We’ve been lucky enough to train some great horses including See More Business, Kauto Star, Denman, Master Minded, Neptune Collonges, Tidal Bay, Silviniaco Conti and Big Buck’s. They and many more contributed to Paul winning 11 trainers’ championships in the last 13 years.

Ours has always been a team effort with our hugely experienced head lad Clifford Baker leading by example from the front. He is the first man into the yard long before dawn each day and the last to leave in the evening.

For all the success that has gone before us here at Ditcheat we are constantly looking forward and focused on ensuring the future success of the yard. Throughout our team of staff there is a deep rooted ambition to continue competing and winning some of the very top races in National Hunt racing and with high class horses like Cyrname, Politologue,  Frodon, Clan Des Obeaux and Topofthegame that trend looks set to continue.

The season that has just passed has been remarkable in many ways, from regaining the Trainers Championship to clinch the title for the 11^th time to six Grade One victories and perhaps most notably getting to a milestone that very few trainers have ever achieved in training 3000 national hunt winners in Britain.

A royal visit from Her Majesty the Queen placed between Cheltenham and Aintree capped what has been a special spring for the yard. While Topofthegame and Frodon took Grade One honours at Cheltenham, Mcfabulous showed the future looks incredibly bright by winning the Grade Two Bumper at Aintree.

Mcfabulous represents brilliantly what Paul is doing on a regular basis and that is to source well bred young horses and produce them over time to eventually have top class chasers. The highest rated horse in training is now stabled in Ditcheat courtesy of Cyrname who was devastating back in February when winning the Grade one Ascot Chase routing a high class field by 19 lengths.

This season represents the fifth time Paul has gained over 3 million pounds in prize money, the 19^th consecutive year he has trained over 100 winners and as this season ends Paul has now been either first or second in the trianers championship for 21 years running. His dedication to getting the best out of his horses, finding young talent and training  top class race horses for the biggest races his still as strong as ever and the brilliant results of the season just passed as confirmed that yet again.