Lanigan will leave Cecil to start his own stable

David Lanigan,

assistant to Henry

Cecil for five years,

is to start training at

Newmarket in October.

The 33-year-old Irishman is the

son of Bob Lanigan, the former

general manager of Coolmore

Stud and still a consultant there.

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Lanigan will start training at

Revida Place on the Hamilton

Road where Giles Bravery is the

currently based. Bravery will be

moving elsewhere.

Lanigan said: "I have a lot of

promises from people like the

Plantation Stud to send me

horses. It seemed the right time

to start up. I have had a fantastic

experience working for Henry."

Lanigan picked the victory of

Light Shift in this year's Oaks as

a highlight.

He added: "You'll

never again hear a reception like

the one accorded to Henry. I'm

staying in England, rather than

going back to Ireland, because of

the great facilities here at Newmarket

allied to the fact that we

race seven days a week against

four in Ireland."

Cecil, who reports that Musidora

Stakes winner Passage of

Time (eighth in the Oaks) is

back in work after problems with an abcess in her throat, believes

Lanigan will make a success of

his new career.

Cecil said: "It is a difficult job.

You need good horses when you

start and they make good trainers.

Passage of Time lost weight

after the Oaks when she couldn't

breathe. She is over that and,

hopefully, we are on course for

the Juddmonte International or

the Yorkshire Oaks. Light Shift is

on course for the Nassau Stakes

(at Goodwood next week)."

Meanwhile, Pat Gilligan has

handed in his licence after nearly

10 years as a Newmarket trainer.

Last week his string was reduced

to five horses. Gilligan had

trained four winners this season

largely thanks to the exploits of

sprinter Brunelleschi.