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.
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...
Racehorse Ownership
Trainer Denis Coakley runs a small team with big ambitions, maximising the potential of each horse in the yard.
Find out more about racehorse ownership with Denis Coakley.
See "Horses for Sale" page for current available shares.
The annual Owners Party was held on Sunday 16th October. Around 100 guests attended the horse parade followed by lunch and enjoyed a lovely afternoon in glorious sunshine. See the gallery
LATEST NEWS.............3 winners and 3 second from last 8 runners.
Kempton - 22nd May
Rebecca Romero ran slightly fresh and will be better next time. Stupenda ran well on her first outing and finished third.
Newbury - 19th May
Hurricane in Dubai finished 6th, didn't get the best of runs.
Newmarket - Friday 18th May
Fanny May finished 4th staying on well against some classy opposition.
Lingfield - Friday 11th May
Royal Dutch ran on well and finished mid-field having had a slow start from the stall.
Yarmouth - Thursday 10th May
Hardy Plume finished 2nd at Yarmouth, only beaten a neck. Unfortunate to meet an equally well-treated and unexposed rival from the nearby Portman yard. Enthrall ran respectably finished 5th of 15, soft ground proved to much for her and would benefit from slightly further.
Pearl Opera managed to hang on to second place at Kempton, hopefully there will be a win in her in the future.
Camache Queen kept us in the frame by finishing 2nd at Kempton, being beaten by a very useful filly from the Haggas yard.
Rockfella won nicely from the front at Salisbury under Tadhg O'Shea. Charlie Coakley collected a magnificent prize on behalf of the owners.
The Coakley & Ahern combination worked well with Gabriel's Lad following on from Hurricane in Dubai's success with a very stylish win, also at Kempton. A well deserved win having finished 2nd three times from three starts last season.
Hurricane in Dubai won nicely at Kempton making it a worth while trip for the owners who flew over from Ireland. Hopefully he will have an exciting future.
Fanny May finished a respectable 6th in the Dubai Duty Handicap at Newbury, she will come on a lot from the race.
New two year old filly by Marju arrives from Craven Breeze Up sales. Lovely filly from the Bansha House stables in Ireland, bought for Chris van Hoorn.
Royal Dutch finished 7th at Warwick, the ground had turned very soft and he needed the race. He will come on a lot from the run.
2011 - 12 winners, 13 seconds and 9 thirds.