Val Donoghue takes over at Belstane Stables

IN seemingly just one swish of a horse's tail, there are yet more big management changes at Carluke's Belstane Racing Stables.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Sep 2010, 16:39 BST
Updated 15th Sep 2010, 13:25 BST

For, just a few weeks after the shock resignation of Ian Semple's replacement Noel Wilson, Irishman Val Donoghue has been appointed as caretaker head trainer...but only until Wilson's former assistant Keith Dalgleish gets his trainer's licence and takes over on a permanent basis from February 2011.

"The facilities here couldn't be better and I'm getting on very well with everybody," said Val (39), who has worked for top trainers Jenny Pitman and Oliver Brady and since 2005 trained 42 winners from his Irish stables.

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"Belstane Stables is a great place to train and we have five or six horses that are capable of winning races.

"I will plug away and try to get winners. The more the merrier.

"I'll be very busy over the next few weeks trying to find owners wanting horses trained here.

"It is a great opportunity for me."

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