LONDON LOVES BIZ: Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, British racing, and the restoration of the Rothschild Yard
In the heart of Newmarket, a set of Victorian stables now houses former racehorses learning a second trade. The Rothschild Yard, part of the town’s National Heritage Centre for horseracing, shows visitors what becomes of thoroughbreds once they cross the finish line for the last time. Its restoration carried a familiar name, and it connected to a man whose involvement with British racing spanned ownership, administration, and philanthropy.
Sir Evelyn de Rothschild spent decades close to the sport, chairing one of its major racecourse companies and later helping fund a public home for retired horses. His racing life sits alongside his banking career as a lesser-known chapter, yet it reveals the same instinct for tending institutions that shaped the rest of his work.
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