Anthony Penfold

Anthony Penfold, the longtime racing and bloodstock manager for Prince Fahd Salman who also operated his own Bugley Stud and worked as a independent bloodstock agent, has died age 74. Penfold's early ventures in the bloodstock industry included forming Goodwood Bloodstock Agency with former jump jockey John Woodman in 1972. Penfold began working for Prince Fahd in 1983 and was retained on a full-time basis in 1985, a role that he held until after Prince Fahd died in 2001. Prince Fahd was a son-in-law of Prince Khalid Abdullah of Juddmonte...

Sods I have cut on the Turf By Jack Leach Not only does this slim volume win the prize for the best title but it is also streets clear in the category for the best racing book ever written by a jockey or a trainer (Jack Leach was both) not to have been ghosted. In his foreword, Sir Gordon Richards describes Leach as "always the stylist, on or off a horse." That style is evident throughout the book. I recommend that you beg, borrow, buy or steal a copy. Leach...