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  • The English Garden

    Winning FORM

    Jun 16, 2021 4 minutes
    WORDS CLARE FOGGETT
    PHOTOGRAPHS
    HEATHER EDWARDS

    On the face of it, horse racing and gardening couldn’t be more different. Racing is glamorous, full of adrenaline-fuelled action, speed and high stakes; gardening, in comparison, is a more sedate and relaxing way to spend your time. That contrast is perhaps why Paul Nicholls finds such enjoyment in tending his garden at Highbridge House in Ditcheat, Somerset. Paul is renowned in the racing world: a twelve-time champion National Hunt trainer, he operates from the two stable yards in Ditcheat that form his base, where he and his team train around 150 horses.

    Over the past 30 years he’s trained more than 3,000 winners, including some horses that even non-racing folk have heard of – Cheltenham Gold

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