Karl Burke: riding work at 16 to becoming a top-level trainer | Luck On Sunday

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"More roller than coaster!"

Karl Burke is the son of a publican and a nurse and grew up in a pub before starting out in racing as a 16-year-old riding work before a career as a jockey and then transitioning to the training ranks via running a livery yard and other insecure financial means in what was sometimes a 'hand to mouth' existence with his wife Elaine, who has also held the licence at Spigot Lodge in Middleham in a family operation in which daughters Kelly and Lucky are integral.

Burke is at the top of his game and has won Classics and Group Ones and enjoys the patronage of huge owners and big rising forces in global Flat racing now - including Sheikh Mohammed Obaid, Amo Racing and Wathnan Racing - but a winning bet on one of his Ayr Gold Cup winners was instrumental in helping him to survive in the training ranks several years ago while more recently Burke was diagnosed with bowel cancer, which has since been successfully treated.

Get the inside story on a fascinating rise to the top - and a story of triumph and determination in the face of adversity - and what might lie ahead for Burke and his team with a slew of exciting types for a host of top races, most immediately at Royal Ascot 2025.

0:00 How it all started
4:23 Becoming a jump jockey
5:56 Meeting Elaine and going to Alan Jarvis
7:06 From riding to training
9:56 'The changing point'
13:52 Winning Ayr Gold Cup bet - "we wouldn't have survived'
17:09 Banned for a year
20:13 Importance of Libertarian and training in Yorkshire
22:12 Cancer diagnosis
25:50 Big family operation
27:55 How he has got to the top tier



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