Richard Newland: 'Jump racing is struggling and a lot of smaller trainers will go out of business - but the Flat is very different'
The Grand National-winning trainer and Jamie Insole talk to Catherine Macrae about their exciting new venture
It is a winter of firsts for Grand National-winning trainer Richard Newland and a milestone is set shortly after noon on a mild Tuesday in Worcestershire.
"I don't think I've ever watched an all-weather race at Newcastle in my life," Newland declares as he pulls up a chair in his office, peering at an iPad as the runners are loaded into the stalls.
The apprentice handicap is unlikely to attract significant viewership, but you would be hard-pressed to find a more avid watcher than the 60-year-old trainer, who is incredulous as the price of his runner Hill Station drifts just moments before the start.
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