An unyielding tenacity is one of the qualities that has made Mark Johnston the most successful racehorse trainer in Britain. The same hard-nosed approach that makes him so famously willing to enter into an argument has taken him from an unpromising beginning, buying a run-down yard with borrowed money and exercising a handful of horses on a bombing range, to the point where his tally of winners, 4,194, is more than anyone else has managed in this country.
A decade ago, having been asked the familiar question about ideal dinner guests, the Glasgow-born Johnston named William Wallace on the grounds that “he strikes me as someone who epitomised my belief in confrontation not negotiation”.
Written by Chris Cook
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/23/mark-johnston-braveheart-winners-record-racing under the title “Reflective, convivial and combative – Mark Johnston is racing’s Braveheart | Chris Cook”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
