HAVING attended the Cheltenham Festival, Leslie Young was back home in the United States well in time to supervise the arrival of some new horses from Ireland to her Ashwell Farm yard and start her defence as the country’s leading jumps trainer.

Married to Banbridge native Paddy Young, the former six-time champion jumps jockey in the States, Leslie sent out 37 winners from 157 starters last season for earnings of €999,300.