'I'm not big on watching races, but I looked up, lit a cigarette and enjoyed it'
The trainer on his remarkable run in the Irish 2,000 Guineas 25 years ago
Some trainers have to wait forever and a day to unearth their horse of a lifetime, but Peter Chapple-Hyam did not have to hold out long to greet the plethora of star performers who would ignite his career.
In one of the most phenomenal beginnings to any training vocation, the then 28-year-old took over from Barry Hills at Robert Sangster's Manton estate in 1991 and sent out two Group 1 winners in his first season, Dr Devious and Rodrigo De Triano.
The former would go on to land the following season's Derby and Irish Champion Stakes, while the latter ended the campaign as European champion three-year-old colt, sparked by landing the Newmarket-Curragh Guineas double.
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