The Old Malthouse Stables
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1956-1981 Geoffrey Somerset
At some stage the Hon Geoffrey Somerset lived in the The Old Malthouse which had been rented out to various people. Geoffrey Somerset stood as an Independent Councillor in Berkshire Council elections in March 1967, and was opposed by a Labour candidate, Ronald James Davies. Part of the land which has the boxes on now, belonged to Major Champneys, who was well-regarded in Lambourn, but it is not known whether it was used as stables for a prolonged period at that point in time.

circa 2007-present Jamie Osborne
James Anthony Osborne, born on 28th August 1967, was raised in Yorkshire into a family well-connected to racing. His father, Tony, used to hunt and became a Director at the beautiful Market Rasen racecourse in Lincolnshire, and from an early age Jamie remembers riding ponies. He looked forward to his Summer holiday breaks from education, working in the yards of masters of their trade, David Nicholson at Jackdaw's Castle and Josh Gifford at Findon, and after completing his compulsory education he rode as an amateur at Harry Wharton's stables, riding his first winner for that trainer on 29th March 1986 when Fair Bavard won the Calverton Handicap Hurdle for Amateur Riders at Southwell, and then joined the Castleford stables of Chris Bell. The next year, 1987, having accumulated 14 winners as an amateur, he joined the Nicky Henderson yard in Lambourn and turned professional.
I am grateful to Ordnance Survey (© Crown Copyright) for permission to use the 1830 map shown above.

Although the decision was a gamble given that many more jockeys were higher up the pecking order at Henderson's at that time. In mid-April 1989 he struck up a working relationship with Oliver Sherwood at Rhonehurst Stables when Oliver's brother Simon decided to retire from race riding and later joined the training ranks, and the next season he partnered Arctic Call to win the Hennessey Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury.
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Jamie recorded his first Cheltenham Festival victory in 1991 in the Grand Annual Chase aboard Aldino, and enjoyed an incredibly successful 1992 Festival by landing an 84/1 treble, winning the Queen Mother Champion Chase on Remittance Man (Evens fav), the Stayers Hurdle on the Robert Sangster owned, and Barry Hills trained Nomadic Way (15/2), and the Arkle Chase Challenge Trophy aboard Young Pokey (4/1), a horse which he had already driven to victory the year before in the Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown. He repeated his victory in the Arkle Chase in each of the next two years, firstly in in 1993 on Travado (5/1) and again in 1994 on Nakir (9/1). Although he enjoyed very little luck in the Aintree Grand National, finishing unplaced in 1991 on Master Bob, Whats The Crack in 1992, 1993 Latent Talent, 1994 Garrison Savanah, 1995 Crystal Spirit, he did manage second place on Sunny Bay in 1997 when beaten by Lord Gyllene, but he had more success in the Irish Grand National which he won in 1995 aboard Flashing Steel. He landed the Hennessey Gold Cup for a second time in 1996 when partnering Coombe Hill, and the Irish Champion Hurdle with Collier Bay. In Spring 1999 he married his long-time partner, the artist Kate O'Sullivan at Newbury Registry Office and they have one daughter, Saffie, who followed her father as a jockey. He took out a Trainers Licence in 1999 with a view to renting 50 boxes at Kingsdown Stables, Upper Lambourn once Mick Channon upped sticks and moved to West Ilsley. He reamined at Kingsdown Stables for a number of years, and even leased boxes at Saxon Cottage from 2005, but he then transferred to The Old Malthouse Stables, also in Upper Lambourn.
One of his earliest training successes was at Royal Ascot in 2001 when Irony won the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes. The Paul Dixon owned Milk It Mick further broadcast Osborne's training skills when landing the 2003 Somerville Tattersall Stakes at Newmarket and followed it up with an end of season success in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes. Distance was no barrier if there were races to be won, and in 2004 Berkhamsted was victorious in the Criterium du Fonds European de L'Elevage at Deauville, while ten years later he produced the biggest winner of his training career at Meydan with Toast of New York in the ¾ million UAE Derby. By then Osborne had chalked up successes in the 2008 Yorkshire Cup with Geordieland, the 2011 Cesarewitch with Never Can Tell, and the 2014 Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot with Field of Dream. Further victories came at Meydan in 2019 and 2020 with Dream Today and Cliffs of Capri in the Abu Dhabi World Class Healthcare Cup and Jaguar XE Handicap respectively.
The Old Malthouse stables are located in Upper Lambourn and today are home to the 2-year-olds, while the trainer's older horses are currently stabled barely half a mile away in Updown Barn Stables. The two stables make full use of the extensive Lambourn gallops owned and run by the Jockey Club Estates. The closest gallops to the stables are the Kingsdown and Mandown Gallops, but the trainer is also able to access up to seven all-weather tracks offering a range of distances, different types of surface and gradients.

