Gary Middlebrook

The TDN's Emma Berry will succeed Simon Sweeting as chair of the British EBF in January 2026. Berry, who joined the Thoroughbred Daily News as European editor in 2015, previously worked as deputy editor of Pacemaker magazine, deputy editor and racing editor of Horse & Hound, bloodstock editor of Thoroughbred Owner Breeder and associate editor of Bloodstock Notebook. She also completed a stint for Darley at Dalham Hall Stud for three years. A small owner-breeder with two broodmares, Berry sits on the BHA Flat Pattern Committee and is a member...

The Lake District, one of England's most outstanding areas of natural beauty, is also home to a rare Thoroughbred breeding operation in Gary and Lesley Middlebook's Wood Farm Stud at Ecclerigg, which skirts the vast Lake Windermere.  From their vantage point at the top of steep paddocks with some fine views across Cumbria, the husband-and-wife team has produced the likes of dual Group 1-winning sprinter Reverence (GB) (Mark Of Esteem {Ire}) and G1 Del Mar Oaks winner Singhalese (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) as well as the group winners Love Everlasting (GB)...