{"id":22778,"date":"2025-07-25T12:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/22778\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:55:10","slug":"i-never-thought-i-was-going-to-become-a-trainer-even-six-months-before-i-got-the-job-id-have-said-it-was-ludicrous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/22778\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I never thought I was going to become a trainer – even six months before I got the job I’d have said it was ludicrous’"},"content":{"rendered":"

This rare interview with Charlie Appleby marks the launch of the Racing Post Summer Spectacular<\/a> \u2013 where great content meets great racing for a month of massive summer highlights.<\/p>\n

We have many more fantastic features lined up, including our most ambitious ever racing travel series in Globe Trotters and the continuation of The Story of Horseracing in 20 Races, while Tom Segal leads our tipping team as he heads into Goodwood and York on the back of a sensational Royal Ascot that brought winners at 22-1, 10-1, 10-1, 7-1 and 7-1.<\/p>\n

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Published on 25 July 2025inInterviews<\/a><\/p>\n

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