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Strawberry Fields
forever
James Thomas talks to Gary Robinson, breeder of the Derby winner Desert Crown
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I try to pretend that I don’t know what I’m on about most of the time!” says Gary Robinson as he discusses his breeding operation at Strawberry Fields Stud. That pretence has presumably become a lot harder to maintain since the farm, which is situated in the village of Teversham on the edge of Cambridge, produced this year’s impressive Derby winner Desert Crown. Robinson jokes: “I’m not sure where I will go with my breeding now, I might pack it in, I don’t think there are any races bigger than the Derby left to win!”
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