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Article: 'It's not just important for them to learn jumping, it also gives them another form of exercise. We say that the most important school is the first one after they have run' Brough Scott joins trainer Alan King to savour the unique flavour of a morning on the Barbury Castle gallops, where dreams and reality meet head-on.(Sports)
- Article from:
- The Racing Post (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 13, 2009
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Byline: Brough Scott
Fare just phantom figures in the fog, but what takes place at Alan King's Barbury Castle stables every Monday and Thursday is one of the most important and enjoyable realities of the jump racing game. Schooling is the training regime's most crucial phase and how Alan operates links back to the very heartland of the sport.
For whatever happens to the principal King hopes, Tarotino and Medermit, in the Paddy Power and the Greatwood this weekend, any Cheltenham racegoer who watches the runners down the back straight is looking at where ...