Trainer Richard Fahey saddled his 3,000th winner when Hong Kong Harry (Ire) (Es Que Love {Ire}) saluted at Ayr on Tuesday evening. Fahey has trained over 150 winners a year for the past six seasons, with his best annual number equaling the then-record of 235 wins. The record has since been broken by Mark Johnston. Among the top horses to thrive at Musley Bank in North Yorkshire were outstanding miler Ribchester (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), Wootton Bassett (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}), Mayson (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), and Gabrial (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}).
“I would never have dreamed of reaching 3,000 winners when I started out, to have had 30 would have been enough back then,” the Irishman, who rode over 1000 winners as a jockey before switching to training, told Great British Racing.
“However, I'm obviously delighted to have reached such a fantastic milestone now and the credit must go to all my team as I wouldn't have been able to do it without them.
“If I had to pick one highlight, it would have to be Ribchester breaking the track record in the G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot, it doesn't get much better than that.”
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