Welcome to the Jamie Railton Bloodstock Sales Agency,
situated in the tranquil setting of Darshams Farm, near
Stowmarket in Suffolk.

We provide a host of services ranging from sales
preparation and consignment, boarding and
rehabilitation, to breaking and pre-training.


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Wootton Bassett Heads 2009 Railton Doncaster Graduates

Graduates of the 2009 Doncaster St Ledger Yearling Sale offered by Jamie Railton have already made a promising start to their careers, headed by impressive two-time winner Wootton Bassett (pictured right) trained by Richard Fahey. The Gimcrack or the valuable DBS Sales race are two possible targets for Wootton Bassett at York´s Ebor meeting following comfortable victories at Ayr and Doncaster. Secured by Robin O'Ryan for £46,000 at last year's DBS Sale, Wootton Bassett was bred by Colin & Melba Bryce's Laundry Cottage Stud.......read more

 
The Mole Catcher Makes Winning Debut

The Mole Catcher (pictured left as a yearling) made a winning debut at La Teste de Buch in France on Sunday, netting a breeze up bonus of £5,000 on top of the first prize of more than €7,000 for his new connections, having been prepared for the Doncaster Breeze Up Sale by Jamie Railton. A handsome son of Whipper, The Mole Catcher is now likely to be upped in class and will tackle Listed Company at his next outing. In addition, the colt prepared by Nicolas de Watrigant remains eligible for another Breeze Up Bonus.

 
Business As Usual Sold For Record July Price

The Paul Makin owned and Michael Jarvis trained Business As Usual (left) shattered the record price at the Tattersalls July Sale when selling for 460,000 guineas. The good looking son of Invincible Spirit was broken and pre-trained by Jamie Railton, and was initially entered in the 2009 Tattersalls Craven Breeze up sale before being retained to join the Jarvis team. Business As Usual always looked set to be amongst the highlights of the sale.....read more
 

 
Encouraging Trade at Arqana Summer Sale

The Jamie Railton Sales Agency offered two breeze up colts at the Arqana Summer Sale at Saint Cloud for the first time and the results were encouraging enough to suggest the sale would be a worthwhile avenue for trading breeze up horses later in the season for years to come. A Yes It's True colt out of Wild Planet (pictured right) fetched €22,000 to the bid of Chris Richner Bloodstock, while Paul Nataf signed for a Nayef colt at €12,000. .....read more

 
Michael Jarvis Secures Hurricane Run Colt

An attractive son of Hurricane Run is the newest addition to Michael Jarvis’ Kremlin House Stables. Sold by Jamie Railton at last week’s Guineas Breeze Up Sale, the athletic colt fetched 50,000gns to the bid of Michael Jarvis (right) after a prolonged bidding war with fellow Newmarket trainer William Jarvis. Bred by Laundry Cottage Stud, the colt is the first foal of the Dansili mare Water Feature, a half sister to Group 1 Grand Criterium winner Tenby.
 

 
Breeze Up Graduate Lands Macau Group 1

Six-year-old gelding Viva Hong Kong (left) landed the HK$2.3 million Macau-Hong Kong Trophy (G1) at Taipa in late April for trainer Gary Moore. The son of Lemon Drop Kid was originally prepared and sold as a two-year-old by Jamie Railton, knocked down to Terry Mills for 115,000gns at the 2006 Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale. Racing as Kid Mambo in the UK, Viva Hong Kong won a maiden at Sandown and was placed in......read more
 

 
Oasis Dream Colt purchased by Tinkler

The Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale proved most selective with the first night in particular proving a real battle for vendors. By Sale end, 96 of the 166 horses catalogued had changed hands for an aggregate of 7,656,500gns. Eddie Stobart CEO Andrew Tinkler proved one of the most prominent purchasers of the sale, signing for 2 lots from the Jamie Railton draft including a colt by Oasis Dream for 82,000gns and a late maturing Cape Cross colt for 30,000gns. Also sold was an Oasis Dream filly on behalf of Haras du Saubouas for 60,000gns, knocked down to MAB Agency, while a Danehill Dancer filly changed hands for 50,000gns.
 

 
Bandini filly joins Simcock

The European Breeze Up season started in a low key fashion with the Goffs Kempton Sale taking place on Friday 12th March. With just over 90 two-year-olds catalogued, 67 per cent found new homes with the sale recording a moderate average of £15,991 and median of £12,500, both down from 2009.

Jamie Railton prepared 2 fillies for the sale, including a Bandini filly from the Exploit mare Grin and Dare it which fetched £10,000.......read more
 

 
Chantilly Tiffany Sparkles at December Sales

Group 3 winning filly Chantilly Tiffany caught the eye of many leading buyers when fetching 320,000gns at Tattersalls December Sales. Consigned by Jamie Railton, the five-year-old daughter of Pivotal was bred by Ballygallon Stud and raced for Ed Dunlop.

Agent Michael Goodbody signed for the gorgeous filly on behalf of an undisclosed Australian client. Goodbody told racingpost.com: “Chantilly Tiffany is going .......read more
 

 

Cape Cross Foal to Ferguson

A Cape Cross colt out of Teide Lady caught the eye of Sheikh Mohammed’s bloodstock representative John Ferguson when selling for 100,000gns at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale. Consigned by Jamie Railton, the attractive colt is a three-parts brother to  Hatta Fort (right), a Group 2 winner for Godolphin. Also popular was a well made Bahamian Bounty colt out of Andramad who.......read more
 

 
Equine Treadmill Arrives at Darshams!

Darshams Farm has recently acquired an Equine Treadmill with variable speed and incline, adding to the high class infrastructure already on site at the Wetherden facility. The treadmill is the ideal tool for slowly building the exercise routines of both young horses and horses returning from layoffs or injury.......read more.

 
Shamardal Colt Catches Hamdan’s Eye

A stunning colt by exciting first crop sire Shamardal topped Jamie Railton’s Book 1 draft when selling for 230,000gns to Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Stud. A quality individual, the colt is out of dual Group 1 winning mare Borgia, winner of the Deutsches Derby and Grosser Preis .......read more.