Is the Club a commercial venture?
No! The Club was established as a collective ownership group in order to be able to actively participate in the Sport of Kings's. As such it is a non-commercial society. Furthermore it is also non-profit making. The Director (Charles) and Company Secretary (Kate) take no fees. There are no paid employees.
All the partnership horses are sold at cost and the keep fees for these horses are subsidised by the Club (and it's members.)
But make no mistake, though, there is, however, a highly professional approach to all aspects of the operation which contribute to its success.
Communication is taken very seriously. The members' area and "hotline" are updated daily (or near daily) by Dr. Foster (founding member - 1988) whilst Mark VN (partnership member and Club member since early 2006)
is the Partnership Horse Communications Officer. Information is imparted by Mark via email and by personal phone calls and, of course, by contact at the racecourse itself.
Dr. Foster goes down to the gallops nearly every morning to watch work and research Club entries with Tony Carroll, the information which is reported in the Members' area.
He does this in his own time and at his own cost, because he enjoys running the club!
The organisation of the booking of owners' badges for all members and partnership owners, plus reduced price tickets for partners and guests (where necessary - because often all the tickets are free)
is performed most efficiently by Club member (since 1995) Ken Bachelor and has been for a good number of years.
Ken takes your Owners' badge enquires/orders over the phone and then faxes a list of names through to the racecourse in advance.
"Group 1 Club members cheering on Flashing Floozie's win in Guernsey, Bank Holiday Monday, May 2007."
Great attention is focussed on the last crucial aspect of winning every horse race, that is jockey selection and the race racing instructions.
This final piece of attention to detail accounts for the extremely high percentage of win and in-the-frame performances to runners which the Club and its members enjoys.
All the above mentioned functions are performed by Club members who give their time to benefit the Club free of charge.
