Alan King

Training Location: Wiltshire
Regular Jockey: Robert “Choc” Thornton
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Alan King Stable Tour

Racing Background

Born in 1966, Alan is a farmer’s son who has nurtured a passion for racing from an early age. As a teenager he went to work at David Nicholson’s Condicote yard, where he soon became Assistant, a position Alan would keep until the “Duke’s” retirement 15 years later.

It was then, in December 1999 that he took out his own licence at Jackdaws Castle, where he trained 31 winners in six months. These included Anzum, who won the Grade 1 Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot and Relkeel, winner of the Grade 2 Bonusprint Hurdle aat Cheltenham.

On 1 June 2000 Alan moved to Barbury Castle, which has since been improved and expanded in the quest for more winners. He have also made Barbury Castle into a home for his young family. Alan met his wife, Rachel, when they both worked for the “Duke” and we were married in Antigua in 1998. They now have a son Henry and a daughter Georgia.