Millionaire who started on Toyota factory floor pledges to build replica of Ascot racecourse on his 800-acre farm

A MILLIONAIRE racehorse proprietor who started disconnected earning £7.50 connected the nighttime displacement successful a Toyota mill has pledged to physique a replica of Ascot successful his 800-acre Kentucky estate.

John Stewart whitethorn person lone been successful equine racing for 2 years, but he's made a sanction for himself.

He made a mighty splash successful the racing satellite erstwhile helium arrived each guns blazing astatine the Kentucky income past autumn and emptied £20million retired of his pockets.

He continued to walk large crossed the world, adding to his Resolute Racing operation, which owns the Ascot King George victor Goliath.

And if his rags-to-riches communicative is thing to spell by, he's a antheral that knows however to get what helium wants.

He started disconnected connected the mill level astatine Toyota, but earlier agelong helium was moving the full Toyota successful Britain.

Then helium moved to New York and has since made millions successful backstage equity.

Now he's acceptable his sights connected a Royal Ascot winner, and he's not stopping astatine overmuch until helium gets one.

Last June helium had 3 'also-rans' and, seemingly traumatised by the experience, has taken drastic measures to mitigate against a repeat.

These see gathering a replica of the consecutive astatine Royal Ascot connected the 800-acre Kentucky workplace helium bought from Shadwell.

He told the Racing Post: "The large quality betwixt Britain and America is that we're not utilized to moving connected a way that's not flat.

"Some of the horses that person been brought implicit for Ascot person done large until the elevation truthful I'm gathering a replica of Ascot connected my farm.

"That'll beryllium a turf gallop which volition beryllium precisely the aforesaid arsenic the afloat consecutive agelong truthful we're utilized to it.

"The full intent is to physique a grooming centre and it's besides got undersoil heated turf, similar you get successful tons of sports grounds, truthful we tin usage it all-year round. That's however superior I americium astir winning those races.

"I've already told each of my trainers that Ascot is connected the radar, it's determination I privation to win. Britain is decidedly a spot I privation to compete, I'd emotion to triumph the Derby, I emotion those historical races.

"I'm 100 per cent going to triumph astatine Ascot though, I've got 53 yearlings that'll beryllium two-year-olds successful January."

Stewart added: "I'm bully friends with the Coolmore team, I'm taking them to the Superbowl, but I privation to bushed them. They've dominated racing connected 3 continents and it's inspired maine to physique thing important arsenic well."

And it's not conscionable the UK he's focussing on. The mighty Goliath is moving successful the £5.14m Japan Cup.

Except it's not David and a slingshot he'll beryllium coming up against. It's Aidan O'Brien's Auguste Rhodin.  

But Steward, undeterred by the Ballydoyle threat, said: "I'm existent excited for this weekend, I deliberation he's going to person a ascendant performance. We've brought him present to triumph the Japan Cup."

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