Gavin Hunter (1941 – 18 December 2022) was a British

horse trainer A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines. Some responsibilities trainers have are caring for the animals' physical needs, as well as teaching them good behaviors and/or coaching them for events, which ...

who trained horses which competed in

Flat racing Horse racing is an equestrianism, equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all spor ...

. Hunter's training career lasted from 1965 to 1985. He was based at stables at

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and after retiring from training he moved to South Africa where he worked as a horse racing steward. He died at Newmarket in December 2022. The best horse he trained was Shangamuzo, who won the

Doncaster Cup The Doncaster Cup is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 2 miles 1 furlong and 197 yards (3,600 m ...

while trained by Hunter. Hunter died on 18 December 2022 in

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, at the age of 81.

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1941 births Date of birth missing 2022 deaths British racehorse trainers {{UK-horseracing-bio-stub