We are delighted to welcome two new trainers to the Opulence Thoroughbreds training ranks.
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We are delighted to welcome two new trainers to the Opulence Thoroughbreds training ranks.


Ed Walker

Ed has trained over 400 winners and has had a Stakes winner every year since taking out his licence. The quality of his string has gradually improved over the years and he finally got that elusive Group 1 winner when Starman won the July Cup in 2021. Ed has trained Stakes winners in France, Germany and Australia as well as gaining some important black type with fillies in North America. Ed started training in October 2010 when he rented a small 24 box yard within St Gatien Stables in Newmarket. From there he sent out his first runner which was Riggins, a Listed winner on November 27th 2010. Since then Ed has grown the business gradually which has seen him relocate no less than four times. His nomadic existence finally came to an end in December 2016 when he and his team settled at Kingsdown Stables in Upper Lambourn. 

 

 


George Boughey

From a farming family based near Dorchester in Dorset, George has always been around horses and thoroughbreds, albeit his family’s racing roots revolved more around National Hunt horses. As a teenager it was clear that George’s interest in racing was overpowering his interest in traditional education, spending more time studying the form book rather than any book in the curriculum. 

Upon leaving school George started working in the bloodstock business, first for Luke Lillingston and then for Tom Goff (Blandford Bloodstock) at the sales on both sides of the Atlantic. Following that George went to Newcastle University to study Agriculture and Business Management, after which he travelled to Australia where he worked for two of the biggest names in Australian racing. In Sydney he worked for Gai Waterhouse and then on to Melbourne where he worked for Lloyd Williams. 

George returned from Australia to work for Hugo Palmer in Newmarket where he spent six years as assistant trainer, for two years of which he oversaw the running of Hugo’s 50 box satellite yard, Yellowstone Park Stables, on the Hamilton Road. On 1st July 2019 George was granted a licence to train in Newmarket. 

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