James Boyle BVSc MRCVS      
         
Brought up within 10 miles of Newmarket, it wasn’t long before Jim developed a keen interest in horseracing. Saturday mornings on Newmarket Heath watching strings work were soon followed by a job with Sir Michael Stoute where the seeds were sown for his future career. There was never any doubt from that point what Jim was going to do for a living, it was just a question of how and when he was going to achieve it.

Jim took a slightly unconventional route to reaching his goal. After further spells with James Fanshawe, Mark Johnston, and Jonny Limb in Kenya, he spent 5 years at Bristol University studying to become a veterinary surgeon. Having qualified, he spent the next two years working in a mixed practice in Surrey before the opportunity arose to join Paul Cole as an assistant trainer and on-site vet. Three seasons with Mr Cole were invaluable in providing the grounding and experience required to branch out on his own.

In December 2001 Jim started training at South Hatch Stables inEpsom. The yard is owned by Jim's business partner John Hopkins and is steeped in history. Sir Winston Churchill owned horses in training with Sir Walter Nightingale in the post-war period and later Scobie Breasley and Reg Akehurst sent out numerous winners from South Hatch.

An immediate splash was made in his first season of training when landing a £12,000 handicap at Goodwood with Parisien Star, followed by an enormous successful punt on the filly Concubine on the home soil of Epsom racecourse. The successes have continued since then and there look like being many more to come in future years.

Jim Walking

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