Fun Share
£45 a month
All the fun of ownership, without owning the horse.
See Fun Shares
Three to Follow is back: pick three horses for £10
Racehorse trainer · Highworth, Wiltshire
Every horse an individual. Every owner part of the team.
Jo Davis trains a small, hands-on string at Common Farm, and you can be part of a racehorse here from £23 a month.
- Grade 2 winning trainer
- 25+ years in racing
- Flat and jumps licence
How Jo trains
Small yard. Serious attention.
Every horse is different, and Jo’s job is to find what gets the best out of each one, starting with a horse that’s healthy, well looked after and enjoying its work.
More about JoAttention to detail
Every horse is trained as an individual. Welfare comes first; fitness and race plans follow.
Straight talking
Honest updates, good news and bad. You'll always know how your horse is doing, and why.
Owner experience
Yard visits, race days, social days and a WhatsApp group for every ownership group, whatever the size of your share.
Ownership
Four ways to get involved
Racehorse ownership for everyone, not just big spenders. Costs are clear up front, and every owner gets the same welcome.
Lease and 1% shares
£23 a month
No purchase price: the stable owns the horse, and you share the training fees and the winnings.
See lease sharesSyndicate share
5–10% of a horse
Buy 5 or 10% of a horse and pay the same share of its training fee, with 10 to 20 members in each syndicate.
See syndicate sharesFull ownership
100% your horse
Jo finds the right horse for you, and you keep all the prize money.
Talk to JoSee how ownership works for full details of each option.
The horses
Shares available now
A few of the string with shares on offer. Every horse has a full profile with breeding, form and the latest from the yard.
Love Me
Irish hurdle winner with a lovely temperament, aimed at hurdles and fences this winter.
In training
Common Farm
Facilities that give every horse its chance
Set in 400 acres near Highworth, with everything a Flat or jumps horse needs, from fitness work on the gallops to schooling over hurdles and fences.
- 35 bright, airy boxes
- 6-furlong (1.2 km) Active Track gallop on a gentle incline
- 2.5-furlong (500 m) deep sand track with an uphill finish
- Indoor school, plus an outdoor school with a jumping lane
- Schooling hurdles, fences and cross-country jumps
- All-weather turnout for wet winters
News and results
From the yard
Runners and results
Latest news
Sammy, Benny, Boss and Max are all due to run in the next week, and the Syndicate Barbecue is on 7 November.
Feature
Benvoy: from never having jumped a hurdle to Grade 2 winner
He arrived knowing nothing about jumping. After patient schooling at Common Farm, Benny has won three times over hurdles, including a Grade 2.
Feature
Jolene’s 30lb rise
A 19-length win at Worcester, a 25-1 winner at Ffos Las and a victory at Lingfield: how Jolie Baie found her feet.
Entries and results:
Racing Post trainer record (external site) Timeform trainer form (external site) All the news
Jo Davis Consultancy
Ask Jo: online help for horses and riders
Practical, honest advice from more than 40 years with horses, whether it's confidence, schooling, behaviour, buying a horse or retraining an ex-racehorse.
30 minutes
£50
60 minutes
£90
Follow the yard
Life at Common Farm
Race days, yard life and the horses’ personalities, shared every day on social media.
