'Ile De Bourbon paid for my education'

Eve Johnson Houghton started training in 2007 and has surpassed her best tally of winners this year with 36 already on the board. She took over the licence at Woodway ­Stables in Blewbury on the ­retirement of her father, Fulke. He had been at the helm for more than 40 years and the yard ­produced a string of top-class horses in the 1960s and 1970s, ­including ­Ribocco, ­Ribero, ­Habitat, Double Form, Ile De Bourbon and Rose Bowl

Ile De Bourbon
Nijinsky-Roseliere
Trainer Fulke Johnson Houghton
Biggest win 1978 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes

He was the first horse I can recall winning a race. I remember being at Ascot when he won the King George but I don’t actually remember the horse himself that well as I was very young and not long in school. He was quite important because he paid for my education. Some would say it was wasted money but hopefully not that wasted. He was huge for my dad.