Elterwater

The Lake District, one of England's most outstanding areas of natural beauty, is also home to a rare Thoroughbred breeding operation in Gary and Lesley Middlebook's Wood Farm Stud at Ecclerigg, which skirts the vast Lake Windermere.  From their vantage point at the top of steep paddocks with some fine views across Cumbria, the husband-and-wife team has produced the likes of dual Group 1-winning sprinter Reverence (GB) (Mark Of Esteem {Ire}) and G1 Del Mar Oaks winner Singhalese (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) as well as the group winners Love Everlasting (GB)...