Calendar of Events
Included in membership fee
March 2013 – March 2014
March 2013
Friday 22nd March – Launch evening at Warren House, 7pm-10pm
Dr Philip Brown, founder of the Warren House Racing Club and owner of Warren House, will introduce the Club and
the exciting events planned for the first half of the year. The following speakers will then give you a taste of things to
come: Michael Wilding, founder of The Race Advisor, who will attempt to demystify the world of gambling; Susie
McKeever, Director of McKeever Bloodstock, on the vital role of the bloodstock agent and how to select your future
winner; and Vicky Good, Warren House Historian, who will be speaking about the links between Warren House and
horse racing. We will also be handing out our first membership packs and launching the Warren House Racing Club
“Five to Follow” competition.
April 2013
Friday 5th April – Gallops morning at Kingsclere with Andrew Balding, 10am-11.45am
Member fee: free / Guest fee: £30pp / Maximum number: 20
Enjoy an exclusive morning at Park House Stables with leading trainer Andrew Balding and his wife Anna Lisa. The
Warren House Racing Club will be greeted at the historic training establishment with coffee and bacon rolls. There
will then be an opportunity to watch the horses out on the gallops, learn more about their training regime, and
explore the former home of one of the greatest thoroughbreds of the modern era, Mill Reef.
------------------------------------Wednesday 24th April – Investec Spring Meeting at Epsom Downs Racecourse
Member fee: free / Guest fee: free
Gates open at 12.15pm / First race at 2.20pm / Last race at 5.00pm
Celebrate Spring and the start of the season at Epsom with an afternoon of thrilling racing. Free entrance for Warren
House Racing Club members and associates, with the promotional code ‘EPSOMLOCAL2013’. Maximum of two
tickets per person.
May 2013
Wednesday 1st May – BHA Handicapper speaker event at Warren House, 6.30pm-8.30pm
First Member fee: free / Second & Third Member fee: £25pp / Guest fee: £95pp
More than half of the races in Britain each year are handicaps. These are races where the Handicappers try to give
each horse an equal chance of winning. This is done by giving the highest rated (or 'best') horse in the race the
highest weight to carry; and reducing the weight carried by inferior horses.
The BHA has a team of twelve Handicappers whose job is to study and interpret the form. They publish a list of
ratings every week based on performances on the racecourse: the higher the rating, the better the horse. A member
of the BHA team will be coming to speak at Warren House about how the handicapping system works and the
complexities of interpreting the form.
Book your places now if you want to impress with your knowledge of the form book and the handicapping system at
your next race day!
June 2013
Saturday 22nd June – Family garden party at Warren House, 2pm-6pm
First Member fee: free / Second & Third Member fee: £25pp / Children: £15pp / Guest fee: £35pp
Afternoon tea / Pony rides courtesy of Kingston Riding School /
Royal Ascot races shown on a big screen
A racing-themed day out for the whole family, with pony rides for the children, televised Royal Ascot for the adults,
and a delicious afternoon tea in the beautiful gardens at Warren House.
------------------------------------Wednesday 26th June – Michael Church, Derby historian, speaking at Warren House, 6.30pm-8.30pm
First Member fee: free / Second & Third Member fee: £25pp / Guest fee: £95pp
Michael Church has a worldwide reputation as an authority on the history of Thoroughbred breeding. Apart from his
lineage chart compilations of the Derby, 2,000 Guineas and Champion Sires, he has also written a dozen books,
including the highly acclaimed, The Classic Pedigree, Dams of Classic Winners, and The Derby Stakes. These quickly
established themselves as essential reading for those seriously involved in the racing and breeding industry, as well
as becoming collectors’ items with an appeal far beyond the sport.
July 2013
Friday 19th July - Trip to Watership Down Stud
Member fee: free / Guest fee: £30pp / Maximum number: 20
Discover the beautiful setting of Lord and Lady Lloyd-Webber’s Watership Down Stud, one of Europe’s leading
thoroughbred stud farms. A unique opportunity to learn more about the formative months and years of future
champions, from their first steps to the intricate details of sales preparation.
August 2013
Wednesday 21st August – Simon Dow, Epsom trainer, will be speaking at Warren House, 6.30pm-8.30pm
First Member fee: free / Second & Third Member fee: £25pp / Guest fee: £95pp
Simon Dow has been a licensed Racehorse Trainer for thirty years and has won approximately 600 races, with a small
mixed team from his Epsom based stables.
He is also a former Chairman of the Epsom Trainers' Association and is a long-standing member of the Epsom &
Walton Downs Conservators where he represents the Levy Board and the training community. He has long
championed the wonderful attributes of Epsom Downs as a Racehorse Training Centre and is one of the Borough's
custodians of the Downs themselves.
Simon will talk to the Warren House Racing Club about the history of Epsom Downs as a training centre, his life as a
racehorse trainer and the science of training a racehorse.
September 2013 – March 2014
Monthly speaker events at Warren House – Dates & Speakers TBC
First Member fee: free / Second & Third Member fee: £25pp / Guest fee: £95pp