8.00am Meet your tour guide outside the National Horseracing Museum.

8.10 – 9.00am Spend time on the famed Newmarket training grounds watching some of the town’s 3,000 equine residents go about their daily exercise. Learn about the history of Warren Hill and the links to the Royal family.

9.10 – 9.50am Go behind the scenes at one of Newmarket’s racing yards. Learn more about the daily routines.

10.00 – 10.20am Enjoy tea, coffee and biscuits at the Heath Court Hotel

10.30 – 12.00pm Guided tour of The National Stud. Learn about the history and role of this 500-acre stud farm. See the stallions and meet some of the mares, foals as well as retired National Hunt legend Lord Windermere.

12.10pm Arrive at the National Horseracing Museum where you will receive a £6 lunch voucher to be redeemed at The Tack Room restaurant. Enjoy time at your leisure at the museum until the site closes at 5pm (4pm in winter).

Take in the daily demonstrations at the Retraining of Racehorses yard, examine a fantastic collection of British Sporting Art and learn all about the history of horseracing.

Public tours of the National Stud run from mid February to the end of October, on Fridays (am only), Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, starting at 10:30 am and 1.30 pm and lasting approximately 90 minutes.

The tours are conducted both by mini bus and on foot.

Meet outside The National Stud entrance 15 minutes before your scheduled tour departure time.

There is ample free parking on site.