Folly House is a historic, charming and picturesque yard in Lambourn. Cheltenham Gold Cup winners have been produced from the yard, and Jamie has been in situ since 2011. The yard has expanded to house over 50 horses, with immediate access to the wonderful Lambourn Gallops which are the finest gallops in the country. Jamie has trained over 450 winners and is lucky enough to have already trained two Cheltenham Festival winners, numerous Graded and Listed contests, the prestigious Coral (Hennessy) Gold Cup, and Paddy Power Gold Cup.
Another four winners in the last week of the season meant we finished the season as strongly as we started it, and the 2024-25 season was another record-breaking season for the team here at Folly House. We finished the season in 16th spot in the trainer’s championship, with 62 winners, and a brilliant £801,776 in win and place prize money. This was attained with an incredible 21% win strike rate, 58% of our runners were in the top four, and 47% of all of our runners won. The horses have held their form from start to finish, with the summer team holding their own but highlights this winter include Hollygrove Cha Cha winning us another Grade 2 Jane Seymour at Sandown; Laurens Bay winning the valuable Grade 3 EBF Final; and ultimately, it was incredible to win our first Grade 1 at the Grand National meeting at Aintree as Julius Des Pictons won the Sefton Novice Hurdle. We keep beating our previous best prize money total and setting ourselves a higher bar to aim for each season. I am immensely proud of the whole team here at Folly House, the wonderful horses, and all the support we receive from everyone associated with us.