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SUCCESSION IS NEW SUCCESS: Nick Townsend finds Mark Johnston’s dynasty safe in Charlie’s hands

Succession can be a daunting process for the new prince in receipt of the crown. In the training ranks, too, a new name on the licence, even if the branding remains, can have some powerful patrons questioning their continued support.

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And, in truth, there can few more exacting examinations than the challenge which has faced Charlie Johnston, a young man entrusted with Kingsley Park Farm in Middleham -the creation of his father Mark whose tally of over 5,000 winners has never been bettered, and quite possibly never will be, a man who boasts 196 Group victories, 26 of them Grou...

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