'I think she’s up to Listed class and that would be extremely exciting'
The Devon-based dual-purpose trainer, 32, takes our weekly grilling
What advice would you give your ten-year-old self?
To know what you want and to work as hard as you can towards it.
What is your earliest racing memory?
Going racing with Mum at the weekends when I wasn’t at school. I remember her having a winner every day of the Plumpton Easter meeting, but I can’t remember when that was.
You train on the Flat and over jumps. Is that through choice or necessity?
We’re more Flat than jumps but as a trainer starting out you can't be turning away owners whatever they want you to train. I love the jumps and my mum was a jumps trainer through her career, so I’ve always been around those horses. You have to be capable and willing to train anything.
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