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Meet the husband-and-wife team with a revolutionary approach to training horses

Jonathan Harding speaks to the Lambourn pair about the science of training

Daniel and Claire Kubler  at their state of the art Sarsen Farm in Upper Lambourn 14.5.22Pic: Edward Whitaker
Daniel and Claire Kubler are bringing new scientific approaches to training in LambournCredit: Edward Whitaker

Racehorses have been trained in Lambourn for centuries, largely in the same way. But one forward-thinking partnership is now merging a distinctly more modern approach to training with those age-old tenets of horsemanship.

At state-of-the-art Sarsen Farm, Daniel and Claire Kubler like to do things a bit differently, with data helping them to colour between the lines.

There are no rows of test tubes or flashing machines in their yard but science is at the heart of everything, from the stable blocks designed to maximise airflow to the monitor tracking one horse's speed, heart rate and stride pattern as he canters up the gallops.

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