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Why Tim Easterby finally has the power to break back into the big league
Tim Easterby: has rarely possessed the firepower he holds currentlyCredit: Alan Crowhurst
Even on one of the summer's quieter Saturdays, there is no let-up at Tim Easterby's Habton Grange stables.
The North Yorkshire trainer is typically mob-handed at Ripon before evening runners at Doncaster and Haydock and every day is busy at a yard that has sent out the fourth-highest number of Flat runners in Britain this year.
Easterby is known for being strong numerically, in terms of winners and runners, but rarely can he have possessed the firepower he has now.
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