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Legendary trainer Sir Michael Stoute has announced he will retire later this year.
The 78-year-old has been champion trainer 10 times, and won more than 4,000 races, including the Derby at Epsom on six occasions.
He took the 1981 Derby with the brilliant Shergar, who was later kidnapped, and landed the 2013 Gold Cup at Ascot with Estimate, owned by Queen Elizabeth II.
Stoute was one of the most successful trainers of recent decades.
Starting in 1972, he won a total of 16 British Classics, plus 13 in Ireland.
He claimed some of Flat racing’s biggest prizes globally, including the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Japan Cup, Dubai World Cup and at the Breeders’ Cup meeting, along with the Champion Hurdle over jumps at Cheltenham in 1990 with Kribensis.
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