Mark Prescott

Once described by ‘Racing Post’ journalist David Ashforth as ‘one of the most intelligent and interesting figures in racing’, Sir Mark Prescott is, in fact, a hereditary baronet. Specifically, he is Third Baronet Prescott of Godmanchester, having inherited the title his uncle, Sir Richard Stanley Prescott, in 1965 and, as such, is entitled to the prefix ‘Sir’.

As a 17-year-old, Prescott broke his back when his mount slipped up on the Flat at Wye Racecourse – an incident that he later described as ‘the defining moment of my life’ – and, following 18 months in hospital, eventually became assistant trainer to Jack Waugh. Waugh retired in 1970 and Prescott took over the licence at Heath House, on the Moulton Road, Newmarket, thereby becoming, at the time, the youngest trainer in the ‘headquarters’ of horse racing.

Prescot saddled his first winner, Belle Royale, whom he inherited from his predecessor, at Stockton Racecourse in April 1971. Fast forward five-and-a-bit decades and his career total is in excess of 2,000 winners; his best horse to date has been the Frankel mare Alpinista, who finished her career with six Group 1 wins in a row, culminating with victory in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October 2022.

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