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He arrived in the UK with barely any English and little experience with horses, but now Pakistan’s Imran Shawani is the groom for a superstar race horse bidding to make history.
The 34-year-old from Karachi looks after $12 million winning machine Enable, who is chasing a record third straight Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in Paris Sunday.
Shawani is head groom and work rider for Enable at the Newmarket stables of champion trainer John Gosden, whom he credits for teaching him everything he knows – including the basics of how to ride a horse.
“The boss [Gosden], he’s a gentleman, he’s always looked after me very well. He was paying me full wages, and at that time I was absolutely useless. That’s the truth,” Shawani told CNN over the phone after finishing a day’s work at Gosden’s Clarehaven stables.
Imran Shawani (second from right) has worked for trainer John Gosden (right) for 14 years.
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‘Absolutely sh*t rider’
Imran joined Gosden’s team 14 years ago after an introduction from his brother Anwar, who had formerly worked for another trainer in England, Mick Channon.
Seeing Imran on a horse for the first time, Gosden was not impressed.
“The boss said, ‘Oh my God, you need to learn a lot,’” he said.
“He used to teach me riding for one hour every day after third lot on the pony. He taught me how to hold to the reins, how to go up and down when the horse trots and how to stand on a horse when it canters.
“I was always doing some mistakes but the boss always ignore, ignore, ignore and he gave me lots of chance.
“I’d been told to always use sorry, thank you or excuse me. So I just said, ‘Thank you,’” he laughed.
Gosden had to demonstrate a cough – and so Shawani’s learning continued.
Another brother Afzal rode Enable’s father Nathaniel, but when Imran chose her to look after early in her three-year-old season, little did he know she would go on to become a wonder horse.
Since then she has notched 12 straight wins including two Arcs, the Epsom Oaks, the Irish Oaks, two King George VI’s at Ascot and the Breeders’ Cup Turf, all in tandem with veteran Italian jockey Frankie Dettori.
Now, Shawani starts work at 5:30 a.m. every day to prepare Enable before riding out with her in training.
“She’s beautiful, she knows she’s a superstar,” he added. “If you take her on Warren Hill [Newmarket’s gallops], she wants to show off she’s Enable.