'I've been lucky enough to win four Gold Cups - I'd love to make that five'

Lee Mottershead finds the multiple champion excited about a fabulous team

Paul Nicholls is on fire. Races big and small are being mopped up by Team Ditcheat, yet the 11-time champion trainer is also embracing patience and restraint perhaps more than ever before.

Read what he says and it's obvious that, despite his sizzling form, it really is not all about now, nor indeed the Cheltenham Festival.

Nicholls is building for the future with a nursery class of exciting young four-year-olds, most of whom will race only in bumpers this season.

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Published on 15 November 2020inStable Tours

Last updated 16:52, 15 November 2020

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