£4 million man Dan Skelton on brink of smashing historic barrier - and reveals it was his big target all season long
Maddy Playle chats to the championship leader and one of the many owners benefiting from his race-planning perfection
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Dan Skelton is set to rewrite British racing history this weekend when becoming the first jumps trainer to shatter the £4 million prize-money barrier in his bid for a coveted breakthrough championship.
It may be a moderate Saturday on track in comparison to the grandeur of last week's Cheltenham Festival, where the trainer saddled two winners, or Aintree, to which he has vowed to send everything he can, but plundering pots on this kind of afternoon is what has ultimately helped to set Skelton apart from his rivals in a barnstorming season.
He is due to have 15 runners at three tracks spanning England, Scotland and Wales, including the favourite in the £100,000 Listed bumper at Newbury (3.35) and two strong candidates in the feature mares' handicap hurdle (2.10) at Kelso, worth only marginally less.
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