Legendary songwriter Burt Bacharach, who died on Thursday aged 94, almost had as many hits on the racetrack as in the charts.
He enjoyed his latest number one only last month when the ex-Jessica Harrington-trained Duvet Day, which he owned with wife Jane, won the Astra Stakes at Santa Anita.
The composer of timeless classics such as ‘Walk On By’, ‘I Say A Little Prayer’ and ‘Close To You’, had been involved in horse racing since 1968 as both owner and breeder.
