Ben Pauling

The Retraining of Racehorses Racing to Cricket tournament is set for Sunday, Sept. 3 at the Wormsley Cricket Ground on the Getty Estate, near High Wycombe. Teams from the yards of Nicky Henderson, Richard Hannon, Ben Pauling, Jack Channon, as well as the combined Newmarket trainers' team of George Boughey, James Ferguson and Charlie Fellowes will compete to win the RoR Racing to Cricket trophy. A champagne reception, as well as a buffet lunch and traditional cricket tea in the private marquee, will be offered but tickets for the event...

When Ben Pauling agreed last summer to train a couple of Flat horses for Andrew and Jane Megson who already had their string of jumpers with the Cotswolds-based 39-year-old, he had no idea what was coming. Pauling says, "Harry Dunlop had told them that he wasn't going to be training next season. The conversation went along the lines of, 'We've got a nice, big, backward 2-year-old colt who needs gelding and then he should be lovely for next year. And we've got a little filly who has run well to...