“It’s right up there”. The winning trainer in the Sky Bet Ebor is responding to a question of where this moment sits in his training career.
And this is Alan King talking. A man who has a Champion Hurdle, a Champion Chase, an Arkle, a Stayers’ Hurdle and the Ryanair Chase on his CV.
In recent years the Barbury Castle team's attention has swung more towards the Flat, Trueshan’s two Prix du Cadrans and one Goodwood Cup success were all magical days.
But now he’s puffing out his cheeks, soaking in Daiquiri Bay’s thrilling York success. Thrilling and brave. Because inside the final furlong he answered each and every one of Rossa Ryan’s calls to fend off the Wathnan Racing pair of Hopewell Rock and Opportunity.
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