Mark Walford, York
Mark Walford has been training since 2014 when he took over from his father, Tim Walford at the family farm based at Sheriff Hutton close close to York.
Mark had rode over 80 winners as a point to point and amatuer jockey before spreading his wings to the training ranks.
He started his training career as Pupil Assistant to Mick Channon before moving back to Yorkshire to work as John Quinn’s Assistant Trainer for two years before making the move to work in the family business as an Assistant in 2008.
Having taken over the trainer’s licence in February 2014, it continues to be a family business with Tim and Gill still being an integral part of the team and Mark’s wife Molly taking charge of the office.
Mark has bulit upon his parents’ hard work and achievements. He is expanding the yard in size and quaility and the yard has seen success with horse under both codes.
John Quinn, Malton
John was born in Co Tipperary and joined Edward O’Grady’s yard soon after finishing school to become a conditional jockey. After several years there he headed to England in search of further opportunities.
He landed in Malton where he joined Jimmy Fitzgerald’s thriving operation in the 80’s before branching out to ride as a freelance jockey. After riding the best part of 200 winners he retired in 1990 and ran a livery yard from his base in Settrington. He took the plunge in to the training ranks several years later. He has worked his way up and now has around 75 horses split between his two yards, Bellwood Cottage and Highfield.
John has enjoyed major success over the last twenty years in both Flat and National Hunt racing, he is in fact one of a select group of trainers to have trained both Royal Ascot winners on the flat and Cheltenham Festival winners over the jumps, an outstanding achievement..
John hit the headlines in the 2022 season when his star filly HIGHFIELD PRINCESS won 3 consecutive Group One races in 3 different countries.
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