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Wednesday, 22 May, 2002, 14:52 GMT 15:52 UK
Champion trainer Hern dies
Nashwan gave Hern some of his greatest triumphs
Training legend Major Dick Hern has died, aged 81, it was revealed on Wednesday.
Hern started training in 1957 and handled some of the greatest racehorses of the modern era.
His charges included the incomparable Brigadier Gerard, who won 17 of his 18 races and beat Mill Reef in the 1971 2000 Guineas. He won 17 Classics with the likes of Dunfermline, who landed the Oaks and St Leger for The Queen in Silver Jubilee year of 1977. The Queen honoured Hern - known as "The Major" - with the CVO in 1980.
The trainer was confined to a wheelchair after breaking his neck in a hunting accident in 1984 and he underwent major heart surgery in 1988.
Yet just a year later he produced one of his greatest feats when saddling Nashwan to win the 2000 Guineas, Derby, Eclipse and King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
He retired in 1997, having been champion trainer four times. He also won the Derby three times - with Troy (1979), Henbit (1980) and Nashwan (1989) - as well as a remarkable six St Legers.
He said: "He was one of the bravest men you could ever meet and one of the greatest trainers that I have ever known. "His bravery, his strength, his charm and his good humour touched everyone he knew. "He was a great party man, he loved to sing and he had a great enthusiasm for life. "He was a great man and it is the end of an era."
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