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HENRIETTA KNIGHT, best known training legendary triple Gold Cup winner Best Mate, will return to the training ranks in the new year. <\/p>\n

She will train out of West Lockinge Farm in Oxfordshire, where she was based from 1989 to 2012.<\/p>\n

Having originally retired from the sport in 2012, the 76-year-old plans to return with a team of around 30 horses. <\/p>\n

Knight told Telegraph Sport: "People will probably think I\u2019m mad starting again when most people are stopping. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut I like doing things and I miss the buzz. Everything, all the facilities including the schooling field, is still here at Lockinge." <\/p>\n

Knight is best known for training Best Mate, who became the first horse since racing icon Arkle to win the Gold Cup three times.<\/p>\n

She also tasted Cheltenham success with Champion Chaser Edredon Bleu and getting back to the Festival is Knight's main goal. <\/p>\n

She said: \u201cCheltenham\u2019s where I love and I can\u2019t wait to get back there. <\/p>\n

"I hardly ever had a runner in the National. The emphasis will be on trying to find a few chasers to take me back to Cheltenham. I\u2019m very excited and want to get going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Knight worked as biology and history teacher before becoming a prominent figure in the eventing world. <\/p>\n

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She took out her training licence in 1989 and married former champion jump jockey Terry Biddlecombe in 1995.<\/p>\n

They trained together until 2012, when she quit in order to look after her husband, who was in poor health. <\/p>\n

Knight has remained very active in racing despite her 2012 retirement, most recently being racing manager to late owner Mike Grech, purchasing last season's Irish National winner I Am Maximus.<\/p>\n

She also sourced Grade 1 winner Brandy Love and will be flanked in her new training venture by former trainer Brendan Powell, who will become her assistant. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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