ON accepting the Cartier Horse of the Year Award for Kingman, Douglas Erskine-Crum, Chief Executive of Juddmonte, made a few remarks on the longevity of employment within the organisation.

“John Gosden has been training for the Prince for 31 years and trained Kingman’s dam Zenda. She retired to the Prince’s Kentucky Stud stud run by Garrett O’Rourke, with Juddmonte for 22 years and presided over by John Chandler who has been there since the year dot.