Breakfast with the stars: how a caterer has come to the rescue of hungry racing folk on Warren Hill
It seems everywhere does breakfast in Newmarket these days: cafes, restaurants, hotels, coffee shops, garages, and even pubs if you prefer a pint with your full English. However, one caterer has managed to find a gap in the market feeding hungry trainers on Warren Hill.
Former fork lift truck driver Phil Griggs has recently taken to pitching his food outlet trailer in the car park at the busy training hub in the morning and has already seen the profits roll in.
Griggs first set up camp about four weeks ago and could not have timed it better as the popular location is overrun at this time of year with owners and trainers out to see their strings as the new Flat season approaches.
Read the full story
Read award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing, with exclusive news, interviews, columns, investigations, stable tours and subscriber-only emails.
Subscribe to unlock
- Racing Post digital newspaper (worth over £100 per month)
- Award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing
- Expert tips from the likes of Tom Segal and Paul Kealy
- Replays and results analysis from all UK and Irish racecourses
- Form study tools including the Pro Card and Horse Tracker
- Extensive archive of statistics covering horses, trainers, jockeys, owners, pedigree and sales data
Already a subscriber?Log in
Published on inPostcard from Newmarket
Last updated
Copy- Sir Michael Stoute joins royalty at the Jockey Club Rooms as his portrait is unveiled
- Meet the little-known trainer who made the Racing Post hot list after four years - and thinks every horse in his yard is capable of winning
- It's one of Newmarket's busiest weeks and navy blue blazers seem to be everywhere - but why?
- The big day is almost here as 12 Newmarket trainers become jockeys on the Rowley Mile
- The chance encounter that put Frankel on the walls of a local restaurant
- Sir Michael Stoute joins royalty at the Jockey Club Rooms as his portrait is unveiled
- Meet the little-known trainer who made the Racing Post hot list after four years - and thinks every horse in his yard is capable of winning
- It's one of Newmarket's busiest weeks and navy blue blazers seem to be everywhere - but why?
- The big day is almost here as 12 Newmarket trainers become jockeys on the Rowley Mile
- The chance encounter that put Frankel on the walls of a local restaurant