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A Brief Racing History of James and Celia Miller and Freedom Farm Stud
1986 - James and Celia Miller purchase their first racehorses in conjunction with trainer Mark Tompkins. Debach Revenge wins twice and Debach Delight wins a Group 3 in Hanover.
1987 - Freedom Farm is established by Celia Miller at Debach, north of Ipswich in East Suffolk.
1997 - Vague Shot is purchased.
1988 - Named after a Chinese Restaurant, Golden Panda wins at Nottingham on the August 8th, 1988, which was a very lucky day for the Chinese. Even if it wasn't for the bookmakers as she was not unfancied at 12-1 and Steve Cauthen rode her immaculately to win by a length.
1992 - Freedom Farm moves to Newmarket, the centre of the thoroughbred world.
The picture shows the first stud we created at Newmarket with Golden Panda and her foal in front.
1995 - Don't Shoot Fairies, a son of Vague Shot, bred by Celia Miller at Freedom Farm, wins three races on the flat at Berverly, Pontefract and Haydock. He was a most enjoyable horse to have in training.
1999 - Diamond White, bred by Celia Miller at Freedom Farm, wins the Group 2 Prix de l'Opera at Longchamp on Arc Day. James and Celia were there!
The filly was also placed third in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood.
1999 - Don't Shoot Fairies wins at Bangor-on-Dee to produce Celia Miller's only winner over jumps.
2000 - Keen Winner, bred by Celia Miller at Freedom Farm, wins the Hong Kong Derby at Sha Tin.
2006 - Creation of the new stud next to the house. It is a 'State of the Art' modern stud designed to be run in an efficient and relaxed manner.
The new buildings were sympathetically converted from a listed Suffolk barn and are shown in the picture. They feature high-levels of insulation, full closed circuit Internet-based CCTV for complete monitoring of the horses, a comprehensive wi-fi network and underfloor heating. This maximises comfort and usability, and minimise environmental and visual impact.
2007 - Death of Celia Miller from cancer after a short illness.
2008 - The new stud is now almost complete, with a hundred acres of paddocks, thirty boxes, three hi-tech foaling boxes and a special box for Vague Shot, the now-retired stallion.
James Miller
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