The stables were rebuilt and converted into accommodation after severe damage during a heavy storm in 2008. Prior to that the stables had been in working use for many years, and back in 1954, was home to the first locally trained horse to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Alan Strange's Four Ten was trained in Prestbury by John Roberts and ridden by jockey Tommy Cussack to win the race by four lengths. As well as being of interest in the history of North Farm Stables, the Cheltenham Festival singles out the event in its history pages

In 1954 an Evening Echo headline read "Four Ten is 'big gun''. Alan Strange's horse, Four Ten (named after a shotgun) had won the Gold Cup at Cheltenham, by four lengths, with odds of 100 to 6. Everyone watched on TV and, as the Echo reported, it 'sent local backers wild with delight'. Betting in Dorset was heavy, and one punter won £2600. (The Book of Spetisbury by Ann Taylor, Halsgrove Publishing)