Denis Coakley's latest news...

Royal Ascot

20 June 2018

Hors de Combat ran a tremendous race to come through to finish 6th in the Royal Hunt Cup after being crossed at the start and losing ground. The Racing Post quoted "the veteran posted a fine effort".
Winner & a second at Windsor

18 June 2018

Tiar na Nog delighted our new owners by winning the first race at Windsor, given a good ride by apprentice Harry Burns. Vanity Vanity ran very well to finish 2nd and is improving with every race.and will hopefully win next time out.
Yogiyogiyogi - WINS at Bath

16 June 2018

Yogiyogiyogi finally got her win at Bath after knocking on the door for some time and hopefully she can go on from this.

Welcome to Keeper’s Stables

Located on the Berkshire Downs in the famous racing village of West Ilsley, this picturesque and tranquil racing yard with some of the finest gallops in the country is a fantastic place to have a horse in training. Pictured right is Miss Marjurie winning Group 3 at Haydock 30^th May 2015
Find out more about the yard and Denis Coakley…

Denis Coakley – Racehorse Trainer

Irishman Denis was born into racing, worked with leading trainers around the world and was a successful professional jockey before commencing his training career in 1999.
See our race entries and recent results…

A day with West Ilsley trainer Denis Coakley’ by Robin Oakley, The Spectator July 2014