Subscribe Now. Subscribe now. Sport Newsletter. Sign Up. Latest 'I was shaking and crying': School girl tells of the moment she got the shirt off Ronaldo's back Stephen Kenny says Doherty 'winner' should have stood but draw shows strides Ireland have made Mighty Mourneabbey still haunted by the one that got away Israeli court orders cable car boy to be returned to Italy. Created with Sketch. In terms of glamour, this was still a long way short of his absurdly easy cruise to Derby glory on Shergar 30 years ago but he gave every indication that this delicious reward for hard graft was more satisfying.
Only 19 when Shergar gave him the first of three Derby wins, Swinburn kept his fresh-faced appearance throughout his career in the saddle, when he was known as 'The Choirboy'. Two months from his 50th birthday, he looks like a trainer, deep lines of concern under greying hair. As a trainer, you've got to take them home and pray that they pull out sound the next day.
A recent dispersal sale by his main owner means that Swinburn has 75 horses in his care, more than most but fewer than he has space for at his Hertfordshire stables. I'll go into the yard tomorrow morning and I can tell by the way my head man walks towards me whether it's good news or bad news. You learn a lot about people as well as horses. Everyone knows what the situation is with prize money in this country, so this is a timely win.
The striking visual impression he created there was cemented on his next two starts, winning the Group 3 Solario Stakes by half a length before finishing fourth in the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy. Having appeared the sort to improve again at three, Native Khan made a successful reappearance in the Group 3 Craven Stakes when beating Libranno by two lengths.
He then ran in one of the most extraordinary renewals of the Guineas, running on stoutly to claim third behind the imperious Frankel, who made just about all in the most striking performance in the history of the race.
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