Having forged a reputation for turning other trainers’ cast-offs into winners, Aston Rowant handler Lawney Hill is keen to show she is equally adept with higher quality horses.

Hill admits last season – when her total of winners dipped to 15 – that many of her horses were “not up to the job”.

But with ten winners on the board already this campaign, she is optimistic of moving forward.

Hill was speaking during an open morning at her Woodway Farm stables on Saturday, when around 100 visitors had the chance to see members of her string and her husband Alan’s point-to-pointers.

Reflecting on recent successes by the likes of low-grade performers Fittobust at Huntingdon and Safe Investment at Fontwell, she said: "I want to get each horse to perform to the best of its ability. I’d love to have more Cheltenham horses.

“But I am delighted to win with these kind of horses. It shows we can train and that is what it is about. But we can train good horses too.”

Cap Elorn has been her early season star, rattling off a hat-trick of wins with two successes at Worces-ter followed by an easy victory at Huntingdon.

“It has been really great and has kick-started our season,” added Hill. “I am delighted how it has gone”

Now she is looking to the likes of Billy Twyford, Come On Laurie and Jammy to make an impact on a bigger stage.

While a trip to the Cheltenham Festival may be a flight of fancy, it’s certainly on the agenda for Harbour Court, the star of her husband’s burgeoning point-to-point team.

The Foxhunters Chase, a race Alan Hill won as a rider on Elmboy in 1985, is the target, and he said: “It is a big dream.”

Meanwhile, Paul Webber has set his sights on big-race success this season for his Mollington yard, near Banbury.

Time For Rupert is on the road to recovery following major surgery to remove a growth from his head, with the Crabbie’s Grand National as a potential long-term target.

The master of Cropredy Lawn believes Cantlow and Alasi can also post high-profile wins, while he is looking forward to Sixty Something and Dunlough Bay tackling fences.

He said: “We have got to start winning those big races because that is where you get more exposure.

“We definitely have more proven horses this year. We are usually relying on young ones to come through and win bumpers.

“Hopefully we have got horses that have done that and now we need to make the next step.”

l Jump racing fans get the chance to look around Charlie Longsdon’s stables when the Chipping Norton trainer holds his open morning on Saturday.

Gates open at Hull Farm Stables at 10am, with a parade of around 60 horses an hour later, along with a schooling session.

Visitors will be asked to make donations to the Thames Valley Air Ambulance.