Lanigan will leave Cecil to start his own stable

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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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Opportunity knocks: Lanigan

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.