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Some you've got to push on a bit. We've got to teach him he's a racehorse, not a fool. But you can't do that with fillies . . . you wouldn't have a horse left.' Experience is important in preparing racehorses. But, in getting a training yard off the ground, energy and moving with the times are equally important. And [Tom Dascombe], the first occupant of a purpose-built yard off Lambourn's Folly Road, is very much the modern trainer.
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Slowly but Surely
You don't have to be a brilliant rider to make it as a trainer. As jump jockeys, Paul Nicholls and Philip Hobbs never rose above the middle ranks. Both have since proved to be exceptional at training jumpers. In ten years as a jump jockey Tom Dascombe rode only 96...
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