About Alice
Tailor-Made Care
My ethos is ‘small yard, big results’ and this is down to the bespoke, tailor-made care each individual horse is given. I look at each horse and assess their needs, from their training programme and race planning to their dietary requirements and healthcare routines – every horse is looked at individually and a bespoke programme is formed to meet their every need to ensure their maximum potential.
Owner Involvement
I have built a great team around me and everyone in the yard has the horse’s care and well-being at the core of what they do.
It is important to me that my owners are involved in every step of their racehorse’s journey, and I encourage them to visit the yard often and feel part of our team, as well as enjoy a day at the races.
I’ve been told “my horses really want to run and look like they enjoy their racing”, and that is exactly what I’m aiming for every day.
My Background in Horses
Horses have always been a part of my life, from a young age I competed at Pony Clubs and on the international eventing circuit, and a career in the horseracing industry was always destined.
I gained a lot of experience working for prominent trainers Henrietta Knight, Mick Channon and David Simcock, had a spell working in Australia at Warwick Farm and Royal Randwick learning about trackwork and speed, and rode 11 winners as an apprentice and amateur jockey.
Laying the Groundwork
I started up a successful pre-training business in Newmarket, breaking in and pre-training youngsters for Roger Varian, William Haggas and Blue Diamond Stud and offered rest and rehabilitation services to horses out of training. Over the four years, this provided me with a great grounding on which to build my training career, having been hands-on at every level of a racehorse’s development and journey to being a racehorse.
Training
In February 2021, I took out my license and set up training at historic Cadland Cottage Stables, occupying a prime location at the foot of the famous Warren Hill gallops in Newmarket.
We celebrated our first winner within three weeks of saddling our first runner, have raced in the UK, Ireland, France, the UAE and the USA and doubled our winners year on year.
At the end of 2024 we took the opportunity to relocate to the fantastic facility at Kremlin Cottage Stables, situated within 500m of the Severals and with excellent access to all the Jockey Club gallops.
My ethos is ‘small yard, big results’ and this is down to the bespoke, tailor-made care each individual horse is given.
– Alice Haynes
Our Facilities
Originally built in the 1870’s by Prince Soltykoff as part of his Kremlin Stud and becoming a training yard when later leased by Luca Cumani, Kremlin Cottage Stables is steeped in racing history, having housed numerous Group and Listed winning horses over the past century, including two Derby winners, Kahyasi and High-Rise, multiple Group winning blue hen Zomaradah, the dam of Dubawi, and dual Group 1 winning mare Covert Love.
Nestled within the heart of Newmarket, yet secluded enough to offer an air of tranquility to the horses, the yard has a host of modern conveniences in order to provide horses with the best opportunity for success; including horse walkers, a lunge ring, a private trotting ring and boxes with infra-red lamps.
The yard is situated within close proximity to the state-of-the-art Jockey Club Estates, offering 2,500 acres of maintained training grounds, 50 miles of turf gallops and 14 miles of artificial tracks each varying in length, surface and gradient. The quality of the gallops is carefully protected to ensure the highest quality surface every single day.
We also have invaluable training aids available to us, from equine swimming pools, spas, water treadmills to massage therapists, dentists, farriers and world-class vets based in Newmarket.
