gubby was the son of a jockey, and after his career in motor racing he became a racehorse trainer, based in bagshot, surrey. the most successful horse he has trained to date is the sprinter gabitat, winner of ten races including the group 3 duke of york stakes at york in 1984, and the group 3 goldene peitsche at baden-baden in 1984 and 1985. other well-known horses trained by gubby include easy dollar, omaha city and more recently son of the cat, which won the stewards' sprint handicap at goodwood in july 2011.