Tyson Fury takes centre stage at Doncaster

Tyson Fury was the star attraction at Doncaster on Saturday, with the former heavyweight world champion on hand to see one of his horses in action on Town Moor.

Accompanied by his wife Paris, Fury watched Big Gypsy King – a winner at Chelmsford on her penultimate start – contest the Unison Campaigning For Public Services Handicap over seven furlongs.

The Oliver Cole-trained filly, who Fury owns with his manager Spencer Brown, was a 7-1 shot to strike gold in the hands of Luke Morris and hopes appeared high beforehand, with Fury telling Sky Sports Racing: “She’s in great shape, she’s running (working) well at the stables, so let’s hope she can put it into practice here today.

“She won (at Chelmsford), she smashed it, so hopefully she can do the same here today at Doncaster.

“We’re here in Paris’ home town, so we want to win today.”

Big Gypsy King, however, did not live up to the billing, trailing home last of 11 runners.

The three-year-old is not the only horse Fury owns, with the 36-year-old adding: “I’ve been around horses most of my life and at the latter end of my career I started getting into a few different horses.”

Not for the first time, Fury announced his retirement from boxing in January after losing his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk by unanimous decision the previous month.

And despite rumours of another comeback, when asked when he would return to the ring, he said: “Never, I’m too old. Look at my beard, all grey. Boxing’s a young man’s game.”