Hicky Parmar’s first experience of racing came about when spending a day at Royal Ascot for his tenth wedding anniversary. The owner, and now breeder, has not looked back since.
The property trader does not hold back his enthrallment to the sport, and it would also appear he has plenty to look forward to after a decade or so of involvement in racing.
In May 2022, he led in a winner on 2000 Guineas Day at Newmarket in Suffolk Handicap scorer Cap Francais, a hard-knocking son of Frankel trained by Ian Williams and whom he owns in partnership.
He said: “I went to Royal Ascot having never been racing in my life, My wife had always wanted to go to Royal Ascot, so we booked the Parade Ring restaurant and we just fell in love with the whole thing.”
That thrilling first experience of racing has expanded to having a team of seven horses in training, as well as the small matter of a blossoming broodmare band.
Having enjoyed multiple winners at Meydan and in the UK, Parmar’s passion and enthusiasm for the sport has only grown. Indeed, he has now turned his attention to breeding his own horses, and welcomed an Iffraaj colt foal out of his dual winner and UAE 1,000 Guineas third Lady Parma early last year.
Hicky Parmar Racing is a project started in the autumn of 2022 with one horse, has progressed to two, and a third is close.
The essence of HPR is enjoyment – the syndicates are put together with people who not only have a passion for horses and horse racing, but have a zest for life and making the most of every opportunity.
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