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Bradley Gibbs and fiancée Claire Sherriff are readying a strong team for the opening day of the season at Lower Machen in South Wales on Sunday, November 1.
They will not have far to travel having moved during the close season to a yard near Bridgend and which they opened to patrons, friends and invited guests on Saturday. Formerly based in Hertfordshire, the couple are now operating from stables that were owned by leading permit holder and point-to-point trainer David Brace. The yard and some of the land has been bought by Sherriff’s father Julian, whose colours were carried to victory in the 2023 running of Cheltenham’s Festival Hunters’ Chase by Premier Magic.
Now 13 and retired, Premier Magic was among horses who were paraded ahead of a short schooling session at the open day.
Premier Magic may have been retired, but he looked happy to be part of the parade (Ce)
Gibbs, who was born and raised nearby and who worked for Brace at the yard for five years before moving across the Severn Bridge, said: “We’ve been here six weeks and it’s great to be in a yard like this. It’s been a bit manic, but we have a great team behind us and it’s lovely to be closer to the family.” His parents, David and Amanda, were in attendance and helping with the event, while Brace was also among the crowd.
Alan Johns (right) gets the lowdown from Connor Brace on some of the horses he has broken in at his pre-training yard in Gloucestershire
Gibbs said: “David [Brace] is still living here and it’s lovely to have his support. He’s put a number of horses with us for the coming season. We are only here because Claire’s father, Julian, has bought the yard and he has six horses in training here, which is another massive help.”
Bradley Gibbs and Claire Sherriff flank her father, Julian, who has purchased the yard (Ce)
It seems very likely that while Gibbs is planning to continue riding as an amateur the yard’s pointers will be Claire’s responsibility by the time the season opens. He said: “I’m hoping my [trainer’s] licence will go through in the next four to five weeks so I can train a few under rules and Claire will handle the pointers.”
I’m Like A Lion, who won two point-to-points last season, but is now set to run under rules (Ce)
Having that dual option has proved to be a handy advantage at a number of yards around the country. I’m Like A Lion, who won at Garthorpe and Kingston Blount in the spring, is but one horse who will now switch codes, the thinking being that the five-year-old will be suited by hurdles and shorter trips. He is one of several horses at the yard owned by Beverley Thomas, head of the Point-to-Point Secretaries’ Association and a Point-to-Point Authority Board member.
Ed and Bruce Vaughan, Harry O’Dwyer and Daniel Stretch warm up some of the yard’s pointers before a brief schooling session (Ce)
In addition to a promising team of horses the yard can also call upon some young riding talent. Former national novice champion Ed Vaughan and his cousin Bruce, who began point-to-pointing last season, were joined by Harry O’Dwyer and Daniel Stretch for the schooling session in a large sand school adjacent to the stables. Gibbs said, with tongue in cheek: “Ed’s hoping I get too fat so he can take all the rides, but it’s been a busy summer and my weight is pretty good at the moment.”
Redeem The Dream, an unraced four-year-old by Frontiersman and set to run at Lower Machen, schools under Harry O’Dwyer (Ce)
Summing up the day Gibbs said: “It seems to have gone very smoothly. Hopefully we can bring a few more owners in and we have shares in horses for sale.
“We have great facilities here and we’re putting in a new circular sand gallop at the end of our straight gallop. We don’t need a swimming pool because we have a river which comes up to their chest and where the horses all go once they’ve been ridden.
Noir Jaguen, an impressive-looking three-year-old half-sister to the yard’s multiple winner Fier Jaguen (Ce)
“We’re planning on taking a lorry load of horses to Lower Machen, which is a great course and we like to support it. It’s so good they reopened it and brought it back into the sport last season.”
