Harry Derham, assistant to Paul Nicholls for six seasons, will step out from under the champion’s wing on Boxing Day when he sends out his first runner as a trainer in his own right.
At the end of last season when Nicholls, who is also Derham's uncle, clinched his 13th training title, the 28-year-old moved to Lambourn where he hopes to follow other former assistants who have forged successful careers, Dan Skelton and Harry Fry.
His debut runner will be ex-Nicholls charge Seelotmorebusiness, winner of a bumper and hurdle race who is related to See More Business, the 1999 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner who helped establish the Ditcheat handler at the top of the tree, at Huntingdon.
