By james art 
Hiles, who made his money through Golden Bear Toys, which co -founded in 1979, which continues to produce products from large children’s shows such as Teletubbies, Basil Brush, Thomas The Tank Engine and in the night garden, owned some grass champions.
Perhaps the best of them was one of his first, the gray man, trained by the late Gordon Richards.
He won two persecution of King George VI and reduced Hiles to tears when, after a few failures in the Chelton Golden Cup, he dropped out on a trip to win the 1998 Queen Champion Champion.
Hiles also won Grand National with Neptune Collonges and provided a larger champion to pursue the triumphs through Azertyuiop and Politologue.
In recent years, Hiles has shared his interests with the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson, Peter to and Ged Mason, recently paid 740,000 euros between them for Caldwell Potter.
He is in training with Paul Nicolls and former champion coach has violated the news on social media that Hiles has died.
Nicolls published on X: “It is with great sadness to announce that John Hiles died last night. A great man and a fantastic owner and friend for many people. He thinks with his wife Pat and his wonderful family. It will be missed by so much in the races. RIP John. “