Jeremy Clarkson horse 'closer to a Ferrari than Morris Minor' to make debut on Friday

The Hawkstonian, owned by a syndicate fronted by the Top Gear, Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm presenter, is declared to tally for the archetypal clip astatine Uttoxeter

Jeremy Clarkson is astir to observe however overmuch horsepower his archetypal racehorse possesses.

The ex-Top Gear presenter fronts the syndicate which owns The Hawkstonian, a equine named aft the Hawkstone Brewery which produces brew made of ingredients sourced from Clarkson’s Farm.

The grey gelding was bought for £37,500 by Highflyer Bloodstock and trainer Ben Pauling astatine the income successful June of 2023 and Old Gold Racing enactment unneurotic the syndicate for Clarkson.

All 3,250 shares successful the four-year-old were rapidly snapped up astatine £60 each successful April earlier this year.

He has present been declared for his archetypal commencement connected the racecourse astatine Uttoxeter erstwhile helium volition contention past contention connected the card, a National Hunt Flat race.

Pauling has been impressed with the lad of Jukebox Jury since arriving astatine his basal successful the Cotswolds.

“From time 1 helium ever seemed a bully individual,” helium said. “He’s been successful the gait since the backend of past season, and he’s been a joyousness to train.

“He takes it each successful his stride and is simply a precise straightforward customer, which isn’t ever the lawsuit astatine this aboriginal signifier of their careers.”

Pauling’s nexus to Clarkson is made stronger by the information that the Pauling household primitively worked the onshore that is present Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm and taught Kaleb (Cooper of Clarkson's Farm fame) however to farm.

Though it’s precise aboriginal days for The Hawkstonian, Pauling has precocious hopes for Clarkson’s archetypal ever runner.

“His enactment astatine location has been precise good,” the trainer said. “He’s got a large encephalon connected him and we conscionable anticipation helium tin beryllium bully and nonrecreational connected debut. He settles into his workout astatine location precise well, truthful hopefully helium tin bash the aforesaid connected the track.

“On a standard of Morris Minor to Ferrari - for the involvement of Jeremy’s [Clarkson] knowing - we’re hoping that he’s person to the Ferrari end. He’s surely 1 of the nicer four-year-olds we’ve got this season, truthful we’re excited to spot him connected the track.”

He added: “Without uncertainty these multi-share ownership syndicates are brilliant. Syndicates similar Old Gold Racing are allowing a batch of radical into ownership that different wouldn’t beryllium capable to spend a larger share. I tin lone spot this conception of ownership becoming much and much fashionable implicit the years.”

Ed Seyfried, CEO of Old Gold Racing, said: "I conscionable emotion that The Hawkstonian syndicate is bringing the acquisition of racehorse ownership to truthful galore radical truthful inexpensively whilst helping Jeremy Clarkson and the Hawkstone Brewery backmost British farming – adjacent his oats are British.”