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Article: Racing: Alan the first King of Barbury Castle ; Racing Editor Bob Downing meets a trainer who succeeded the legendaryDavid Nicholson and who has now moved to new stables determined to make it inhis own right
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- Evening Mail
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- September 9, 2000
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THE King might have moved castle - but when he paraded his troops
this week, they look the sort who can win him their fair share of
campaigns.
Alan King, for 15 years the right hand man of David Nicholson and
the man The Duke wanted to succeed him at Jackdaws Castle, has moved
to Barbury Castle in Wroughton, Wiltshire.
But this is no new trainer hoping to make his mark. When he took
over from Nicholson on December 3 last year, King sent out 33
winners - including Relkeel to win his third Bula Hurdle.
It is that kind of return that King knows will bring its own
pressure, but he said: 'I want to do well for all the owners who
have been very loyal to me and I am excited by Barbury Castle, its ...