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08 Mar 17
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David Nicholls @dnichollsracing 1h1 hour ago
Sovereign Debt was our last runner from Tall Trees, as due to financial problems we have had to cease training.
Sovereign Debt was our last runner from Tall Trees, as due to financial problems we have had to cease training.
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is it that case against him that's caused this
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HITs
2011 = 120 in training 2017 = 23 listed |
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Gone t.i.t.s up
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racing's finest cueball noggin out to grass at 60
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Will be remembered for landing a touch or two
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He will be sadly missed, a great man with young fillies. There was no one better to get one ready.
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Very sad too hear that,met him in Thirsk last year,he was a top man with sprinters, hope he has a great retirement.
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Won me plenty at glorious Goodwood will be missed.
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what of his son now
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whos been a naughty boy
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isleham,his son quit riding a while back. He works at Northern Racing College and has a livery yard with his missus.
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Sad to hear that....I am guessing the guy has a serious drink problem,every time i seen him being interviewed he always looked half cut.
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Dandy Nicholls the ' Sprint King'
Sad to see such a decline. Always remember him winning on Soba in the 1982 Stewards Cup. Listened to the race in a telephone box whilst on holiday in Skegness ! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M6hb3LMPhkM As a trainer could always be relied upon to produce some good priced winners in top Handicaps. Goodwood was often a prosperous hunting ground. |
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only met him once, in hk one international week, we happened to be in the same club, i was ordering at the bar he came stood alongside and wanted to have a fight, ****wit imo as a person, clearly could train, and train really well, i believe heavily influence, and why not, by the late David Chapman for whom he obviously rode plenty
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it all gone tits up for him
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Nicholls calls time on training career
By Andrew Dietz 9:17PM 8 MAR 2017 DAVID NICHOLLS, dubbed the 'Sprint king' after winning nearly every major Group 1 sprint, has announced he is to quit training with immediate effect. Nicholls, who partnered more than 400 winners as a jockey, took up training in 1992 and won the July Cup, Nunthorpe and Prix de l'Abbaye. Continent and Regal Parade struck twice at Group 1 level for the trainer, while the likes of Bahamian Pirate, Moss Vale and Tax Free helped him dominate the sprinting scene for years. Nicholls, who endured a lean spell in recent seasons, faces a trial in the summer on two charges of sexual assault relating to incidents at his Tall Trees yard in Sessay, near Thirsk in North Yorkshire. His final runner was a winner as stable star Sovereign Debt landed a valuable race in Doha last month. Nicholls, 60, tweeted on Wednesday night: "Sovereign Debt was our last runner from Tall Trees as due to financial problems we have had to cease training. "It was nice to go out on a high during what has been a difficult time and I'd like to thank all our owners that have supported us." Former champion jockey Silvestre de Sousa tweeted: "So sad to hear that Dandy Nicholls has had to give up training. #toptrainer #sprintking." |
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Remember him when he started with Bastiman,all the lads (4 or 5 of them) used to come in the local pub most nights and with my interest in racing I use to have a chat with them,he was the one with a bit of a chip on the shoulder etc,probably helped him succeed no doubt.Bastiman used to send plenty of his fancied ones to Yarmouth and remember him beating Lester in a photo finish there as a young apprentice,think it was called Ruddy Drake (maybe 33/1?)and owned by Reg Spencer of Night Nurse fame.
A good friend of mine had a few with him including organising the syndicate who had Flak Jacket which they had a lot of fun with but my pal always maintained that despite appearing to be a shrewdie in his opinion he was far from it. |
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was a really good target trainer in his pomp but the recent bad publicity must have hurt the business as well as the rise of competing stables, particularly o'meara - never rated trotter as a jockey so won't miss him but didn't know he'd already retired
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He must have been backing one of his owners, Henry Rix's, tips.
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nice one ribero. for sure nicholls always chip on his shoulder.
robin bastiman v underestimated trainer imo and onlooker v droll. |
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in fact henry R was with nicholls the night the drunken pr!ck accosted me at the bar. rix and ashley carr. i have a feeling they owned the horse, or at least ashley did, which nicholls trained.
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Rebecca beat Robins best season [numerically) in her very first season - one to follow ...
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Chaplins Club and Glencroft running and winning time after time , in a different racing world are great memories.
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Looks like nobody involved in the Father Hayes coup came out of it on the right side in the end.
Twenty-five years ago this June.  |
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wasnt it gift horse or something that landed punts for henry rix and co,that dandy trained,did it win the stewards ?
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blimey - screaming from beneaththewaves
Normally when you look back on events - you fall short by a few years - or a good few years, the older you get ... But in this instance, I would have guessed at thirty years, or so. Poor Will Pearce - only a few days afterwards - and still something of a mystery - to all except insiders, perhaps. Maybe he didn't get as much as he needed out of it. |
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Yes, Gift Horse winning the Stewards Cup was one of Fallon's finer moments
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Very bad judge.
My boss had 5-6 horses with them his info was expensive to follow. |
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"....clearly could train, and train really well, i believe heavily influence, and why not, by the late David Chapman for whom he obviously rode plenty"
Agree, almost certainly Chapman was a big influence on him, Chapman's record of success with his sprinters was amazing, and Nicholls obviously learnt a lot from him. Always remember SOBA especially, and CHAPLINS CLUB. |
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Took one of the best ever sprint fillies to beat her. Habibti.
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I have seen him in the owners bar at Southwell a few times, they stocked a white wine for him which they would not serve to anyone else. He drank it like beer too.
Difficult times for a lot of yards now due to the appalling level of prize money, there must be a lot like him tottering on the brick. Wish him well in his retirement. |
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I'll always remember him for giving a charity bet on one his fancied runners - only to see it run like a joke..as another he trained(25/1 "outsider") romped the race! Crooked to the core. And its good riddance to his Mickey Mouse operation.
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I remember a big gamble I think goodwood or Epsom n connerton up backed from 20/1 to around 2/1 almighty gamble pulled off
Things change one of the old breed of trainers i didn't back his or avoided races he was involved in so was never disappointed and saved a fortune doing so |
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Also nice to see the casual humour thrown about regarding his sexual abuse of vulnerable young stable girls.
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Always*
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from what i'm told there is no truth in it
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It's peoples attitude towards the alleged assaults which I find sickening Dealer.
We'll let the courts decide but this isn't something unheard of in racing just the majority never go forward as they fear for their future in racing. |
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unfortunately it would appear to happen in lots of sports and those responsible should never get away with it.
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Agreed.
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