'He's high-class and will go for the Paddy Power Gold Cup - he has the right profile for it'
In-form young trainer Harry Derham guides Jonathan Harding through his exciting team for the winter
Harry Derham has made a flying start to his training career and had the best strike-rate of any British jumps trainer with 100-plus runners last season, but he has no plans to rest on his laurels with plenty to look forward to in only his second full campaign.
Due to its relative infancy, the yard has most of its firepower in the bumper and novice hurdling divisions, but there are some established performers too, not least Grade 2 novice chase winner Imagine.
"Last season was big for us because we'd spent a lot of money on a yard and I was anxious to make it work, and winners-wise it exceeded my expectations," says Derham.
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Copy- 'He's bigger, stronger, definitely getting better - and he'll be a classy horse going back into handicaps'
- 'Our novice chasers are as good as anyone's in Britain - and this one is a proper horse'
- 'Having a winner at the Cheltenham Festival last season made a big difference - and this might be one for the same race'
- 'We're working back from the Gold Cup - he's a massive horse and lightly raced, so we hope there's more improvement to come'
- 'We're excited about him - we hope he's a Graded horse and we're working back from the Cheltenham Festival'
- 'He's bigger, stronger, definitely getting better - and he'll be a classy horse going back into handicaps'
- 'Our novice chasers are as good as anyone's in Britain - and this one is a proper horse'
- 'Having a winner at the Cheltenham Festival last season made a big difference - and this might be one for the same race'
- 'We're working back from the Gold Cup - he's a massive horse and lightly raced, so we hope there's more improvement to come'
- 'We're excited about him - we hope he's a Graded horse and we're working back from the Cheltenham Festival'