It may seem odd for a trainer sitting second on the premiership but Stephen Marsh feels a little like his season hasn’t started.
Marsh has trained 32 winners already this term and is well on target to finish runner-up on the table.
Although few trainers aim to finish second, in Marsh’s case it is almost as good as a win up against the powerhouse that is Te Akau, with Jamie Richards as their trainer and premiership winner the last three years, and now with Mark Walker in charge and already 45 clear with less than half the season gone.
Marsh is happy with how his stable is operating but not so pleased with winter’s long, wet embrace of spring.
“We have found the constant wet tracks really hard,” he admits.