Fight club takes a back seat as hard graft pays off for Cox

Adam Kirby gives superstar sprinter Harry Angel a pat following their easy victory in the Duke of York StakesCredit: Mark Cranham (racingpost.com/photos)

Racehorse trainers are an eclectic bunch. Some have certain privileges, such as Auntie Gertie owning Fortnum & Mason, but Clive Cox, flying high at York with Harry Angel, is strictly a DIY man.

An ordinary jump jockey – why do they make such good Flat trainers? – who rode around 100 winners, he is Mr Steady Away but has always kept in the ascendant.

Thrust into his licence in 1999 by the death of his boss Mikey Heaton-Ellis, Cox moved to John Francome’s Beechdown yard the following year and that told a tale straight away.

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Published on 16 May 2018inReports

Last updated 15:51, 18 May 2018

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