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Trainer Mel Brittain dies aged 71

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  • 28-05-2015 10:00am
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    Johner
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    YORKSHIRE trainer Mel Brittain died on Thursday morning at the age of 71.

    A successful businessman who had horses in training before taking out a licence in 1985, Brittain's Northgate Lodge Stables at Warthill, between York and Malton, has since produced over 500 winners while he has also nurtured the careers of a number of jockeys who went on to make a name for themselves in the sport.

    Brittain’s best known horses were Grey Desire, who finished runner-up in the Group 1 July Cup, Dublin Lad, whose victories includes the Gosforth Park Cup, and Grey Kingdom.

    It is planned that Brittain's son Antony, who has been his assistant, will take over the training operation.

    http://www.racingpost.com/news/live.sd?event_id=8811724&category=0

    Very sad news, RIP.


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    tryfix
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    Johner wrote: »
    http://www.racingpost.com/news/live.sd?event_id=8811724&category=0

    Very sad news, RIP.
    A great trainer of sprint handicappers as far as I can remember anyway.

    His horse Dublin Lad ran up an amazing sequence of ( can't be sure as the form isn't available ) 16 2nd places in a row followed by something like 8 wins in a row. It was amazing, people kept backing him to break his seconditis streak and he kept coming second, then when he finally won he couldn't stop winning.

    My memory is hazy but he was an exceptionally consistent type.


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