About the Stable
A Family Racing Institution
Five Generations of Memphis Roots
The Operation
How we race
Kisber Thoroughbred Racing is a boutique international operation that races in the historic silks of the Memphis Jockey Club. We keep a small string and a high standard, campaigning turf horses — particularly fillies — with leading trainers in the United States, France, and Ireland.
The stable's approach is straightforward: identify horses in Europe with a specific profile — turf fillies and mares, well-bred, with form suggesting they will improve on better surfaces and in better company. Import them, give them time, and let them develop into the program.
We are patient, because the horses that have served us best — Chili Flag, Aunt Pearl, Watsdachances, Rockemperor — all needed time. We are disciplined about capital allocation, because a good horse bought at a sensible price and developed correctly generates better returns than a fashionable purchase that underperforms.
And we eventually arrive at a decision: campaign on, or sell to a home that values the horse. The ledger of graduates speaks for itself.
Chad Brown
New York — primary U.S. trainer
The dominant trainer in American turf racing. Our partnership with Chad is the cornerstone of the stable's American campaign.
Miguel Clement
New York & France
Fluent in the French program and adept at transitioning horses from Europe to American conditions.
Nicolas Clement
Deauville, France
A respected Deauville handler who manages the stable's French-based development string.
Donnacha O'Brien
Ireland
Classic-winning trainer in Ireland, handling the stable's Irish fillies.
The stable's name — and its silks — honour Kisber, the Hungarian-bred winner of the 1876 Epsom Derby who galvanized European interest in American bloodstock. Our racing in the Memphis Jockey Club colours is a deliberate act of remembrance for a city that was once the epicenter of American racing.
For most of the nineteenth century, Tennessee was the center of horse breeding and racing in the United States. The Memphis Jockey Club, organized in 1882 by Colonel Henry A. Montgomery, ran the great Tennessee Derby at Montgomery Park. When the legislature outlawed wagering in 1907, the track fell silent. We carry those colours forward.