Alan King

TRAINER

Born in 1966, Alan is a farmer’s son who has nurtured a passion for racing from an early age. As a teenager he went to work at David Nicholson’s Condicote yard, where he soon became Assistant, a position Alan would keep until the “Duke’s” retirement 15 years later.

I was then, in December 1999 that he took out his own licence at Jackdaws Castle, where he trained 31 winners in six months. These included Anzum, who won the Grade 1 Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot and Relkeel, winner of the Grade 2 Bonusprint Hurdle aat Cheltenham.

On 1 June 2000 Alan moved to Barbury Castle, which has since been improved and expanded in the quest for more winners. He have also made Barbury Castle into a home for his young family. Alan met his wife, Rachel, when they both worked for the “Duke” and we were married in Antigua in 1998. They now have a son Henry and a daughter Georgia.