IT doesn’t seem all that long ago that trainer Josh Newman secured a second national champion yard title for his achievements across the 2024/25 point-to-point season. Josh’s team fielded 43 winners in total, and he had his best run to date as a jockey, riding 45 victories across the year, taking his total wins in the saddle to almost 200. He bagged his first five-timer at Wadebridge in December, sandwiched between numerous trebles and four-timers.
Josh, 33, runs his horses from the family-owned Blackmore Farm, a 200-acre base in Somerset, where he trains alongside his wife, Kayley, who trains professionally. The yard caters for pointers and National Hunt runners, with their 24box barn split down the middle.
It’s a family affair: Josh’s mother, Tanya, and his aunts, Chloe Newman and…
