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
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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Published on 21 January 2023inThe Big Read
Last updated 12:25, 21 January 2023
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