Back to school: trainer Harry Whittington on how to get jumpers fit

September is here, and with it, a new school year. However, it's not just children who are leaving the summer holidays behind, racehorses too are being put back to work in preparation for another jumps season.

How do they do it? Watch as trainer Harry Whittington talks to Lambourn correspondent James Burn about the six-week process of getting horses back to peak fitness before their return to the track.

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