A racing yard is only as good as its staff and we are lucky to have such a strong and experienced team working with us. We have a great team of long-standing stable staff here at Hambleton House who are dedicated to their roles in providing the very best level of care for each horse in training.
Team Smart pride themselves in taking great attention to detail having won numerous 'best turned out' awards at the races, this is then reflected in day-to-day work in the yard.
Our staff are highly valued and this has been recognised through the Lycetts Team Champion Awards 2020 in which our yard was a finalist in the over 40 horses category and was then awarded a Gold Accreditation for our outstanding levels of team ethos and staff engagement. We are also very proud to have been awarded a Certificate of Excellence for our Safe Working Practices.
We are passionate about rewarding our team and often utilise the Godolphin Stud & Stable Staff Awards to do this. We have had two employees win awards at the final, the David Nicholson Newcomers Award 2020 and the Leadership and Employee of the Year Award in 2021.
If you are interested in joining Team Smart and working as part of a happy, friendly team with high levels of integrity and a focus to both equine and human welfare then please email your CV with references to office@bryansmart-racing.com or call 01845 597481 for further information.
Vicky is a partner in the business and works alongside Bryan to ensure that the horses are fit and healthy by executing her skills as a qualified Veterinary Nurse and Veterinary Physiotherapist. She has also completed a 3 year Veterinary Homeopathy course and finds that this natural system of medicine can hugely benefit the horse by treating the totality of the animal, stimulating the body's own healing process and importantly has no side effects or withdrawal periods. Vicky competed in BSJA Show Jumping before she became involved in racing through the Point to Point field. She was a successful amateur rider winning races in Point to Points and on the flat. Vicky cooks a great breakfast for the owners on ‘work mornings’ and in between managing the business and looking after all the humans and horses she enjoys riding her own horse ‘Gin’. She also enjoys re-schooling the racehorses and actively tries to find suitable forever homes for them after their racing career is over. She has produced a number of ex-racehorses to championship level in the show ring. Chivola won the Hickstead RoR Showing Championship and Roger’s Revenge won at Horse of the Year Show.
One of the unique features about Bryan Smart's training yard is the constant presence of a physiotherapist and homeopath who is personally involved with the horses. To find out more about Vicky's work in any of the above fields click on the appropriate areas on this website.
Beth took over as Assistant Trainer in September 2021 having completed an Equine Science Degree at Bishop Burton University with first class honours. Her dissertation was on wind surgery in the thoroughbred racehorse and has been presented at multiple conferences. Beth rides out every morning, oversees the daily running of the yard including the horse’s training and veterinary care. She also runs the office and is always at hand to answer emails and phone calls.
Beth has ridden since she was 4yo and competed show and working hunter ponies all over the country including at Hickstead and Horse of the Year Show. She then made the transition to show jumping where she competed Nationally and Internationally at some of the top venues in the country. In 2018 Beth won the Small Tour Grand Prix at Keysoe CSI 2* on Sandor's Legacy and in 2019 and 2020 she qualified for Horse of the Year Show.
Beth is also a published author and released her debut novel Racing Hearts just before lockdown in March 2020 published by Fisher King Publishing. The novel was reviewed by Brough Scott MBE who said it was ‘thrilling, charming and above all redolent with the absolute heartbeat of the racing game.’ She has sold thousands of copies worldwide and the book is also stocked in local bookshops. Racing Hearts: http://a-fwd.com/asin=B08672CHRH
Beth is keen to follow in Bryan’s footsteps and recently completed her trainer’s modules at The British Racing School in Newmarket where she enjoyed lectures from industry experts in a range of veterinary and business fields. We may see two ‘B Smarts’ on the license in the next few years!
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Gopal joined us having worked in his native India. He loves his horses and always has a smile on his face.
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Baker McVeigh & Abbott provide top class veterinary care to our horses.
Londonderry Farriers are a family run business based in Londonderry, North Yorkshire, with a team of enthusiastic Registered and Apprentice Farriers.
Huw Dyer AWCF has over 40 years of experience in the industry. He has overseen the training of more than 30 farriers, including his son Tom Dyer DWCF who has joined the business. The team is completed by apprentices Will Crozier, Alex Bradbury and Danny Souter.
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