Angus Gold Joins TDN Conversations with Emma Berry

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Angus Gold is the man in the hotseat for the latest edition of TDN Conversations as he joins Emma Berry in Newmarket to chat about some of his most memorable times in the business and a busy year ahead.

From Nashwan to Nayef, Battaash to Baaeed, Gold has had the inside track on some of the great names of the turf during his time as racing manager for Shadwell and this year he embarks on his 40th year in that role

“I was very wet behind the ears,” he says of his early years working for the late Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum.

“There were some incredible people. For me to be able to work with and learn off Dick Hern – as unbelievable a trainer as I ever came across – and Tom Jones, Barry Hills, John Dunlop, Michael Jarvis and on later to Michael Stoute and now John Gosden and William Haggas, it's been an incredible experience for me because every trainer has different methods.

“It may only be little things that are different, but you never stop learning. And for me to go and have mornings with them on the gallops and hear why they're doing something, and to share little tidbits with them, it's been a huge privilege for me to have worked with them.

“And obviously, there's been some really good horses – Nashwan, Unfuwain, Dayjur, Salsabil – we were very lucky in those early days.

“If I could start every day on the gallops – 5.30 on a summer morning, there's nothing like that.”

Please click below to listen to the full podcast, which is kindly sponsored by Saracen Horse Feeds.

 

 

 

 

 

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