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The turf

Ralph Beckett's winning way with the fillies

'They appreciate not jostling with the big stallions'

12 July 2014

9:00 AM

12 July 2014

9:00 AM

Fretful horses who waste their energies — and often their racing potential — ceaselessly pacing their stable dormitories are known as ‘box walkers’. Some trainers merit a similar description, dragging nervously on one racecourse cigarette too many. It isn’t sharing the washing-up but their teeth that have left their nails worn down to the quick.

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