▁as ▁Sun ny ▁C ove , ▁D art ▁Board , ▁Gre eng age ▁and ▁Pi pe ▁of ▁Peace . ▁His ▁stable ▁j ockey ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁training ▁career ▁was ▁Sc ob ie ▁Bre as ley ▁and ▁when ▁he ▁retired ▁Edward ▁H ide ▁took ▁over . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁season ▁he ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁ret ire ▁from ▁training . ▁The ▁details ▁were ▁that ▁William ▁Hill ▁wished ▁to ▁restart ▁his ▁bre eding ▁operation ▁from ▁Wh its bury ▁( which ▁he ▁le ased ▁to ▁Rich ards ). ▁Sob ell / We inst ock ▁negoti ated ▁to ▁buy ▁West ▁Ils ley ▁St ables ▁from ▁Jak ie ▁Ast or , ▁but ▁a ▁st ip ulation ▁of ▁the ▁purchase ▁was ▁that ▁inc umb ent ▁tra iner , ▁Dick ▁Hern , ▁and ▁stable ▁j ockey , ▁Joe ▁Mer cer , ▁remained ▁in ▁place ▁at ▁West ▁Ils ley . ▁ ▁Given ▁this ▁situation ▁he ▁took ▁up ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Racing ▁Manager ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁to ▁Sir ▁Michael ▁Sob ell ▁and ▁Lord ▁We inst ock ▁and ▁Lady ▁Be aver bro ok ▁and ▁continued ▁as ▁such ▁until ▁his ▁death . ▁In ▁this ▁capacity ▁he ▁worked ▁closely ▁with ▁Hern ▁and ▁was ▁particularly ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁purch asing ▁of ▁year lings ▁for ▁Lady ▁Be aver bro ok . ▁Under ▁his ▁management ▁these ▁own ers ▁had ▁trem end ous ▁success ▁with ▁horses ▁such ▁as ▁Sun ▁Prince , ▁S all ust , ▁Ad met us , ▁C ist us , ▁T roy ▁and ▁Sun ▁Princess ▁(