Younger celebrity Olive Nicholls scored an outstanding double, in addition to her first win as a teacher, at Hursely Hambledon point-to-point at Larkhill in Wiltshire ultimate weekend (26 November).
Olive, 17, kicked off her day with a neat victory within the girls’ open, driving her champion teacher father Paul Nicholls’, and John Bolton’s Viroflay, a horse she now trains herself, having prior to now been within the care of her mom Georgina Nicholls.
“My long-term purpose is to coach horses below Laws, as a way to get my first winner as a teacher is astounding,” says Olive, who was once the 2022 amateur girls’ jockey point-to-point champion.
The transfer to coaching has come about after Georgina, who prior to now educated Olive’s tips, took out her licence to coach below Laws in the summertime.
“So the timing made sense and I now glance in any case of the pre-trainers that are available, plus the tips,” explains Olive, who’s based totally at her mom’s backyard in Oxfordshire.
“I’m very fortunate to have nice reinforce round me. Mum continues to be an enormous a part of making the whole lot paintings, however it was once nice to have her main me up on the weekend!” laughs Olive.
Viroflay, who’s a six-year-old by way of Air Leader Marshal, has made an outstanding go back to the observe after recuperating from a leg damage, and he exceeded expectancies when successful on the weekend.
“I wasn’t positive he’d be fairly have compatibility sufficient,” says Olive. “He doesn’t do a super deal at house and it’s laborious to have them bang at the cash first day trip. He’s no longer easy, and I assumed he’d take a little time to settle and kick back into his racing. Ultimate weekend was once all about seeing the place we had been at, however he now marks my first runner and primary winner as a teacher.
“Viroflay may be very particular to me and my final dream for him this 12 months can be to take him to the Aintree Foxhunters,” explains Olive Nicholls, who’s 2d victory arrived within the prerequisites (stage two) nine-year-old and up when Sam Loxton despatched her out on her father’s 13-year-old Shantou Flyer.
“We’ve a actually nice partnership and I’m very assured in him,” provides Olive. “However once more, he’s one I assumed would wish a run sooner than successful. He’s 13 now and nonetheless loves it. From the instant he arrived right here as of late, I knew he wasn’t going to be overwhelmed; he was once like a three-year-old.”
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