Nick Townsend meets a trainer with a name that’s synonymous with horseracing in Yorkshire

Being a scion of a distinguished racing name can have its advantages but with it comes that pressure to maintain the family’s prominence. And when it come to racing dynasties they surely don’t come any more revered than the Easterbys – that extended North Yorkshire family that can be traced back to Walter Easterby, who trained from the 1920s at Towton near Tadcaster. He was the uncle of those acclaimed masters of their trade, the brothers Peter and Mick Easterby.
Yet, as Peter’s Classic-winning son Tim...