From a ‘tanner each-way’ bet – to joining the Sport of Kings – Sir Alex Ferguson
By Andrew Atkinson SIR Alex Ferguson entered his 21st year as a racehorse owner going into 2019 – one of the Sport of King’s most successful persons – having placed a ‘tanner each-way’ bet, that lured him into racing decades ago. “It’s always good to have a day out at the races,” Ferguson told me. […]
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Trainers pay homage to Sultan Ahmad Shah
By Andrew Atkinson SULTAN Ahmad Shah, former race horse owner, with his string including horses with Michael Jarvis, Roger Charlton, Roger Varian and Paul Cole, has died, aged 88. “It’s very sad news,” said Roger Varian, who saddled his first winner – Eton Forever – owned by Shah. Varian first met Shah when he stabled […]
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Magna Grecia too hot for Gosden?
MAGNA Grecia could be too hot for Too Darn Hot in today’s (Saturday May 25) showdown in the Irish 2000 Guineas at The Curragh. Magna Grecia’s trainer Aiden O’Brien reports his fancied runner ‘in good form’ ahead of this afternoon’s Classic. Too Darn Hot, trained by John Gosden, returns to the turf in the wake […]
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Ukulele star ‘Cloggy’ George Formby remains youngest jockey, age 10
Ukulele legendary star George Formby became apprentice jockey at trainer Thomas Schofield’s Epsom based stables, where he raced professionally, aged 10, the youngest ever professional jockey to this day. Formby, who died in March 1961, was removed from formal education at the age of seven – and became a stable boy in Wiltshire; at Middleham, Yorkshire […]
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Aintree Grand National ‘not about Tiger Roll’
AINTREE Grand National 2019 winner Tiger Roll cannot expect any ‘favours’ in a bid to gain a third consecutive victory at the Merseyside track. “You can’t blackmail a system to get him running,” said Martin Greenwood, British racing’s top jumps handicapper. Tiger Roll’s trainer Gordon Elliott is awaiting the announcement for the weights set for […]
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