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DRIVEN FOR SUCCESS! Nick Townsend finds trainer Ruth Carr thriving at the family’s Yorkshire yard

Trainer Ruth Carr reflects on succeeding her legendary grandfather David Chapman, the famed “King of the Sprinters”, and building a thriving North Yorkshire yard on family values, patience and individuality.

As an American politician once reflected, nostalgia can be a seductive liar, but few racing aficionados of a certain age will not have marvelled at the feats of David Chapman, acknowledged as the “King of the Sprinters”.

For the benefit of Gen Zers, and maybe some of those born before them, the North Yorkshire trainer accumulated no fewer than 224 victories from these 11 horses alone: Soba 13 wins, Glencroft 17, Chaplins Club 24, No Submission 23, Tempering22, Takhlid 20, Soaked 19, Redoubtable 21, Sharp Hat 24, Paddywack 21, and Quito 20. Amongst them, Soba won the Stewards’ Cup, Quito the...

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