BIG INTERVIEW
Nick Townsend talks to a young trainer who learned from the best and is already making his mark
Harry Derham’s tone appears decidedly sanguine as we talk before he saddles three runners at Kempton Park. A quiet Monday in the racing calendar for most. But not for the 29-year-old, less than a year into his training career. “A big day today,” he says quietly. “So, fingers crossed, we’ll have a bit of luck.”
He didn’t require it. All proceeds precisely to plan, and as the odds have decreed. In the first, a novices hurdle, his Queens Gamble, the 8-13 favourite duly prevails, stampin...