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Derby maestro Stoute’s talent has stood the test of time: Holding

Michael Stoute (2L) has the patient training approach of a Test rather than T20 player, says Michael Holding

PARIS – Cricket-loving Michael Stoute, who could train his sixth Epsom Derby winner with Desert Crown on Saturday, is a “Test match rather than a T20 player” in that he likes to be patient with his horses, his close friend Michael Holding told AFP.

At 76 years of age Stoute is not about to alter a formula that has worked so well for him even if owners like most of us want “instant gratification”, added the West Indies cricket icon.

Barbados-born Stoute would be a most apposite winner of this year’s race with it named in honour of nine-time winning jockey Lester Piggott, who died on Sunday, and on noted turfiste Queen…

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