Bill Turner

As always, Ireland and France have been quicker off the mark when it comes to the Flat turf season, and Britain joins them this Saturday with the opening meeting at Doncaster, which always provides plenty of interest, not least through the Brocklesby Stakes. This year, fittingly, the first two-year-old race in Britain is run in memory of Bill Turner, whose name was a standing dish in the Brocklesby entries and who died last August at the age of 78. With six victories between 1996 and 2013, Turner holds the record...

Trainer Bill Turner has died aged 78 following a serious accident earlier this week. Turner, who was based in Sigwells, Somerset, was a former jockey and as a trainer became synonymous with the Brocklesby Stakes at Doncaster, having won the traditional first race of the Flat turf season six times. He had been in a serious condition in hospital after reportedly fracturing his skull in a fall on Monday and his daughter, Kathy, announced his death on Thursday afternoon. Speaking at Chepstow, Kathy Turner told Sky Sports Racing, "Dad passed...

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) is among those to send well-wishes to popular trainer Bill Turner, who is in hospital after reportedly suffering a serious accident at home on Monday. Turner, 78, a former jockey and as a trainer synonymous with the Brocklesby Stakes at Doncaster, having won the traditional first race of the Flat turf season six times, suffered a fractured skull in the accident, according to Sky Sports Racing and the Racing Post. Based in Sigwells, Somerset, Turner's most recent winner of the Brocklesby was Mick's Yer Man...