KINGSLEY PARK PARTNERSHIP NEWS Partner profile Kingsley Park partner FRED SHAW has been associated with the Johnston stable for many years. His first excursion into joint ownership with the yard was when he joined the 4th Middleham Guineas double and the St James’s Partnership, whose Double Honour gave Mark his 1,000th winner in Introducing the KP 11 team!Palace Stakes. Like Fountain of Youth, September 2000. He is currently a member of Kingsley Park 10. his first crop are presently yearlings. Crossover raced mainly in France, NE of the most exciting times where her two wins included the Listed BELIEVE my interest in horse racing is enjoyment with the Kingsley Park operation. for members of any new Prix Contessina at Maisons-Laffitte. inherited. In 1908 my maternal We have had runners and winners at the big Kingsley Park partnership is Remarkably, she was twice Group 3- I grandfather, Albert, a publican/farmer meetings, such as at Ascot, Epsom, Newmarket Othe moment when yearlings are placed and finished in the frame in six in Yorkshire, took a group of clients to and Doncaster. But for me it is the smaller allocated to particular partnership Listed events. In the paddocks, she has the old Manchester racecourse to see the courses, such as Leicester, Nottingham, Thirsk, groups. That moment has come for produced three winners, two of whom, November Handicap. Ripon and Bath, where you can get fish and Kingsley Park 11 , which sold out some Enlace (a five-time winner) and As he departed his wife, who was heavily chips and walk about anywhere within the time ago, and three yearlings have now Overstep, have won for Kingsley Park. pregnant, asked him to call in at the midwife’s racecourse at leisure, where I am most happy. It been allocated to it. The third yearling allocated to KP 11 and request her attendance. On returning that is where we can often get to have a good chat First is a bay colt, foaled on March is a bay colt by Dream Ahead out of evening, the pub clients suggested that he go about the horse running with a member of staff, 21, by Fountain of Youth out of the the Verglas mare, Petits Potins, foaled upstairs to see his and often with Excellent Art mare, Art of Gold, on March 31, and bought by Mark as wife, Ethel. There Mark, Deirdre or purchased at Goffs Premier Yearling part of Book 3 of Tattersalls October she presented him Charlie. Sale. Fountain of Youth is a son of Yearling Sale. Dream Ahead was the with a daughter, One event that Oasis Dream and Attraction who was Champion Two-Year-Old in Europe in my mother. Ethel sticks in the mind is bred by Floors Farming and who raced 2010 and the Champion Three-Year- is reputed to have an autumn meeting for Aidan O’Brien. He won two races Old Sprinter in Europe in 2011. He won said: “I think we at Southwell. We for the Coolmore team, both over five five Group 1 races, including the Prix will call her were tipped off by furlongs. He won a Tipperary maiden at Morny, the July Cup and the Betfred Brenda.” the stable staff that two and ran unplaced in the Irish 2,000 Sprint Cup. Grandfather Mark was on his The Fountain of Youth colt out of Art of Gold Guineas behind Kingman, before landing Petits Potins raced in France where replied: “I thought way. The horses the Group 3 Sapphire Stakes at the she won three races, and finished we could call her had been saddled Muriel and Muriel Shaw Curragh after reverting to sprinting. His excellent form in a number of valuable by Gleneagles out of the Cape Cross second in the Listed Prix Herod at Ruby; I have won and were well on first crop are yearlings at the moment. handicaps this season, including mare, Crossover, purchased by Mark at Chantilly. this at the races on their way to the Art of Gold’s only foal to date, Kynren finishing third in the John Smith’s Cup at Goffs Orby Sale. Gleneagles boasts a She is a half-sister to New Latin, a a horse called Rubio,” and he held out a fistful post across the other side of the course when (by Clodovil) has made an excellent start York and fifth in the Balmoral Handicap wonderful racing record: the son of winner for Kingsley Park in 2011. Her of sovereigns. Ethel handed him the child, took Mark arrived and met us in the grandstand. to his racing career, landing three wins as on QIPCO Champions Day. Galileo won four Group 1 races only other foal to date, Fables (by the money and said: “For that, you can call her He looked at the TV screen and said a three-year-old in 2017, and producing Next is a bay filly, foaled on May 11, including the English/Irish 2,000 Kendargent), is as yet unraced. whatever you want.” something like: “Why haven’t they switched The horse won the day. My mother’s interest these screens on?” After picking up his in racing lasted to the end of her life and she binoculars, he looked through them, took them passed on the interest to me. I am told that my off, wiped them clean -- and only then realised first visit to the races was to Wetherby in a pram that a heavy mist had suddenly formed and that Interested in 1935! we could not see more than 50 yards ahead! I in My grandfather became a full-time farmer seem to remember that the horse did not win, and I spent a great deal of time with him, both but Mark bought us a drink afterwards. becoming a on the farm and delivering milk, all using It has been a pleasure to observe, over quite a horses. He gave up farming in the early days of long period of time, the development of the KP the war due, I understand, to not being able to Johnston operation. The partnership meetings get labour that could manage the horses. at Park Farm and lunches at Kingsley House are partner? I have to admit that, later in life, I took more much appreciated, as were the meetings across interest and involvement in motor racing than the road in the old staff canteen, followed by Turn to page in the horses, but certainly did not entirely ever lunch in one of the Middleham pubs. lose interest in the turf. Some 20 years ago, I well remember suggested names for new 18 to find when chatting with an old school friend with horses being written up on a presentation pad out about whom I shared the same surname, we decided and decisions taken by show of hands of those that on retirement we should rekindle our present - only to find out later that Weatherby’s our three interest in horse racing and we took a share in had rejected the chosen name! Double Honour, trained by Mark. It has been a delight to be involved in, and be available Since then I, or should I say we, as my wife allowed to feel part of, the Johnston operation, Muriel has become similarly interested, have with some winners, more losers but, not least, a partnerships maintained involvement and experienced much whole lot of fun. The Gleneagles filly out of Crossover The Dream Ah ead colt out of Petits Potins 12 13