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ALISTAIR KING

THE founder of Cotebrooke Shire Horse Centre and Stud Farm died on 15 March, aged 74, from cancer.

Born in 1947, Alistair (pictured, above) was christened William Alistair King after his father. Being half Scottish gave Alistair a lasting love of Scotland, and he named his fillies after lochs and his colts after Scottish mountains.

Alistair met his first wife, Sheila, while running the Alvanley

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