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2022 UK Season Preview Small Owner-Breeder-Trainer Focus Steve Blackwell
Aloof (GB) with Steve Blackwell and Aljawaaher (FR)
Based in Lewistown, near Bridgend in South Wales, Steve Blackwell keeps his Arabians on the small holding he has developed with his partner Rachel Thomas and been racing and then breeding them since 2014. Despite not coming from an equestrian background, Blackwell has been involved with racing for most of his life. He showed an interest in horses from about 4 or 5
years old, nagging his father to buy him a pony, but was always told it was too expensive. Then when he was about 10, his father gave in, getting a 13.2hh thoroughbred pony in lieu of a debt. Blackwell laughs saying: “It put me in hospital four times, so after that he realised he didn’t really want to kill me and he should get me a more sensible pony!”
THE ARABIAN RACEHORSE
