Eve Johnson Houghton

Eve Johnson Houghton trains at historic Woodway on the downs in Blewbury, Oxfordshire; where the Johnson Houghton family has trained and bred racehorses for over fifty years.  Eve’s mother was a champion lady jockey, her father and both grandfathers were trainers and her Great Uncle was the Champion Trainer Fulke Walwyn.  With this family history Eve couldn’t have done anything else!

Eve worked in London before moving to Lambourn to worked for Henry Ponsonby running syndicates.  She then spent 6 years with John Hills first as secretary, then as assistant trainer and in 1999 Eve came back to Woodway.  In that first season the yard had success with Sobriety in the John Magnet Cup at York and it was 3 years later that the biggest recent success was to come.  Eve & Fulke bought a yearling by Ali Royal at the 2001 Tattersalls Ireland yearling sale for 12,000 Irish punts.  He went on to be called TOUT SEUL who ran 7 times as a 2 year old, winning 5 of them and culminating in winning the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes.

Woodway is quietly situated high up on the downs above Blewbury, well away from the hurley burley of the large training centres.  The privately owned gallops extend to over 200 acres and have been nurtured for generations; these are backed up with modern all weather facilities, ensuring that the horses can be kept on the go whatever the weather.

Further information on our trainer can be found at: www.johnsonhoughton.com