Dunlop on the move as village yards threaten to become extinct
James Burn on the Group 1-winning trainer's stable switch
From the middle of September, Harry Dunlop will end his 12-year stint at Windsor House in the heart of Lambourn, which - as things stand - would mean Nicky Henderson's first training home will be empty.
Dunlop, a Group 1 winner when Robin Of Navan landed the Criterium de Saint-Cloud in 2015, is set to head to Frenchman's Lodge, from where Duncan Sasse sent out Roland Gardens to win the 2,000 Guineas in 1978.
More recently, it has been occupied by the now-retired Brendan Powell and replacing him is a task Dunlop is relishing, not least because of his horses's current commute to work, with the journey from Crowle Road to the gallops in Upper Lambourn taking at least a 20-minute trot there and back - a trip that can peeve one or two less patient road users.
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