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    A terrific advert for Thomas’s training skills

    Jan 19, 2023 4 minutes

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    14-15 January

    jennifer.donald@futurenet.com

    @ jen_donald

    Warwick Racecourse

    THIS has been a difficult season for Cardiff-based trainer Sam Thomas, a great start and then one of those things you just do not see coming when you wake up in the morning: being one of five people involved in a serious helicopter crash after a day’s shooting in North Wales.

    His boss, Dai Walters, suffered serious injuries on that dark night in November and his recovery remains ongoing. Thomas, who memorably rode Denman to success in the Gold Cup, pretty much walked away and will have suffered longer-lasting physical trauma when he was a

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