Ger Lyons - a trainer going places at a rate of knots

On the eve of Royal Ascot this year Sheikh Fahad Al Thani’s Qatar Racing did something that was quite extraordinary at Goffs’ London sale.

One of the horses that came under the hammer on that Monday was the Ger Lyons-

trained Cappella Sansevero, who was then owned by a long standing patron of the stable, Sean Jones.