'Dad taught me to give horses time and do things to the highest standards'
The Malton trainer, 37, on King George hope Waiting Patiently and a doggy mix-up
What advice would you give your ten-year-old self?
Travel more.
What is your earliest racing memory?
Tancred Sand was going for the Ebor when I was about five. I made him a good luck card and everything. He didn’t run in the end.
This is your first full season – what do you hope to have achieved by the end of it?
I wanted to beat last season’s tally. That’s done as we had only three winners then – a bumper, a hurdle and a chase, which I thought summed the yard up well. As it’s our first full season I haven’t set targets apart from that. I wouldn’t say no to another Grade 1 or a Cheltenham winner, though.
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