'He has a huge chance of winning the Welsh National - he's well in'
John O'Hara talks to a trainer enjoying an excellent season
This stable tour was originally printed in the Racing Post Weekender on Wednesday, January 6. Buy the Weekender every week for top stable tours and great insight from weekly columnist Alan King.
Last season the coronavirus national lockdown robbed Evan Williams of a 15th successive season of chalking up at least 50 winners, but it was still memorable with a Grade 1 success as well as several other high-profile victories, but the current campaign looks set to be one of his best.
The emphatic success of Silver Streak in the Grade 1 Christmas Hurdle has been the highlight, but with one of the strongest teams he has ever assembled there is the promise of so much more. The yard was responsible for two strong fancies in the Welsh National, one a favourite, before the weather gods intervened.
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