'I could not have been more pleased with his winning debut - he's exciting'
David Carr talks to the master of Barbury Castle about his crack team of jumpers
It has been another breakthrough year on the Flat for Alan King, who enjoyed a treble at Royal Ascot, won on Champions Day with Trueshan and invested in a couple of choice yearlings at Tattersalls Book 1 sale.
However, jump racing remains the priority for the Scot who grew up watching Neville Crump's chasers clean up at Ayr and has trained 15 Cheltenham Festival winners since taking out a licence in 1999.
The wet winter 2019-20 did not play to the strengths of a man whose horses are often best on decent ground, none more so than high-class 2m chaser Sceau Royal – who made a successful return in last Sunday's Welsh Champion Hurdle – and runaway Bet365 Gold Cup winner Talkischeap.
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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'