{"id":5278,"date":"2024-09-29T02:15:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T02:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5278"},"modified":"2024-09-29T02:15:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T02:15:49","slug":"inside-michael-owens-20-year-old-stable-the-cozy-home-where-the-former-liverpool-star-cares-for-over-100-horses-including-those-of-sir-alex-ian-wright-and-other-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5278","title":{"rendered":"Inside Michael Owen\u2019s 20-Year-Old Stable: The cozy home where the former Liverpool star cares for over 100 horses, including those of Sir Alex, Ian Wright, and other stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to MICHAEL OWEN, who has opened up about his career, he was destined to \u201cscore goals and be adored.\u201d<br \/>\nDuring his playing career, the former superstar was one of the top attackers in international football, playing for teams like Manchester United, Liverpool, Real Madrid, and Newcastle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazy loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/image.zaly.online\/uploads\/image_66f66b0dc45e7.webp\" align=\"center\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0c2f178abb3c9533d0111ed508ab65c51d9e979b\/118_138_3516_2108\/master\/3516.jpg?width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;s=1345c7694d49c7e89545eb1ea26457cb\" data-was-processed=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Michael Owen has opened up on his footballing career<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3 ai-track\" data-ai=\"WzMsMCwiVW5pYm90IC0gc2F1IDMiLCIiLDJd\">\n<div id=\"div-ub-zaly.online_1688988571160\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazy loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/image.zaly.online\/uploads\/image_66f66b0f0fc0e.webp\" align=\"center\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NINTCHDBPICT000852941150.jpg\" data-was-processed=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><\/div>\n<p>Owen claims he was born to score goals<\/p>\n<p><ins class=\"982a9496\" data-key=\"98b28e411a60ca5a0c4e570b5755bc75\"><\/ins><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazy loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/image.zaly.online\/uploads\/image_66f66b0f26236.webp\" align=\"center\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NINTCHDBPICT000852941182.jpg\" data-was-processed=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He now runs Manor House Stables<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2 ai-track\" data-ai=\"WzIsMCwiTUdJRCBJbkFydGljbGVzIDQyIC0gc2F1IDciLCIiLDJd\">\n<div id=\"M887096ScriptRootC1467584_0d483\" class=\"eyeo\">\n<div id=\"MarketGidComposite1467584_0d483\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazy loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/image.zaly.online\/uploads\/image_66f66b0fd58bb.webp\" align=\"center\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NINTCHDBPICT000852941156.jpg\" data-was-processed=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The location provides care for more than 100 horses.<\/p>\n<p>He claims nothing compares to football and that he was destined to be a top striker, even though he has since retired and started owning racehorses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was put on this Earth to score goals, to be adored by people, and to be sung to,\u201d he told Five.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI needed to find something that gives you that buzz when you are loved like that and all of a sudden you can\u2019t do it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owen became passionate about horses and now runs Manor House Stables in Cheshire, home to more than a hundred stallions.<\/p>\n<p>He was first drawn to horses when he was 23, when he first started working in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Owen clarified, though: \u201cThe truth is that there will never, ever be a buzz like scoring a goal\u2014especially a crucial one\u2014in the final seconds of a game, at the World Cup, or something similar. That\u2019s the reason you exist.<\/p>\n<p>However, I put these [stables] in place ten years before I retired, and I still enjoy what I do when I wake up in the morning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazy loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/image.zaly.online\/uploads\/image_66f66b0f7eac3.webp\" align=\"center\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NINTCHDBPICT000521625135.jpg\" data-was-processed=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Owen scored 40 goals for England<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazy loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/image.zaly.online\/uploads\/image_66f66b0ed3cde.webp\" align=\"center\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NINTCHDBPICT000852941184.jpg\" data-was-processed=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Owen won the Ballon d\u2019Or in 2001<\/p>\n<p>After a brief tenure at Stoke, Owen retired in 2013 and continues to be active as a racehorse owner and breeder.<\/p>\n<p>The forty-three-year-old maintains a stable with more than a hundred horses, some of which are owned by current Premier League players, Sir Alex, and Ian Wright.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazy loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/image.zaly.online\/uploads\/image_66f66b0d9becf.webp\" alt=\"Which horses does Sir Alex Ferguson own and when will they race at Cheltenham? | The Independent\" align=\"center\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/03\/15\/13\/GettyImages-141806524.jpg\" data-was-processed=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazy loading\" src=\"https:\/\/image.zaly.online\/uploads\/image_66f66b103837c.webp\" alt=\"Tony McCoy puts Arsenal legend Ian Wright's horse Born To Finish through its paces... but is the ex-Gunner onto a winner? | The Sun\" align=\"center\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/nintchdbpict000318162825-e1493324481959.jpg\" data-was-processed=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The website has been \u201c20 years in the making,\u201d according to Owen.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed: \u201cPaul Scholes, Steve McManaman, Owen Hargreaves and Andy Townsend bought a horse together and we called it Box-to-Box because we are all on the tele and half the people in the syndicate are midfielders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has been an incredible star; he has enjoyed himself immensely and has won four or five races.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazy loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/image.zaly.online\/uploads\/image_66f66b100051c.webp\" align=\"center\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NINTCHDBPICT000852941168.jpg\" data-was-processed=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Owen looks after horses for footballers and managers like Sir Alex Ferguson<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazy loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/image.zaly.online\/uploads\/image_66f66b0f48a6d.webp\" align=\"center\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NINTCHDBPICT000852941129.jpg\" data-was-processed=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He says the stables are \u201c20 years in the making\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazy loading\" src=\"https:\/\/image.zaly.online\/uploads\/image_66f66b0f48638.webp\" align=\"center\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/c55d62a5-6fe0-43ed-85e5-e2f194b00956.jpg\" data-was-processed=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Michael Owen has had a passion for horses since his days at Liverpool<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to MICHAEL OWEN, who has opened up about his career, he was destined to \u201cscore goals and be adored.\u201d During his playing career, the former superstar&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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