Graham Clark paid a visit to Dan Skelton to get the pre-season views of arguably the most upwardly-mobile trainer in Britain.
Dan Skelton had to make do with second best in the National Hunt Trainers’ Championship last season, but his dreams of winning the coveted title could become reality this campaign.
A solid summer has seen the Shelfield Green handler bank more than £500,000 in prize money to put himself in pole position ahead of the season ramping up a gear.
With all four of his Cheltenham Festival winners from last season back among his ranks Skelton looks well equipped to take aim at many of the sport’s biggest prizes once again.
Added to that an exciting crop of novice hurdles and novice chasers, it all bodes well for Skelton to serve up another big challenge to both reigning champion Willie Mullins and his old boss, and 14 times winner …