JAMES COLLING, whose company Racing Tours Ltd is the enterprising head of steam behind the reopening of Cheltenham Racecourse Station, is the grandson of Classic-winning trainer George Colling, to whom Barry Hills was apprenticed.
Colling jnr, 38, has the all-weather regular Rafter's Music in training with Hills at Faringdon Place, and this month he sponsored the George Colling Maiden Stakes at Newmarket.
"I don't think I've seen Barry quite so emotional," says Colling, who presented the trainer with a trophy which now has pride of place on the Hills dining table.