Visits to Nigel Twiston-Davies yard organised throughout the year.  

Members get the chance to watch the horses on the gallops and meet them afterwards in the stable.

KayfAramisRacing organised a visit to Nigel Twiston-Davies' yard for Hartpury Equine students.  They were all very excited and even came on their day off. The students enjoyed a tour of the yard and a talk by Carl Llewellyn about training techniques used for different horses.  

Interestingly, the students are studying the use of heart monitors to assess a horse’s fitness after a gallop, whereas Carl reported that Nigel Twiston-Davies just listens to them breathing after their gallop! Judging from the NTD yard’s success, it would seem the old methods are still the best!

They all had plenty of questions to test him on, including the use of the swimming pool.  It appears there is one horse who only goes on the gallops twice a week, the rest of the time he swims in the pool - not a bad idea, until you find out he has to break his own ice in the winter!

Congratulations to the winners of the owner's tickets who joined Kayf Aramis in the parade ring at York!  We cheered Kayf Aramis on, sadly he didn't get the run of the race, but he enjoyed his day.

One member writes:



“What an amazing day I had at York with Kayf Aramis & crew!  Owners & trainers lounge with prime viewing of the course & if that wasn’t enough off into the parade ring to watch Kayf strut his stuff!!  Thankyou to Isobel, Gary, Carl for making the day a magical one & a special mention to Becky who had Kayf shining like a new pin!  Def a day to remember! Thank you!”

and another:

“it was a great day,despite the race outcome,I had never been to York before but really enjoyed it,and yourself and all the other members were very friendly indeed,and made me feel welcome"

Lambourn Open Day 2012 was great fun! Among the entertaining events were camel racing and a schooling display by top jockeys.  It was lovely to meet up with some newly joined KayfAramisRacing members.

Pictured (left) Hilary Parsons, charity administrator for HEROS and Isobel (2nd from right), founder of Kayf Aramis Racing.