racehorse trainers

At the start of each season the late Sir Henry Cecil would buy a large notebook and divide its final pages into squares, "like a crossword puzzle," to be filled in, one by one, when he trained a winner. Group wins were inked-in in colour. Each victory would send him to the trainers' championship table in the Racing Post, to see whether he had moved up, or further "in front of Michael Stoute, or any nearer to John Gosden." With Sir Michael Stoute's last turf runner, at Nottingham last week,...

Trainers in Britain can now apply to train in partnership, according to a regulatory update released by the British Horseracing Authority. A statement issued on Thursday read, "Two separate individuals can now apply for a training partnership licence. If approved, this will result in a new training entity being created and a joint licence to train being granted. "Both individuals comprising a training partnership are required to meet all the existing pre-requisite criteria covering competency and capability. In addition, both applicants must complete all the related modular training courses in...