what's happened to Dandy Nicholls ?!

Bad horses?

people not going to be in a hurry to send him horses with his off the race track problems,sov debt,kimberella,that other good sprinter who,s names gone shows he can still do it

Orions Bow

thats the fella

Orions Bow was with Gosden originally,

got to as low as 69 in the ratings before his 5 timer,

ended up 103 when 2nd at Goodwood which is probably the horses initial ability !

Nicholls has always been an excellent trainer of sprinters, just a surprise how the numbers have dwindled the last few seasons

Like that Mark Tompkins innit, Bob's Return, Franklin Gardens and all them good hurdlers, nothing lasts forever....

could you do a top ten trainers wot could train winners in the past please

telling gabriel to sling his hook obviously not a wise career move,but their play to him for sticking to his guns

gabriel?

koo cash

... hes no angel.

Top 10 trainers that could train the past

Mark Tompkins
Keith Reveley
Richard Phillips
Jeremy Noseda
Phil Kirby
Paul Webber
David Wachman
Colm Murphy
Paul Cole
David Lanigan

I'm sure you will all agree, any number of shocking omissions

Alan Swinbank

Peter Chappel-Hyam

mccain a contentious omission surely

Memories of Grand Lodge

William Jarvis!

marcus tregoning

Thought he was back in form, chav

could say the same about phillips

That Mr Frankie, he did a 'Barney' with that won!

not sure Lanigan ever could?

1.01 landed

or webber.as for kirby,his owners must have bottomless pockets the amount of gambles that have failed

Paul Cole has to be the nap selection,

who was that trainer wot used to train for Willeys innit

howard jonnson? retired

I think his last couple of seasons qualified him for the list !

George B just tex me and sayed he had James Given in his original list

my ex boss has half a dozen with kirby and a top narthern trainer at the top of the bank managed to get him to part with 100grand plus for a derby entry,which after a series of duck eggs will probably end up in kirbys hands

Given did cross my mind tbh, Wunders Dream and that stayer McKeown won the Ebor on

cry tears thingy wot won the cambs too

Kirby seemed a trainer going places when he was training winners from Reveley's gallops, but it seems to have gone downhill a bit since

foxy your ex boss must have more money than sense,but that must be apparent anyway if he employed you

if I ever had a horse, I'd send it to David Elsworth,

but he must be about a 100 years old now

just had a tweet from given for the forum

i,m back,

If they ever bring back All Creatures Great and Small I reckon Given would make a great James Herriot, and at least he's qualified for the role!

him and MJ are the only 2 but whereas MJ trains winners for fun, JG trains them for rainy days

just noticed this,

chavman 18 Oct 16 14:35 
foxy your ex boss must have more money than sense,but that must be apparent anyway if he employed you

I am not 1st time poster imo

A winner for Dandy coming up very shortly.

Paul Webber was never much.

Paul Cole must be one of the worst trainers around, now and has been for at least a decade. terrible operation.

I'm sure there was a time when you could back Webber's runners in bumpers blind!

Manatee Bay quite likes coming 2nd or 3rd imo

The English not giving a fck about bumpers can be the only possible reason for that!

i stand corrected foxy,you come across as totally employable.1st time poster however,not so much so.

A bit unfair on Paul Cole considering he's 75 years old now.

Kevin Prendergast is 80-odd and he trained a Guineas winner this year!

from the forum feedback i gather hes supposed to be a bit arrogant

*paul cole

Does his son Ollie do the 'training' now?

You have to wonder how much involvement these trainers have when they are that old.

Martin Pipe was already old when he started training,

must be about 200 by now

could you do a top 10 golden oldie trainer list please

that fella who used to run a few round fakenham, he must have been about 99 years old

wonder how many trainers there are with a licence who are yet to train a winner

Golden oldie trainer list would have infinite numbers imo

I was thinking of Alan Blackmore, late-80s and still going strong!

Never been the same since Warren Mitchell died!

The Top 10 Golden Oldie Trainers!

Alan Blackmore
Milton Bradley
Kevin Prendergast
Paul Cole
Spittin' Mick
John Spearing
Ron Hodges
Sirrell Griffiths
Eric Alston
Alan Bailey

I'm sure you will agree, a thoroughly well researched, flawless top 10, with no shocking emissions!

Snowy is a shokking omission,

and Reg has been going since the first world war

and of course Reg Akehurst

Ah, hang on, I concentrated on the ones still currently training

you can't be a golden oldie if you're still alive, FACT.

I'm ain't doing a top 10 'brown bread' trainers list!

Vinny O'Brien is a shokking omission from that brown bread threat,

not many people know that he is Aidan's grandpa.

foxy

I would think most people into racing knows this

I did a forum survey on this and only 23% were aware of this fact facts.

duke de alberque george

Alan Blackmore
Milton Bradley
Kevin Prendergast
Paul Cole
Spittin' Mick
John Spearing
Ron Hodges
Sirrell Griffiths
Eric Alston
Alan Bailey

he just had a winner,

I thimk I have unearthed a new systern

spittin mick still firing in the winners