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Mark Bradstock - a "hands-on" jumps trainer

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Completely cleared of giving his stable star King Harald a prohibited substance when the horse failed a dope test after winning at the Cheltenham Festival in 2005, Mark Bradstock is philosophical about his lot It was once said of Linford Christie that he achieved perfect balance over 100 metres on account of having an equally large chip on each shoulder.

Sean Magee (European Trainer - issue 28 - Winter 2009)

 

 

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Jonathan Sheppard - an interview with the champion trainer

Jonathan Sheppard could be on the cusp of history. The 68-year-old trainer navigated a stellar season with Augustin Stable’s Forever Together. In March, the 4-year-old filly refused to train. By November, she had won the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf and a possible Eclipse Award as the leading turf filly or mare. With her Eclipse Award, Sheppard would join fellow Hall of Famer Sidney Watters Jr. as the only men to train a champion over jumps and on the flat.
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Amanda Perrett - following in her father's footsteps

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Guy Harwood trained Dancing Brave, one of the all-time great racehorses. Ten years after the horse’s dramatic Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe victory Harwood handed over the reins of his Coombelands Stables to the eldest of his three daughters. What Amanda Perrett inherited in 1996 was not just a prestigious operation; it was one of the most innovative and best-equipped training establishments that Europe had ever seen.

Sean Magee (European Trainer - issue 24 - Winter 2008)

 

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Better Talk Now - the multi-millionaire BC winner

It's hard to imagine that Better Talk Now, Graham Motion’s remarkable, late-running nine-year-old gelding, would ever cost his trainer a good nights sleep. After all, Better Talk Now's victory in the 2004 Breeders Cup Turf gave Motion a national presence, one which has only grown as Better Talk Now continues to perform at the highest level of racing with 14 victories in 47 career starts and earnings of more than $4.2 million.

Bill Heller
 (14 October 2008 - Issue Number: 10)

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Peter Schiergen - we profile the leading German racehorse trainer

The number of champion jockeys who went on to become champion trainers afterwards can be counted on the fingers of one hand. In German racing history, only the great Hein Bollow scaled the heights in both professions, winning more than 1,000 races both as trainer and jockey. However, he will shortly be joined by Peter Schiergen, who was German champion jockey for five successive years in the 1990s, setting a European record of 273 winners in his best season of 1995, and retiring at the end of 1997 with 1451 winners to his credit.

David Conolly-Smith (European Trainer - issue 23 - Autumn 2008)

 

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