Robert Cooper, Sky Sports Racing’s roving reporter, studies Alex Hales’ big hopes ahead of the start of the new jumps season

There’s not much to beat sitting in a field on a balmy autumn afternoon – or maybe it was morning? – with a glass of chilled white wine, watching a parade of future National Hunt stars. That’s approximately how I spent a most enjoyable and informative day at Alex Hales’ Trafford Bridge Stables, a few miles north of Banbury. I was partially there to see how our latest Old Stoics Racing Club acquisition Ol’r...