Trelawney & Alan Hill

Alan and Lawney train up to 25 horses on their 1,000 acre farm in Oxfordshire. They have extensive grass gallops, a horse walker and the Chiltern Hills at their disposal. They have been training for18 years and have had plenty of success with all types of horses, from unbroken 4yrs to soured-off racehorses from training.

Alan was a highly successful amateur for over 20 years and is one of a very few people to have ridden the winners of both the Cheltenham and the Liverpool Foxhunters.

He has also won the Liverpool Foxhunters twice; Border Burg in 1987 and Sheer Jest in 1995, which is probably why he supports LFC now! He still says that Elmboy's performance in the 1985 Cheltenham Foxhunters was the most impressive ride of his career.

He finished on 98 P2P wins and 48 wins under rules which for someone who had to force his weight down to two stone below his natural weight is quite an achievement!

Lawney rode with as much enjoyment but not quite the same level of success, having 47 P2P wins and 5 under rules, but was also Area Champion six times in a hotly contested area. Breaking six collarbones, having many other injuries and having two children did slow her down a bit but not much!
 In 2005 Lawney took out a licence and now trains under rules while Alan has taken over the point to point yard. This system works well as it gives youngsters the chance to have a few runs in points before going into more competitive races under rules. The Irish sell their horses extremely well by using this method. It also gives older horses who have struggled against the handicapper for too long a chance to drop back into points again. 

They are very central for travel and close to London for the commuter to pop in and see their horse. Why not join a highly successful team?