Helen Sharp (HS): What’s the first thing you like to see when the string strides out in the morning?

Andrew Balding (AB): I’d like the first thing I see to be the horses relaxed, I hate seeing horses keen or sweating, I just like to see them enjoying their routine exercise. Work mornings are slightly different obviously because we are looking for different things with structural work, we are essentially trialing horses to see where they stand in terms of their ability. But at normal exercise, I like to see the horses relaxed and not pulling and not sweating too hard.