Brilliant insight into the ‘bombastic’ genius of racing

Mark Johnston is, as his biography title suggests unequivocally, a Phenomenon.
A vet from a working class Scottish background who has become, statistically, the most successful trainer in the history of British horse racing.
For the past 27 consecutive seasons, Johnston has sent out a century of winners – and nine of them double centuries – from his HQ at Middleham in North Yorkshire. But more than bare numbers tell the story of Johnson’s amazing rise.
To some he is an irritant, a bristling malco...