Article: Taking a potholed path to the stars; Trainer Charles Booth isn't sure how he makes a living, but he keeps chasing his dreams. Part four of our series focuses on a day in his life.(Sports)

POTHOLES pit the foggy drive that leads to Gravel Pit Farm-where they don't do any farming.

A big man wearing glasses and a quizzical expression, with a face a bit Michael Bentine and a bit Michael Caine, walks a bit Charlie Chaplin across the yard with a bucket of nuts in one hand and a scoop of oats in the other.

"They're very similar to their trainer, these horses," he says, looking at one of them with resigned affection. "Their best performance is at their feed trough."

Part of the stable block roof is covered in lovely, red Italian tiles, and ...

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