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CARR DRIVEN FOR SUCCESS

Nick Townsend finds trainer Ruth thriving at the family’s Yorkshire yard

Ruth Carr last year enjoyed her best training season so far

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,...

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