Alan King

Who is Alan King?

Alan King is a British racehorse trainer specialising mainly in National Hunt racing. He is based at Barbury Castle stables near Wroughton, Wiltshire.

He worked as assistant trainer to David Nicholson until Nicholson's retirement and then took out a licence to train himself, first at Jackdaw's Castle stables, before moving to Barbury Castle in June 2000.

His biggest wins at the Cheltenham Festival have come with My Way de Solzen in the 2006 World Hurdle, Voy Por Ustedes in the 2007 Queen Mother Champion Chase, Katchit in the 2008 Champion Hurdle, and Oh Crick in the 2009 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase. Despite a terrible year with injuries, the yard also had a 1-2 in the 2013 Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle with Medinas and Meister Eckhart.

His principal stable jockey is Robert Thornton.