Tom Dascombe and Michael Owen | Emma Berry
Coach Tom Dascombe said he was still looking for a new field to train after it was announced on December 16 that he and Michael Owen had split. Dascombe trained from Owen’s Manor House Stables for 12 years, his black category winner being headed by G1 winner Irish St Leger and famed stayer Brown Panther (Ire) (Shirocco {Ger}).
“I was still here training at Manor House Stables and was looking for somewhere to live,” Dascombe said. “There have been a few tries, but I still have not secured the pitch and when I get there I will let everyone know. In the meantime, I’m going to live here and keep doing my job to the best of my ability and I’m just getting on with it. ”
Dascombe said that while the initial news of the split was a “shock” for him, he left Manor House Stables without any enmity.
“I leave here and whatever Manor House Stables decides is entirely up to them, and I wish them all the best,” he said. “No malice, no hostility. It was very simple – I was going and I had to find somewhere to go. I will focus on myself. I don’t have anything set up, that’s why at first I thought it was a bit of a shock for me and I’ll have time to plan. But I will be perfectly fine. I just had to sort things out, take care of my staff, and make sure everything was okay. My last day here is March 14th. But it will be fine.
“Now is the time to be very active, positive and moving forward. I just had to figure out how to move forward – and I will. ”
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