An innovative training system for racehorses is being constructed in Lambourn and is on target to be completed within the year.Turkish racehorse owner Mehmet Kurt is building the pioneering machine, called the“Kurtsystem” (pictured), at Kingwood Stud — which he has owned…Read More
Lambourn is about to give birth to one of the most unusual projects in the history ofpreparing young racehorses, a £6.5 million scheme that its founder predicts willrevolutionise training.The KurtSystem, a futuristic construction that its inventor, Mehmet Kurt, believeseliminates breakdowns in…Read More
Mehmet Kurt is a businessman whose ‘revolutionary’ method of training racehorses could transform the world’s bloodstock industry.Under the so-called Kurtsystems – which reduces the risk of injury to thoroughbreds by removing potential jockey error in early training – young horses…Read More
Mehmet Kurt and Kingwood Stud were the principle sponsors of the Spectator magazine Cigar Awards 2014 on Sunday 16 Novmeber. The event, which honoured Hollywood A-listers Kelsey Grammer and Arnold Schwarzenegger, was attended by leading members of the UK’s political,…Read More
Kingwood Stud owner, Mehmet Kurt, has received permission to build his revolutionary Kurtsystem at Kingwood Stud. Permission was granted by West Berkshire Council in January this year and work is set to begin in the Autumn. To read the full…Read More
Lambourn, a racing village craving a boost, will soon be the base for a revolution intraining. At first glance a throwback to Victorian times of horse-drawn transport, the railsystem is actually a high-tech approach aimed at eliminating human error.It is…Read More
TWO years from now, Lambourn is likely to witness an innovative machine for training horses as a result of West Berkshire council’s planning committee approving construction of a covered monorail system at Kingwood Stud.
LAMBOURN’S future as a horseracing centre of excellence has been boosted by planners’ approval of a futuristic horse training monorail. Despite some local objections, planning chiefs have given the go-ahead for the revolutionary Kurtsystem project at Kingwood Stud. The facility represents…Read More
NEW investment has arrived in the Lambourn area, thanks to Turkish businessman Mehrnet Kurt, and – planning permission permitting – a unique racehorse pre-training method will follow soon in the shape of his revolutionary monorail system.
It is not only the Arabs who have an intimate, almost mysticalinvolvement with the horse. In Istanbul for the Topkapi Trophy, sittingbeside the largest kebab I have ever seen (and, I kid you not, it was morethan 12 feet long),…Read More