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stable lad

noun

  1. a person who looks after the horses in a racing stable

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Jurors heard how he had become a stable lad at 18 and was prone to "daft" moments including the time he drank a pint of Fairy Liquid to "rid himself of the excesses of the night before".

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Photograph: Julien Behal/PA As Conor Murphy, formerly a stable lad with Nicky Henderson and now a trainer in the United States, proved 12 months ago, it is perfectly possible to emerge from the four days of the with a life-changing amount of money.

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In this story the boys, and girl called Gertie, have to prove that Gertie's father is innocent of murdering Tommy the stable lad.

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But for every McCoy there are jockeys like Conor Quish, combining his stable lad's work with a few rides here and there.

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Yogesh Joshee, Chopra's agent, also faces charges, along with Mark Wilson, a former player with Manchester United, Paul Garner, a former stable lad, Kelly Inglis, who is believed to have been Heffernan's girlfriend at the time of the offences, Douglas Shelley and Pravin Shingadia.

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