Station Yard

Francesca and Charlie Poste

Francesca and Charlie Poste are based at Station Yard, Ettington. Set in 3000 acres of Warwickshire countryside with top class facilities they arrived in autumn 2015 with just a handful of horses. Since then they have successfully established themselves as one of the leading point to point, breaking and pre training yards in the country, and in 2023/24 embarked on their first year buying yearlings to consign at the breeze up sales.

Having now trained over 150 winners since they started, the team have built an impressive reputation for buying and producing horses through point to pointing which they hope will translate into the flat market. Notable graduates including dual Graded winner Third Time Lucki, Listed bumper winner Royal Infantry, Graded placed Kinondo Kwetu, Garry Clermont, Courtandbould, Rock House alongside Punchestown Festival winner Hereditary Rule are all horses to have graduated through point to pointing from Station Yard.

With their expert guidance, training and tuition they have also have helped numerous owner/riders achieve their own personal riding ambitions, whether that be riding in a point to point or riding round the famous Grand National course in the Aintree Foxhunters.

The breaking and pre-training side of the business is proud to count many of the country’s leading National Hunt trainers as clients. Station Yard is now recognised as one of the very best places to give your horse the perfect start to their training life. Owing to the thorough grounding they receive in this very relaxed environment, many horses that start their career at Station Yard have gone on to win at the first time of asking, with many graded-performers amongst them.