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The turf

The man who takes the stress out of training horses

If anything ruffles Clive Cox, it doesn’t show

25 July 2015

9:00 AM

25 July 2015

9:00 AM

For all their formidable physical presence, racehorses spook easily. A sudden gust of wind flapping a plastic sack, a page from yesterday’s Racing Post blowing across the stable yard can provoke a fit of the twitches: eyes rolling, nostrils flaring and back legs snapping out a lethal kick. Trainers need a capacity for quiet reassurance and you don’t need long at Clive Cox’s Beechdown Farm in Lambourn to be struck by its overriding calm.

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