and Gubby was forced to hold the gear lever in position whilst cornering at high speeds. He decided there and then to retire from the sport, and did not attend the following day's practice session. He later recalled, "I was driving on a shoestring, and I thought to myself, 'Brian, you've got a family to look after and you'll end up killing yourself.'" He had entered the 1965 Mediterranean Grand Prix, but withdrew his entry and sold his Lotus to Stirling Moss for use by a film company working with Steve McQueen. Horse racing Gubby was the son of a jockey, and after his career in motor racing he became a racehorse trainer, based in Bagshot, Surrey. The most successful horse he has trained to date is the sprinter Gabitat, winner of ten races including the Group 3 Duke of York Stakes at York in 1984, and the Group 3 Goldene Peitsche at Baden-Baden in 1984 and 1985. Other well-known horses trained by Gubby include Easy Dollar, Omaha City and more recently Son of the Cat, which won the Stewards' Sprint Handicap at Goodwood in July 2011. Gubby's 80-acre training facilities include a mile all-weather strip and a mile gallop, and at his peak, he kept as many as 16 horses in training, owning them all himself. Continuing into his late 70s with fewer horses, Gubby still performed most of the daily tasks himself, including driving the horsebox. Racing record Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) Non-Championship Formula One results (key) References English racing drivers English Formula One drivers British racehorse trainers 1934 births Living people People from Surrey