Jim Lewis, the owner of legendary three-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Best Mate and passionate Aston Villa fan, has died aged 88.
Lewis raced all his horses in claret and blue colours, based on Aston Villa's 1957 FA Cup-winning strip, and was never seen at the races without his Villa scarf.
He enjoyed a string of big races successes in the 1990s and early 2000s with horses who went on to become household names like Edredon Bleu, who won the Queen Mother Champion Chase and King George VI Chase in 2003.
