Spinney

What you get

At the yard

Open access: “Yes owners can come and watch their horses on the gallops 6 days a week, the horses generally rest on a Sunday.”

Hospitality

Pre-race briefing with the jockey in the parade ring; owners' events each year including a summer barbecue, a yearling morning and a Christmas party

Keeping in touch

Updates are promised; no frequency is stated.

What it costs

Year one, per share

£2,000The upfront plus a year of fees, stated as £375 a quarter.

A year, per share

£1,667For comparison. The upfront buys a share that lasts beyond year one, so it is spread over an assumed three-year racing life.

Per 1% of the horse

£667The figure that makes offers comparable. A £54 share and a £5,000 share are not alike until you divide by how much of the horse each one buys.

Share size

2.5%

If the horse's career ends

Aftercare

Works with its trainers and experienced retraining experts to find retired horses the best possible home out of racing

The horse

What's published

The details we look for in every offer, each counting once. A tick means we've found it on the operator's website or in a document they give every member, or, for RSA membership, on the RSA's own register. "Not found yet" doesn't mean it isn't there.

• –Full written terms not found yet
• –What a further term costs not found yet
• –What happens when the term ends not found yet
• ✓Aftercare when racing ends
• –How prize money is shared not found yet
• –Whether you can sell your share not found yet
• –Where the horse was bought (sale and lot) not found yet
• –What the horse cost not found yet
• –Complaints process not found yet
• ✓What happens if costs run overRead it on their website (read 2 October 2026)
• –Insurance not found yet
• –BHA registration: not found yet. The BHA doesn't publish a register, so ask to see it.
• ✓Racehorse Syndicates Association membershipListed on the RSA's register (read 12 October 2026)
• –Year the operator started not found yet
• –How many horses they run not found yet
• ✓Prices, without having to askYes, on their website (read 14 October 2026)
• –Winners to date not found yet
• –Owners' badges not found yet
• ✓Yard visits
• ✓How often members hear
• –The most members per horse not found yet
• ✓Hospitality for members

Questions to ask before you join

We haven't found these on Racehorse-Ownership.com's website yet. That doesn't mean they're missing, so ask when you get in touch.

• Can I read the full written terms before I join?
• What happens when the term ends: does it renew, and on what terms?
• What happens to the horse at the end of the term?
• How is prize money shared out?
• If the horse is sold, do I get a share of the money?
• Where was the horse bought, so I can look it up in the sale results?
• What did the horse cost?
• Who do I go to if something goes wrong?
• Is the horse insured, and who pays for it?
• Can I see the syndicate's BHA registration?
• How long have you been running horses for owners?
• How many horses do you run?
• How many owners' badges will I get, and how are they shared out?
• What's the most people who can share the horse with me, when every share is sold?