Sir Michael Oswald, expert in stud management who for many years advised the Queen and the Queen Mother on breeding racehorses – obituary
He would call the Queen two or three times a week, kept her informed of new foals born, and was impressed by her deep equestrian knowledge
28 April 2021 • 8:38pm
The Queen with her National Hunt Racing Adviser Sir Michael Oswald for the Investec Derby at Epsom on June 4 2016
Credit: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
Sir Michael Oswald, who has died just short of his 87th birthday, was Manager and later Director of the Royal Studs at Sandringham from 1970 to 1999, and the Queen Mother’s racing manager from 1970 to 2002.
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A two-year-old Shetland pony with strangles. His first symptom was a runny nose. He then developed a fever, and swelling to the right side of his face. This is a side view before the abscesses burst. ©AkaEmma, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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