Paul and Sally Flatt

Paul and Sally Flatt's Childwickbury Stud has entered into a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Newbury Racecourse, supporting the Listed Fillies' Trial Stakes on the Lockinge card on May 17.  A 10-furlong contest for three-year-old fillies, the race carries prize-money of £75,000 and has an impressive roll of former winners, including subsequent Group 1 stars Nashwa (GB), Eshaada (GB) Warm Heart (Ire), Sea of Class (Ire), and Izzi Top (GB). Childwickbury Stud, set on 300 acres in Hertfordshire, has recently played a significant role in the raising of stakes performers such...

John Hernon has been appointed manager of Paul and Sally Flatt's Childwickbury Stud in Hertfordshire. Formerly the yearling manager at Cheveley Park Stud, Hernon grew up at his family's stud farm in Wicklow in Ireland and completed the Irish National Stud's Management Course before gaining further experience on stud farms in Australia and the UK. He was also assistant trainer to the late Harry 'Tom' Thomson Jones in Newmarket and assistant stud manager and racing manager to Peter Goulandris at Hesmonds Stud in Sussex. "We are delighted that John Hernon...