David Pipe - Pond House Stables
David has quickly carved a niche for himself as an extremely successful and talented Point-to-Point trainer and during his six seasons as a trainer of Pointers, he amassed no fewer than 164 winners, including 47 Point-to-Points and two Hunter Chases in his final season!
When his father, Martin Pipe, retired at the end of April 2006, David channelled his talents towards the Pond House string and by the end of the season his tally stood at 134 winners (more than any other trainer), prize money won was in excess of £1.6million and he had finished third in the trainers championship behind Paul Nicholls and Jonjo O’Neill.
The 2007/08 season was to prove even more spectacularly successful - a Cheltenham Festival double (An Accordion - William Hill Trophy and Our Vic - Ryanair Chase) was followed up by another double at the Grand National meeting for good measure. Comply Or Die provided the highlight of the whole season with his sensational victory in the John Smiths Grand National itself – a feat that took his father twenty years to achieve!
