Set up camp near one of Britain’s racecourses so that you can be there for the first race in a flash...
1. Sunny Hill Farm, Somerset
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Nearest racecourse: Wincanton, 10 minutes by car
For you: a detached barn conversion with four bedrooms, positioned off the beaten track with a range of versatile outbuildings.
For the horses: a timber stable block in need of maintenance with two boxes as well as an open-fronted shelter. Set in 5.5 acres with a further 12 available.
What’s the damage? £595,000
Agent: Stags
Telephonenumber: 01935 475000
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For you: an imposing castle positioned above the River Doon with 13 bedrooms, a cinema, ballroom, converted former coach house and further cottages. There is 1.8 miles of salmon and trout fishing on the River Doon.
For the horses: a stable block with three traditional boxes, set in 309 acres.
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A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.
