About Robert Alner
Lived 1943 – 2020 (aged 76). Robert Alner was a British horse trainer.
Robert Alner (21 November 1943 – 3 February 2020) was a British racehorse trainer specializing in National Hunt racing. He was based at stables at Droop, near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, England. He trained the winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Cool Dawn in 1998.
In November 2007 he was seriously injured in a car crash and underwent surgery after breaking a bone in his neck. Thereafter he held his training licence jointly with his wife Sally, until they retired in 2010.
He died on 3 February 2020 at the age of 76.
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Who was Robert Alner?
British racehorse trainer (1943-2020)
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Robert Alner was born on 21 November 1943.
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Robert Alner died on 3 February 2020.
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Robert Alner was a horse trainer.
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Robert Alner was British.
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