Mairi Telford Jammeh speaks to Langholm trainer after surprise racing world announcement
James Ewart Racing’s website says it’s the ‘end of an era’ and states that is with very great sadness that James has decided to give up racing. The reason being ‘financial pressures. This week I spoke to James and there’s no doubt that he is loath to stop his involvement in this business that has given him, and others, so much pleasure over the last 21 years.
James’ family moved to the Craig in 1983, and he remembers going to the Dumfries Point to Point when he was about eleven or twelve and that was where his obsession with horses began. He had ponies as a youngster and was a member of the pony club. James’ father was an amateur jockey and had a permit and trained quite a few point-to-point horses. Various contacts that his family made meant that James could work for some top people in his holidays including Johnjo O’Neill and S J Ledbetter. He had his first ride in a point to point at 16 years of age.
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