Robin Oakley

The young trainer Sam Drinkwater is one to watch

After some early setbacks his stable is now going from strength to strength

Sam Twiston-Davies and The Brimming Water (right) clear the last to win Betfair Handicap Hurdle at Newbury. [Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images] 
issue 19 February 2022
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Certain sections of the media love to run a knocking story and when champion trainer Paul Nicholls’s horses failed to win as many races as usual over the past three weeks, the groaners were soon at it. Was the magic missing? Had the maestro mislaid his baton? The Nicholls response was characteristically bold.

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