A Warm Welcome to Philip Kirby Racing

A qualified farrier by trade, Phil set out training in 2007 and in his first year with 4 horses became the seasons Leading Hunter Chase Trainer. He has since grown into one of the North’s leading trainers with a fantastic team behind him and some lovely horses past & present he has had the privilege of training. Holding a dual licence, the yard has enjoyed many listed and graded winners, both on the flat and over jumps. We hope you enjoy looking through our regular photos, videos and news from the heart of the action at home and on the track.

Phil on on of his favourite horses, Bushy Park – photo by Marcus Andrews

Interested in our new PKR Racing Club? Please select the new page from the drop down menu.

Home to one of the most popular NH horses in training the last couple of seasons, we look back on the racing career and the ‘story behind the scenes’ of ‘The Queen of the North’

‘LADY BUTTONS’

Top Ville Ben wins the Graded ‘Roland Meyrick’ Chase at Wetherby to spearhead a Boxing Day treble 🐎

If you’re interested in ownership please visit the For Sale tab to view information on horses with shares still available, including prices and pictures. We also have a Partnerships page which will take shape over the coming weeks, getting involved in one of our partnership horses is a great way tobegin your journey in racehorse ownership. The Partnership owners have a PRIVATE page for direct videos and photos/news of their horses too. Receive regularly updates, visit the yard at anytime and watch your horse run at the races with fellow partnership owners for an affordable amount.

Happy horses enjoying the summer grass at Green Oaks

Our entries tab will you take you to our Racing Post profile where you will be able to see our entries and declarations for the next 5 days, with news on runners, results and daily updates shown on our blog. Meet the team behind the scenes, view our horses in training as well as our past horses enjoying new careers out of racing. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter & Instagram, and give our Facebook page a like to ensure you don’t miss a beat!

This video may interest you if you have been considering ownership at whatever level – we cater for shares as small as 2.5% up to 100% sole ownership.

And below is our most recent ‘Past Horses’ video of some special four legged friends who have left hoof prints on our hearts.

All our Ex racers are either re-trained and rehomed from here or found genuine homes where they can be correctly re-schooled and lead an active and useful life – some excelling in competitive disciplines like eventing, showing or point to pointing, others happy to enjoy hacking round the countryside. We are very proud of our re-homing record…and although not all of the horses who have left us are on here, its a very good selection! If you have a horse who doesn’t feature pleases send us some up to date photos, we love to hear about them. Some of our more recent ones that have left are awaiting photos and this will be updated on our ex racers page.