeress and Nannina. Patricia Thompson was also the owner of the 1992

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winner,

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. David Thompson died on 29 December 2020 after a short illness. The racing colours of the Cheveley Park Stud are red, with a white sash and a blue cap.

Group 1 winners

Horses owned and/or bred by the Cheveley Park Stud that have won Group 1 races include: *

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, winner of the 1828

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. *

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, winner of the Triple Crown in 1893. * Gay Gallanta, winner of the

Cheveley Park Stakes The Cheveley Park Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres) and is ...

and European Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1994) * Pivotal, winner of the 1996

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and the

Nunthorpe Stakes The Nunthorpe Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged two years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is sc ...

. *

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, winner of the 1997

2000 Guineas The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1.6 km) and scheduled to take place each yea ...

was bred at Cheveley Park Stud but owned by Michael Tabor and Susan Magnier]. * Medicean, winner of the 2001

Lockinge Stakes The Lockinge Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) at New ...

Queen Anne Stakes The Queen Anne Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and is scheduled to take p ...

and

Eclipse Stakes The Eclipse Stakes is a Group races, Group 1 Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Sandown ...

, winner of the 2003

1000 Guineas The 1000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile ...

, Coronation Stakes, Nassau Stakes and 2004 Lockinge Stakes. * Peeress, winner of the 2005

Sun Chariot Stakes The Sun Chariot Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,60 ...

and the 2006 Lockinge Stakes *Inspiral, winner of 2022 Coronation Stakes

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.cheveleypark.co.uk/ Horse farms in the United Kingdom Newmarket, Suffolk