in and around the village. It has two fully licensed equine swimming pools and the Ridgeway Veterinary Group Valley Equine Hospital. As a result, it has been dubbed the "Valley of the Racehorse", and this is displayed on the road signs leading into the village. In 2006 the Jockey Club Estates Ltd bought of land in the valley, its first investment outside Newmarket, including Mandown and many other gallops and training grounds The Oaksey House rehabilitation centre for injured jockeys was built in Lambourn in 2008, named after Lord Oaksey, the President of the Injured Jockeys Fund. In 2013, Mehmet Kurt, the owner of the Kingwood Stud in Lambourn, received permission to build a long horse training monorail, the first in the country. Some Lambourn Derby winners Steve Donoghue on Pommern in 1914, trained by Charles Peck at Sefton Lodge Harry Wragg on Felstead in 1928, trained by "Ossie" Bell at Delamere Stables Pat Eddery on Grundy in 1975, trained by Peter Walwyn at Seven Barrows House Martin Dwyer on Sir Percy in 2006, trained by Marcus Tregoning at Kingwood House Stables Some Lambourn Grand National winners Pat Buckley on Ayala in 1963, trained by Keith Piggott at South Bank Willie Robinson on Team Spirit in 1964, trained by Fulke Walwyn at Saxon House Tommy Smith on Jay Trump in 1965, trained by Fred Winter at Uplands Stables Tim Norman on Anglo in 1966, trained by Fred Winter at Uplands Stables Ben de Haan on Corbiere in 1983, trained by Jenny Pitman at Weathercock House Marcus Armytage on Mr Frisk, in 1990, trained by Kim Bailey at Old Manor Stables Carl Llewellyn on Party Politics in 1992, trained by Nick Gaselee at Saxon Cottage Stables John White on Esha Ness, in the void 1993 Grand National, trained by Jenny Pitman at Weathercock House Jason Titley on Royal Athlete in 1995, trained by Jenny Pitman at Weathercock House Leighton Aspell on Many Clouds in 2015, trained by Oliver Sherwood at Rhonehurst Notable stables Kingwood House Stables Seven Barrows House In popular culture Poetry Lambourn is mentioned in the poetry of Hilaire Belloc and G. K. Chesterton. Georgian poet John Freeman wrote Lambourn Town and 20th century poet Sir John Betjeman wrote Upper Lambourne. Fiction Colin Dexter, The Daughters of Cain (1994), one of the suspects is Ashley Davies, a racehorse owner who has his horses at Seven Barrows in Upper Lambourn.