InterviewNoel Fehily
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Noel Fehily: 'I loved the pressure of a big day - that's what got me going'
Lewis Porteous talks to the former top rider enjoying a fantastic new venture
Noel Fehily at his home near Trowbridge in WiltshireCredit: Edward Whitaker
Driving through the gate at Hagg Hill Farm, ten miles south east of Bath but just beyond the Somerset border in Wiltshire, you would make it long odds-on that the imposing stone house at the end of the driveway belongs to a racehorse trainer.
With 70 acres of land, lush green paddocks, airy barns and its own gallop, there would certainly be worse places to train a thoroughbred.
There are 65 equine residents too, but despite the misleading messages which surround him, Noel Fehily is adamant training racehorses is not for him.
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