'Some proper trainers have gone out of fashion because owners want more input'

First published in January 2021 as part of our Pulse of Racing series

In a sport where the trainers are often guilty of viewing their geese as swans, there's a refreshing honesty about the straight-talking realism of Dermot McLoughlin.

The Meath trainer would have every right to make bullish noises about the strongest squad of horses he's ever had in his tenth full season with a licence, but that's not the 46-year-old's style.