Robert Alner
Encyclopedia
Robert Alner is a British racehorse
trainer
specializing in National Hunt racing. He is based at stables at Droop, near Sturminster Newton
in Dorset
, England
. He trained the winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup
with Cool Dawn
in 1998.
In November 2007 he was seriously injured in a car accident and underwent surgery after breaking a bone in his neck.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7088015.stm
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
specializing in National Hunt racing. He is based at stables at Droop, near Sturminster Newton
Sturminster Newton
Sturminster Newton, known to locals as Stur, is a town in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. It is situated on a low limestone ridge in a meander of the River Stour. The town is at the centre of a large dairy agriculture region, around which the town's economy is built...
in Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. He trained the winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup
Cheltenham Gold Cup
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in the United Kingdom which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 3 miles and 2½ furlongs , and during its running there are twenty-two fences to be jumped...
with Cool Dawn
Cool Dawn
Cool Dawn was a National Hunt chaser of the 1990s who went from winning minor Point-to-Point races to winning the 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup, the Blue Riband of National Hunt Racing.-1992/93 season:...
in 1998.
In November 2007 he was seriously injured in a car accident and underwent surgery after breaking a bone in his neck.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7088015.stm