“I don’t think its as broken as a lot of people make out either. I think a lot of the problems are that people aren’t as excited about the racing as they were because there’s a real strong team from Closutton every year and sometimes I think it can be a little tedious for the general public to see horses form the same yard taking each other on.
“The Irish seem very strong but once the British trainers come back stronger and better than they have been in previous years, and I feel we are making a bit of a comeback, that will bring renewed enthusiasm to the Festival again.
“There are lot of us trying. Nicky (Henderson) and Paul (Nicholls) have flown the flag, Philip Hobbs, Nigel Twiston-Davies have also flown the flag for many years for the British trainers and there is a younger group coming through now.
“Dan (Skelton) has made a good fist of it and Olly (Murphy) had a brilliant year last year. There are lot of others who have the ability to make waves in the industry and it’s up to us to really take the baton, run with it, and put up a fight.”
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