Stella Barclay

Based at Lancashire Racing Stables in Barnacre, near Garstang, approximately ten miles north of Preston, Stella Barclay has held a dual-purpose training licence since May 2018. Barclay and her partner, Paul Clarkson, have owned the yard since the late eighties, but, having served a lengthy apprenticeship as assistant to Bruce Hellier, Richard Ford and Mike Hammond, she did not make the transition to the professional ranks in her own right until much later.

While she holds a combined licence, Barclay has enjoyed the bulk of her success on the Flat. After drawing a blank in that sphere in her inaugural campaign, she has gradually increased her winning tally season-by-season, culminating with a career-high 20 winners in 2023. That total came from 266 runners, at a modest 8% strike rate, but her total earnings, of £153,246, were also the highest of her professional career so far.

Big races win on the Flat have proved elusive, as they have under National Hunt Rules, where a career total of just seven winners from 156 runners, at an overall strike rate of less than 5%, tells it own story. That said, hitherto long-standing maiden Ensel Du Perche appears to have turned over new leaf in 2024, winning two of his four starts over fences and collecting just shy of £9,000 in prize money.

website: https://www.lancashireracingstables.co.uk/

Email: stella@lancashireracingstables.co.uk