He grew up comfortably, the heir to a 70-acre stud farm (now 500 acres).

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Riyahi produced the stud farm's first Indian Derby winner in 1988, a filly called Cordon Bleu.

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Chris Kennard, finance director at the Shadwell stud farm, said he was "surprised and naturally disappointed".

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Every morning I visit the stud farm, take stock of the horses and then go to Serum Institute.

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He ran the team from a single-wide trailer on a single-horse stud farm.

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In recent weeks courts have ordered his racehorse stud farm and one of his private companies, Mulsanne Resources, into liquidation.

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The 1940s was an inopportune time to set up a stud farm, as importing foundation stock from the U.K. was hindered during the Second World War.

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Once an apprentice on the Bavarian Royal Private Stud Farm, he spent 12 years in the German navy, followed by a hitch with the German Ministry of Defense.

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