Mark Prescott
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Sir Mark Prescott, 3rd Baronet (b. 1948) is a race horse trainer with over 1300 winners to his name. An English
baronet
he inherited his knighthood from his father and obtained his first trainers license in 1970.
and art critic for Punch magazine, the teetotaler broke his back in a riding accident in 1965 resulting in a 9 month stay at Oswestry
Orthopedic Hospital.
On 1 September 2009 Prescott and television cook Clarissa Dickson-Wright
received an absolute discharge from Scarborough Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to hare coursing
whilst attending an event organized by Yorkshire
Greyhound
Field Trialling Club in March 2007.
Sir Mark trains at the Newmarket
yard, Heath House (which traces back to Tregonwell Frampton
, England's first professional race horse trainer). He took over running the yard in 1970 on the retirement of Jack Waugh, to whom Sir Mark was assistant. Sir Mark is well known and hugely respected as a patient trainer, whose horses are given time and not rushed. Sir Mark is also a famously skilled 'placer' of horses, choosing horse's races very carefully. He formerly had a decades-long association with veteran jockey George Duffield
- the pair shared probably the sport's longest and strongest jockey/trainer alliance. Since George Duffield
's retirement, Sir Mark has largely used riders Seb Sanders
, Stevie Donohoe and Rosie Jessop.
, Sir Mark's personal interests include coursing
, cock fighting and bull fighting.. Sir Mark was also an enthusiastic and valuable supporter of the great Waterloo Cup
- the blue riband
of the sport of hare coursing
.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
baronet
Baronet
A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
he inherited his knighthood from his father and obtained his first trainers license in 1970.
Biography
The son of a theatreTheatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and art critic for Punch magazine, the teetotaler broke his back in a riding accident in 1965 resulting in a 9 month stay at Oswestry
Oswestry
Oswestry is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483, and A495 roads....
Orthopedic Hospital.
On 1 September 2009 Prescott and television cook Clarissa Dickson-Wright
Clarissa Dickson-Wright
Clarissa Dickson Wright is an English celebrity chef, television personality, businesswoman and formerly a barrister, who is best known as one half, along with Jennifer Paterson, of the Two Fat Ladies...
received an absolute discharge from Scarborough Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to hare coursing
Hare coursing
Hare coursing is the pursuit of hares with greyhounds and other sighthounds, which chase the hare by sight and not by scent. It is a competitive sport, in which dogs are tested on their ability to run, overtake and turn a hare, rather than a form of hunting aiming at the capture of game. It has a...
whilst attending an event organized by Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
Greyhound
Greyhound
The Greyhound is a breed of sighthound that has been primarily bred for coursing game and racing, and the breed has also recently seen a resurgence in its popularity as a pedigree show dog and family pet. It is a gentle and intelligent breed...
Field Trialling Club in March 2007.
Sir Mark trains at the Newmarket
Newmarket Racecourse
The town of Newmarket, in Suffolk, England, is the headquarters of British horseracing, home to the largest cluster of training yards in the country and many key horse racing organisations. Newmarket Racecourse has two courses - the Rowley Mile Course and the July Course. Both are wide, galloping...
yard, Heath House (which traces back to Tregonwell Frampton
Tregonwell Frampton
Tregonwell Frampton was an English racehorse trainer, known as ‘the father of the turf.’-Life:Frampton was born in 1641 at Moreton, Dorset, the fifth son of William Frampton, lord of the manor of Moreton, by his wife, Katharine Tregonwell of Milton Abbas. He is described by William Chafin as being...
, England's first professional race horse trainer). He took over running the yard in 1970 on the retirement of Jack Waugh, to whom Sir Mark was assistant. Sir Mark is well known and hugely respected as a patient trainer, whose horses are given time and not rushed. Sir Mark is also a famously skilled 'placer' of horses, choosing horse's races very carefully. He formerly had a decades-long association with veteran jockey George Duffield
George Duffield
George Duffield MBE is a retired English flat racing jockey.He served a seven year apprenticeship with Jack Waugh, and rode his first winner on 15 June 1967 at Great Yarmouth Racecourse on a horse called Syllable, trained by Waugh.He became stable jockey for trainer John C...
- the pair shared probably the sport's longest and strongest jockey/trainer alliance. Since George Duffield
George Duffield
George Duffield MBE is a retired English flat racing jockey.He served a seven year apprenticeship with Jack Waugh, and rode his first winner on 15 June 1967 at Great Yarmouth Racecourse on a horse called Syllable, trained by Waugh.He became stable jockey for trainer John C...
's retirement, Sir Mark has largely used riders Seb Sanders
Seb Sanders
Seb Sanders is a flat race jockey.He came into racing by getting a job with trainer Bryan McMahon, and it was for McMahon that Sanders rode his first winner on 12 June 1990 on Band On The Run....
, Stevie Donohoe and Rosie Jessop.
, Sir Mark's personal interests include coursing
Coursing
Coursing is the pursuit of game or other animals by dogs—chiefly greyhounds and other sighthounds—catching their prey by speed, running by sight and not by scent. Coursing was a common hunting technique, practised by the nobility, the landed and wealthy, and commoners with sighthounds and lurchers...
, cock fighting and bull fighting.. Sir Mark was also an enthusiastic and valuable supporter of the great Waterloo Cup
Waterloo Cup
The Waterloo Cup was a coursing event. The three day event was run annually at Great Altcar in Lancashire, England from 1836 to 2005 and it used to attract tens of thousands of spectators to watch and gamble on the coursing matches...
- the blue riband
Blue Riband
The Blue Riband is an unofficial accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the record highest speed. The term was borrowed from horse racing and was not widely used until after 1910. Under the unwritten rules, the record is based on average speed...
of the sport of hare coursing
Hare coursing
Hare coursing is the pursuit of hares with greyhounds and other sighthounds, which chase the hare by sight and not by scent. It is a competitive sport, in which dogs are tested on their ability to run, overtake and turn a hare, rather than a form of hunting aiming at the capture of game. It has a...
.