'I didn't realise how famous he was!' - meet the grandson of a sporting legend now transforming a famous old yard
Andrew Dietz talks to a joint-trainer making a real name for himself
Winds of change are blowing at Craiglands Farm, high up on Baildon Moor near Bingley.
The upper tip of Bronte Country, nearly 1,000 feet above sea level, has been the West Yorkshire home of Sue and Harvey Smith for decades, a unique location for a racing stable, which if it ever wanted to rebrand itself could do so as a high-altitude training centre.
On a clear day you can feel on top of the world, but on this particular December morning thick fog hangs over the dark sandstone terrain to add to an unmistakable air of bleakness.
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- 'That's what AP did, so why is it impossible for anyone else to do it? I just need to ride more winners'
- 'It was a massive gamble to start training but we've hit the jackpot - and he wouldn't be this price for the Triumph if he were trained by Mullins'
- 'You work your whole career to try to win Group 1s - to miss that opportunity was hard to take'
- Meet the new star of the Irish weighing room - who overcame a 'crushed heart' to turn his career around
- ‘It’s one of the worst things, losing a child - and my brain injury means my connection with Archie will never be what it should've been’