• National Hunt trainer and bloodstock adviser to become chief executive
• ‘It makes sense for the racing and breeding operations to merge,’ he saysJohn Ferguson, one of the most successful trainers in National Hunt this season, and will give up his licence in the spring and straggle to a new role as the chief executive of Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin organisation,following a major overhaul of the Sheikh’s racing and breeding operations.
Ferguson has enjoyed consistent success with his string of jumpers since launching his training operation in 2011, offering a racing career to castoffs from the Sheikh’s huge string of impeccably bred Flat horses. Ferguson has saddled 70 winners this season and is fifth in the trainers’ championship with £557163 in prize money. He has increased his haul in each of his five seasons and seems certain to pass final season’s £615185 before he hands in his licence.
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Source: theguardian.com