'I had to try something different' - meet the young trainer entrusted with spearheading Amo's big-money revolution
Kevin Philippart de Foy tells Lewis Porteous about his recent move to Freemason Lodge and his big ambitions as a trainer
It is early days in Kevin Philippart de Foy's tenure as Amo Racing's retained trainer at Freemason Lodge but his vision for the future could hardly be more clear.
If Amo supremo Kia Joorabchian was looking for a straight talker with big ambitions to take his training operation in Newmarket on to the next frontier, then he appears to have signed exactly the right man.
He may be only 34 years old, but Philippart de Foy set his sights on succeeding as a trainer when he was still in short trousers. A young man who knows what he is out to achieve, his grand plans appear to dovetail neatly with his new boss's insatiable appetite to compete with the biggest players in world racing.
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