Harry Fry: “She’s capable of winning off the mark she’s on and she’s in good form”

Status Quo has been steadily progressing for you. Do you think there is more to come?
He’s just been a bit too keen in his races. The more practice he gets the better he’ll be. He’s a good-looking, talented individual but now he has to go and deliver, which I think he will hopefully.

Let’s talk about some of your stars. Unowhatimeanharry was outstanding last season, is it staying hurdles all the way again with him this time around?
He’s just returned from his summer break and is looking great. It’s early days for him at the moment but I’d think he’d be following a very similar path to last season all being well. He’s nine so there’s not much point going chasing so we’ll stick to what he’s good at.

Neon Wolf is going over fences though. That’s got to be pretty exciting hasn’t it?
He’s one we’re really looking forward to over fences. He looks a chaser through and through and everything he’s been able to do in bumpers and over hurdles has been a real bonus. He’s done well physically over the summer and he’s one of the most exciting young horses we have in the yard.

Neon Wolf only suffered one defeat last season. Did what he achieve really come as a surprise?
We weren’t expecting to achieve over hurdles what we did with him as a novice as he’s a three-mile point-to-point winner. To be able to win a Grade 2 novice hurdle over two miles was fantastic and if you’d have told me that’s what he’d have done at the start of the season I’d have definitely taken it. He was just touched off in the Neptune when it didn’t quite go his way, but he lost nothing in defeat that day.

Who else is getting you excited about the months ahead?
We’ve got American who is three out of three over fences and is being trained with the Ladbrokes Gold Cup in mind at Newbury. If The Cap Fits is a dual bumper winner who was fourth in the Aintree bumper. I’d like to think he can be an exciting novice hurdler this season too.

Would it be fair to say you are itching for the core jumps season to start?
Yes! There are a number of horses ready to roll and it’s an exciting time of year. If you can’t be excited at this time of the year then it’s a long old winter.