Over the last two seasons, Exmoor trainer Jeremy Scott has proved that his training operation is not a one-trick pony. In 2008/09, half of the yard's six victories were provided by Gone To Lunch. In 2009/10 and 2010/11, Jeremy's winners-tally was in double figures - with his then-stable star not responsible for any of them.

In the 2009/10 campaign, Jeremy notched a total of 11 winners from 91 runners, a 12% strike rate. He improved on that in 2010/11, with 14 successes from his 94 runners at nearly 15%. Both of those would also have returned a level-stakes profit at starting price, nearly 11% in 2009/10 and over 34% in the latest season.

Heading up the team in 2010/11 was Ultravox, the improved juvenile hurdler winning three on the spin in March and April and four races in all. A full brother to Royal Ascot winner Pisco Sour, his best performance was in the valuable novices' handicap hurdle over Haydock's fixed brush obstacles, taking that off a mark of 127.

Handicap hurdler Sir Kezbaah, who got two wins and ran well to be placed on another two occasions from his six starts, getting his second win at Cheltenham in April off a mark of 132; and we might not have seen the best of another improved hurdler for the yard in the latest season, Five Star Wilsham, who won at Doncaster in March.

It was a little surprising that Jeremy didn't enjoy the same success with chasers last season, but low grade-handicapper Marias Rock got two wins. Arguably the best chaser in his yard apart from Gone To Lunch is the mare Cool Friend, who lost her form after a reappearance win at Aintree, but at eight is young enough to re-find it, and will start the new season well treated.

However, what's made me sit up and take notice is that National Hunt Flat-race winners form part of Jeremy's 2010/11 statistics. If 34% seems a high level stakes profit-figure, it's 50/1 Stratford scorer Josh's Dreamway who's responsible; what's more, she followed up at Uttoxeter in May. She's a half-sister to a stable companion, winning hurdler Hot Tottie, and will start the new season unbeaten, probably with high hopes. Golden Gael also took a bumper, at Exeter in April.

It would be no surprise at all if this gradual upward curve continued for Jeremy Scott in the 2011/12 season, and he has the firepower to make it happen.

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