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Eton College.
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Cornelius Lysaght
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He took up this position in June 2001, succeeding Peter Bromley, who had held the position since 1959. Lysaght was raised in Herefordshire and educated at Eton. Initially a broadcaster with radio stations Severn Sound (Gloucester) and Southern Sound (Brighton) and telephone service Racecall, he was amongst the first people heard on Radio 5.
Lysaght led British Broadcasting Corporation 5 Live"s racing team to a Sony Award for its acclaimed Cheltenham Festival coverage (2003).
In the 1990s he appeared on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1 as the voice of Mark and Lard"s daily competition feature "Dobbins or Bobbins". He has written for the London Evening Standard, Horse and Hound magazine, The Sunday Mirror, The Times, The Guardian, Radio Times and for the British Broadcasting Corporation. He is a supporter of Everton Football Club.
