The culmination of the brilliant National Racehorse Week came with Newmarket's Open Weekend where stables from British racing's capital opened their doors for rarely seen access to the public. National Racehorse Week was deemed a huge success when it was inaugurated in 2021 with open days at stables and studs in all four corners of the country. It was designed to get both racing experts and novices a chance to learn more about the daily routines at each stable and of course to meet the horses up close in their homes. 
Tributes were paid to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, who has been a leading ambassador for horse racing with her love of animals and in particular, horses. The event is also named in honour of the late Sir Henry Cecil, who was a leading trainer in Newmarket for decades and of course played his role in the handling of Frankel, whom racing fans warmed to greatly. 
With over fifty active racing stables in Newmarket's town centre and suburbs, you are never far away from a racehorse. Early risers were treated to rare access on the Warren Hill Gallops to see the likes of Baaeed, Inspiral and Mishriff gallop just metres in front of them before the stables opened their doors.
With a slightly reduced line-up of open yards, stables came in big and small sizes. Leading trainers such as Ed Dunlop, Roger Varian, David Simcock and Ed and Simon Crisford were all taking part, but there was a view to the future with smaller yards and new names such as Jack Jones, Dylan Cunha and Joseph Parr. Recent St Leger winner Eldar Eldarov was amongst the highest profile names of the event over at Roger Varian's stable, who made headlines just over 12 hours previously with a brilliant seven winners around the country, while the likes of James Ferguson, Kevin Phillipart de Foy and Amy Murphy have all been making progress in the past year and gaining plenty of attention. 
Elsewhere over the course of the weekend, there was a race meeting on the Rowley Mile course and vists to the likes of the National Horse Racing Museum, filled with priceless racing memories as well as a living exhibit in the form of brilliant sprinter Battaash.
A fantastic weekend for a fantastic cause which helps bring the wider public even closer to this great sport.