If you get a manager who comes into the dressing-room who is in any way weak, or who wasn't the best trainer or the most dedicated, the current players will see that as an excuse to not be the best trainers or most dedicated themselves.

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It's this passion for taming which makes Le Portier arguably the best animal trainer in the world.

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"It did not matter if it was wet or dry, the best horse won, " rival trainer D.

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In addition, Edwards left after leading the British team to three medals in Beijing, the best performance for 56 years, before his successor, veteran trainer Hickey, quit the role last September.

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Cecil has indicated he would love to see the two best horses in the world face each other, although Black Caviar's trainer, Peter Moody, remains cautious about exposing his mare over Frankel's preferred distance of a mile on the undulating Goodwood track.

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