Mark Walford
Mark has emerged as a talented and leading young northern dual-purpose trainer, successful with national hunt, two-Year-Olds and older flat horses.
He took over the training licence from his father Tim in February 2014 and carried on where he left off, expanding the yard in size and quality over the last eight years.
Mark was the first trainer Ursa Major Racing had a horse with and the relationship has been special and strong since 2018. Mark is the club’s most prominent trainer with nine horses in training and that list is ever growing.
He is a trainer that will always be open and honest with his owners, a value that is at the heart of Ursa Major Racing Club’s philosophy as well.
Ursa Major has had a fantastic few years with Mark; enjoying multiple winners with him and that number will only grow into 2022. Mark’s reputation and firepower is on the rise and 2022 could be a huge year for both club and trainer!
URSA Horses Trained By Mark Walford
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Katie Scott
based in the heart of the scottish borders, katie’s yard is blessed with hills to provide natural gallops that her horses love as they are not RESTRICTED to the same work everyday.
katie believes these surroundings allow young horses to learn as they are always tackling new hills, and allows the older horses to stay fresh and keep them happy.
at age 17, katie took over the training of her family pointers. by 26, she had sent out 19 winners and many places in point-to-points and hunter chases.
Katie gained her NH licence in early 2015, with her flat licence coming in 2017.
Katie strives to ensure that her horses are ready for racing and are always IMMACULATELY turned out for RACE DAY.
URSA Horses Trained by Katie Scott
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Mike Muprhy and Michael Keady
Mike was a leading City Analyst and he set up Mike Murphy Racing in 2007 following a number of years of ownership and having ridden as an Amateur. Having initially divided his time between his City work and the racing stables Mike retired from his analytical duties in 2014 to concentrate on developing the racing stables. From inception the strategy has been to develop excellent facilities and experienced staff and the yard can boast both. Mike’s wife, Denise, is the racing secretary and is responsible for the book keeping and ensuring they are compliant with the ever increasing rules and regulations governing the sport.
URSA MAJOR RACING ESTABLISHED A PARTNERSHIP WITH MIKE IN 2021, before he teamed up with Michael Keady on a joint licence in june 2022. We are thrilled to be involved with the start of this venture and wish Mike and Michael the best of luck.
URSA Horses Trained by Mike Murphy and Michael Keady
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Sam England
The latest addition to the Ursa Training ranks is sam england who has made a superb start to life calling the shots in guiseley, yorkshire.
Sam had a brief spell as a jockey where she managed 35 winners, before turning back to her first love - training.
She took over her father’s string at manor farm sending out a winner with her first runner. she has been in blistering form with more than 110 winners over jumps and a further dozen on the flat since 2016.
URSA Horses Trained by Sam England
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Julie Camacho
Julie Camacho and her husband and assistant Steve Brown took over the reins from Julie’s father, Maurice in the 1990s, and have since trained a number of quality winners, including at Listed and Group race level. Julie and Steve had by far their best season ever in 2022, training 47 winners and almost doubling the number of winners and prize money haul from the previous few seasons. they are perhaps most famous for this season’s group one winner Shaquille and the legendary judicial. we are looking forward to a hugely successful time with this great yard.
Ursa horses trained by Julie Camacho
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Michael Dods
Michael started training from Denton Hall, near Darlington, in 1990, following the sudden death of his father Dickie Dods.
Since then, Michael has developed into one of the most consistent trainers in the north of England, surpassing the 1,000-winner mark in 2022.
In recent seasons, Michael’s reputation has been elevated by the Group 1 successes of Mecca’s Angel and Mabs Cross. Mecca’s Angel became the first horse in 30 years to win back to back runnings of the Nunthorpe Stakes in 2015 and 2016, while the victory of Mabs Cross in the 2018 Prix de l’Abbaye took the stable over the £1m barrier for the season.
Michael was born into a family that had farmed at Denton Hall for two generations and the family business still includes, sheep, arable and fattening beef cattle.
URSA Horses Trained by Michael Dods
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Lizzie Quinlan
Lizzie quinlan is the latest trainer to join the Ursa ranks and will be an ideal addition, with her readily admitting she could ride a horse before she could walk.
She has a whole host of experience in racing, from riding winners as an amateur to being a part of various training establishments.
A product of the prestigious BHA Graduate Programme, she has made an extremely promising start as a trainer in her own right.
Lizzie is married to jockey Sean who has ridden several winners in the battenbergs.
Ursa horses trained by Lizzie Quinlan
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Grant Tuer
Grant Tuer trains at Wiske House Farm Stables, situated on the outskirts of Birkby in the peaceful North Yorkshire countryside.
The 2021 flat season has been an outstanding one for Grant and all of the team, with a career best 33 winners saddled so far, some real highlights include the likes of Lion Tower winning three times and going close in both the Carlisle Bell and Summer Cup at Thirsk; Maison De York providing the team with their first winner at York; Out Of Breath completing a five timer, and Gunnerside winning six races through the early summer.
With a strong emphasis on equine welfare, Grant and his hard-working team are totally committed to maximising the potential of every horse in their care and always endeavour to keep owners informed of the progress of their horses.
We have recently purchased the next ursa generation, two of which are trained by grant - Wreck it ryley and fortuitous star - both of which we are very excited about!
URSA Horses Trained by Grant Tuer
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Jackie Stephen
Jackie has been working with horses all her life. Following many years caring for thoroughbreds for other yards, Jackie took the decision to take out a full license in 2015. Since then Jackie has been successfully training racehorses initially from Aberdeenshire, and now from the Scottish Borders. She has achieved many early successes and is working hard to build on these wins, to build up a strong reputation as a trainer and of course achieve further successes. She continues to ride out everyday and is very hands on, planning a programme for each individual horse for everyday of the week.
Ursa horses trained by Jackie Stephen
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James Ewart
Situated in glorious countryside just north of Carlisle, near the Borders town of Langholm, james ewart has a predominantly National Hunt string, enjoying a considerable level of success since starting up in 2004. well located to reach all the northern tracks, as well as those further south when the opportunity arises, the team has built up a promising string of horses. the team pride themselves on being able to give each horse the individual attention required to bring out the very best in them. The yard is situated on the 500 hectare Craig Farm, with sand, grass and Tapeta gallops as well as a 10 horse Monarch Horse Walker. In addition, they have access to miles of forestry tracks.
Ursa horses trained by James Ewart
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