West Ham boss David Moyes eyeing more days at the races when he retires from management

David Moyes is eyeing a retirement spent at the racetrack once his time in management is done.

The West Ham manager has long held an interest in horses and has had success as an owner in the past, with Desert Cry delivering 10 wins for Moyes and his syndicate, which includes his wife, Pam, and friends.

Moyes has since bought another horse which is now with his long-term trainer, Donald McCain.

While this year's Cheltenham will come too soon, the Hammers boss will have a keen eye on the festival and sat down with Irish trainer, Ross O’Sullivan, to discuss the similarities between their sports.

Moyes, who has taken West Ham from relegation battles to European knockout ties, has no desire to stop in football soon but would happily spend more time at the races following retirement.

"When my time is up in football I'll be spending a bit of time watching the horses and maybe have one or two more as I go on," said Moyes, speaking to Betway.

"I’ve got one horse with my trainer, Donald McCain. I bought it six months ago and it might run this weekend, but it’s more for next year. We think our job in football’s hard but horse racing trainers are up at 5 in the morning every day, taking those horses out. That’s hard graft."

Neither trainers or football managers are strangers to pressure, though Moyes suggested he might be a little more up against it with horses unable to call for a trainer's head after a poor run.

"Managers like Pep Guardiola are under huge pressure; they have to win," said Moyes.

"Sometimes you see managers, like Pep at City, doing so well and you think it must be easy for them. But they’re under great pressure because they have to win.

"So the big horse trainers who spend money on the horses must be under huge pressure from the owners to get results. The difference is that horse trainers don’t get chanted ‘you’re getting sacked in the morning’! The horses can’t do that. "