Nicholas Alexander

Former City of London financier Nicholas Alexander comes from a famous family in the sphere of National Hunt racing in Scotland, insofar as his late father, Cyril, trained Subaltern, the winner of the Foxhunters’ Open Hunters’ Chase, over the Grand National fences, at Aintree in 1967 amd his daughter, Lucy, won the conditional jockeys’ title in 2013. Following the death of Cyril Alexander, in 1992, Jim Barclay was employed to train under licence at the family yard, Kinneston Stables, near Scotlandwell, Perth and Kinross. However, winners proved few and far between for Barclay – his highest seasonal tally was just five, which he achieved in both 1994/95 and 1996/97 – and, dissatisfied with results, Alexander Jr. decided to train the horses himself, under permit, in 2002.

In five seasons as a permit holder, Alexander struggled to make much of an impact and it was a similar story in the first few years after he took out a full training licence in 2007. However, at the end of the 2011/12 National Hunt season, his neighbouring trainer Sue Bradburne retired and became his assistant, bringing with her horses and owners. In 2012/13, Alexander upped his seasonal tally to 28 winners and has continued, more or less, in similar vein ever since.

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