The Jumping Game: a study of training success by a master of her craft

The Jumping Game: How National Hunt Trainers Work and What Makes Them Tick by Henrietta Knight

£20, published by Head of Zeus – headofzeus.com

The arrival of this book brought with it a keen sense of anticipation that already elevated it above the norm. It is one of those books you want to open straight away and it was reassuring to find the anticipation was shared by none other than John Francome, a friend of Knight but more to the point a champion jockey who saw first-hand some of the greats at work, most notably Fred Winter at the Uplands yard now occupied by Warren Greatrex.