HE’S come a long way from his early days living in a caravan on a farm his father rented, and while the falling price of milk has put a dent in the value of his dairy herd, Colin Tizzard isn’t complaining.

As one door closes, another inevitably opens when you happen to have Tizzard’s can-do outlook on life, and a decision made to train a few horses to facilitate the fledgling riding career of son Joe has gradually led him to the very top of the National Hunt game.