'He had a lot of time for a lot of people' - remembering the hugely popular Richard Morecombe

There must be few people in the worlds of finance and racing who did not know Richard Morecombe, and fewer still who failed to get on with him.

In his professional life, Morecombe was an investment banker, perhaps best known for co-founding corporate broker Numis and more recently as president of Panmure Liberum. In his personal life, he was a racing fanatic and founder of his "baby" Chelsea Thoroughbreds. In both, he was a hugely popular figure before his death aged 60 this month.

"I probably knew him for 25 years," says Emma Spencer, managing director and racing manager at Chelsea Thoroughbreds. "He was kind and loyal. He always joked he wanted to train to show everyone how it's done as he thought they overcomplicated things and that it couldn't be difficult.