• Trainer denies friction: ‘There is no animosity whatsoever’
There can rarely have been a more satisfying birthday in the life of Paul Nicholls, who won with all four runners at his local track on the day after sensationally reclaiming the lead in the race to be champion jumps trainer. The prize money he bagged on this low-key card, totalling just over £10,000, seems unlikely to be the decisive factor in his battle with Willie Mullins but the day’s events certainly added to the sense that his nearby Ditcheat yard is in almost unstoppable form as the jumps season enters its final week.
Nicholls has had 10 winners from 18 runners over the past three days, the most important having been Vicente, his only runner in Saturday’s Scottish Grand National, a victory worth £119,000. The trainer, newly 54, recalled here that he had been telling Ian Fogg, owner of Vicente, since the middle of last month that the horse would have to win the Ayr race if Mullins was to be prevented from seizing the crown.
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