Supporters’ Club
£45 a month
All of the fun, without owning the horse.
- Your horse’s WhatsApp group
- Stable visits and social days
- Go racing with the team
Flat and jumps trainer · Highworth, Wiltshire
Every horse an individual. Every owner part of the team.
Jo Davis trains a small, hands-on string at Common Farm, a 35-box yard with its own 6-furlong gallop. You can be part of a racehorse here from £23 a month.
- Grade 2 winning trainer
- 25+ years in racing
- Flat and jumps dual-purpose licence
- 35stables at Common Farm
- 6fstraight gallop (6 furlongs, about 1.2 km)
- 2.5fsand track (about 500 m) with an uphill finish
- 400acres to hack around
How Jo trains
Small yard. Serious attention.
Jo has spent more than 25 years in racing and has never stopped learning. Every horse is different, and her job is to find what gets the best out of each one, starting with a horse that's healthy, well looked after and enjoying its work.
More about JoAttention to detail
Every horse is trained as an individual. Welfare comes first; fitness and race plans follow.
Straight talking
Honest updates, good news and bad. You'll always know how your horse is doing, and why.
Owner experience
Yard visits, race days, social days and a WhatsApp group for every ownership group, whatever size your share.
Ownership
Four ways to get involved
Racehorse ownership for everyone, not just big spenders. Costs are clear up front, and every owner gets the same welcome.
1% and lease shares
£23 a month
The stable owns the horse and you share the fees.
- Share in 50% of the winnings
- No purchase price to pay
- Visits, social days and WhatsApp
Syndicate share
5–10% of a horse
Buy a share of the horse and pay the same share of the training fee.
- Typically 10 to 20 members
- One fixed monthly payment
- Race-day costs come out of winnings
Full ownership
100% your horse
Jo sources the right horse and you keep all the prize money.
- Tell Jo what you want
- Share it with friends to split costs
- Keep any profit if it’s sold
See how ownership works for what the monthly fee covers.
The horses
Shares available now
A few of the string with shares on offer. Every horse has a full profile with breeding, form and the latest from the yard.
Love Me
Irish hurdle winner with a lovely temperament, aimed at hurdles and fences this winter.
Shares available
Jaja Jimmy
Third in a competitive bumper last time and ready to go hurdling this season.
Shares available
Common Farm
Facilities that give every horse its chance
Set in 400 acres near Highworth, with everything a Flat or jumps horse needs, from fitness work on the gallops to schooling over hurdles and fences.
- 35 bright, airy boxes
- 6-furlong (1.2 km) Active Track gallop on a gentle incline
- 2.5-furlong (500 m) deep sand track with an uphill finish
- Indoor school, plus an outdoor school with a jumping lane
- Schooling hurdles, fences and cross-country jumps
- All-weather turnout for wet winters
News and results
From the yard
Feature
Benvoy: from never having jumped a hurdle to Grade 2 winner
He arrived knowing nothing about jumping. After patient schooling at Common Farm, Benny has won twice over hurdles, including a Grade 2.
Feature
Jolene’s 30lb rise
A 19-length win at Worcester, a 25-1 winner at Ffos Las and a victory at Lingfield: how Jolie Baie found her feet.
Yard news
New recruits: Calibos, George and Monty
A Flat winner who caught the eye over hurdles at Huntingdon, a genuine sort from the Irish sales and a precocious French-bred.
Entries and results:
Racing Post trainer record (external site) Timeform trainer form (external site) All the news
Jo Davis Consultancy
Ask Jo: online help for horses and riders
Practical, honest advice from more than 40 years with horses, whether it's confidence, schooling, behaviour, buying a horse or retraining an ex-racehorse.
30 minutes
£50
60 minutes
£90
Follow the yard
Life at Common Farm
Race days, yard life and the horses’ personalities, shared every day on social media.