2001 Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed) £20,300 at Royal Ascot IRONY (8/1) owned by John Nicholls Mobley Homes, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Pat Eddery
2003 Somerville Tattersall Stakes (Group 3) £31,900 at Newmarket MILK IT MICK (12/1) owned by Paul J Dixon, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Pat Eddery
2003 Dewhurst Stakes (Group 1) £142,100 at Newmarket MILK IT MICK (33/1) owned by Paul J Dixon, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Darryll Holland
2004 Criterium du Fonds European de L'Elevage (Listed) £42,958 at Deauville BERKHAMSTED owned by Richard Leslie, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Gary Stevens
2004 Rockingham Stakes (Listed) £16,250 at York MOTH BALL (15/2) owned by Mountgrange Stud, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Darryll Holland
2007 Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed) £31,229 at Royal Ascot DRAWNFROMTHEPAST (9/1) owned by Elaine & Martin Booth, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Martin Dwyer
2008 Yorkshire Cup (Group 2) £79,478 at York GEORDIELAND (13/2) owned by Mountgrange Stud, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Shane Kelly
2009 Henry II Stakes (Group 2) £56,770 at Sandown GEORDIELAND (5/1) owned by A Taylor, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Shane Kelly
2011 Cesarewitch (Heritage Handicap) £99,600 at Newmarket NEVER CAN TELL (25/1) owned by Dr Marwan Koukash, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Frankie Dettori
2012 International Stakes (Heritage Handicap) £62,250 at Ascot FIELD OF DREAM (25/1) owned by K J P Gundlach, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Richard Hughes
2013 Bunbury Cup (Heritage Handicap) £62,250 at Newmarket FIELD OF DREAM (14/1) owned by K J P Gundlach, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Adam Kirby
2014 UAE Derby (Group 2) £722,892 at Meydan TOAST OF NEW YORK (11/1) owned by Michael Buckley, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Jamie Spencer
2014 Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap) £108,938 at Royal Ascot FIELD OF DREAM (20/1) owned by N A Jackson, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Adam Kirby
2016 Britannia Stakes (Heritage Handicap) £74,700 LIMITLESS (13/2) owned by Michael Buckley & Michael Watt, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Jamie Spencer
2016 Quebec Stakes (Listed) £22,684 at Lingfield BATTALION (9/2) owned by Melbourne 10 Racing, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by William Carson
2017 Shergar Cup (Handicap) £22,131 at Ascot RAISING SAND (10/1) owned by Nick Bradley Racing & Partner, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Alexandra Pletsch
2017 Prix de la Vallee d'Auge-Etalon Kendargent (Listed) £25,641 at Deauville PURSUING THE DREAM (201/10) owned by Short, Barratt, Signy & Spiers, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Dougie Costello
2018 Bet with Ascot Challenge Cup (Heritage Handicap) at Ascot £112,050 RAISING SAND (5/1) owned by Nick Bradley Racing & Partner, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Nicola Currie
2019 Abu Dhabi World Class Healthcare Cup (Handicap) £82,677 at Meydan DREAM TODAY (16/1) owned by Melbourne 10 Racing, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Chris Hayes
2019 International Stakes (Heritage Handicap) at Ascot £93,375 RAISING SAND (7/1) owned by Nick Bradley Racing & Partner, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Nicola Currie
2020 Jaguar XE (Handicap) £60,902 at Meydan CLIFFS OF CAPRI (33/1) owned by Melboune 10 Racing, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by Tadhg O’Shea
Top 5 The Old Malthouse Stable horses of all time
TOAST OF NEW YORK (2014 UAE Derby)
GEORDIELAND (2008 Yorkshire Cup, 2009 Henry II Stakes)
FIELD OF DREAM (2014 Royal Hunt Cup, 2013 Bunbury Cup, 2012 International Stakes (Heritage Handicap)
NEVER CAN TELL (2011 Cesarewitch Handicap)
RAISING SAND (2017 Shergar Cup Handicap, 2019 International Heritage Stakes)
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