Training legend Dick Hern dies

Training legend Dick Hern has died, aged 84, it was revealed today.

Training legend Dick Hern dies
Wed, 22 May, 2002 - 16:18

Training legend Dick Hern has died, aged 84, it was revealed today.

Hern started training in 1957 and handled some of the greatest racehorses of the modern era, including the incomparable Brigadier Gerard, who beat Mill Reef in the 1971 2000 Guineas.

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