"If you saw them at the races they were big, strong and fresh and looked a million dollars. TEMPLEGATE'S TIPS My 7-2 NAP is open to stacks of improvement for top yard at Cheltenham I was always taken aback by how well they were in their skins. He said: "David was a great feeder of a horse. Top jockey Paul Mulrennan told the Racing Post how he fondly remembered one of Brown's more old-fashioned techniques to get horses to win. Owned by racing behemoth Sheikh Fahad and Qatar Racing, he stormed to victory in that year's Windsor Castle Stakes under jockey Johnny Murtagh. He and his wife enjoyed the fruits of his labour, buying a yacht and a place in Spain but he said all that 'wasn't enough really' and it was then he turned to his passion - horses.īrown set up his yard and would go onto become a Royal Ascot-winning trainer in 2011 thanks to Frederick Engels. "After retiring from training due to ill health earlier this year, he passed away peacefully at home with his wife Sandra and family members by his side."īrown made his fortune after selling an engineering business he and a friend set up from scratch. The message read: "It is with the greatest sadness we report the passing of trainer David Brown. 1 Racing is remembering trainer Brown after his sad death aged 79 Credit: Getty
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