Big day for ... Sam Davison.

A NEW name will appear among the training ranks today, although she is no stranger to readying winners.

After a successful five-year spell training arab horses, Sam Davison has her first thoroughbred runner when Foxtrot Bravo lines up in the Digibet.com Claiming Stakes (7.50) at Kempton tonight.

Davison, who spent eight years with Roger Charlton as well as a year assisting Brian Smith in Australia, has had more than 30 wins in the arab sphere, including success in Group races.

But despite this, she is realistic about the chances of Foxtrot Bravo.

"I'm quite excited, but I don't think that he'll win, so it's a bit of a fact-finding mission," she said.

Having been granted a Flat licence recently, 35-year-old Davison expects to have a dual-purpose licence soon, as she looks to increase her string of three at her 13-box capacity yard at Green Lane Farm in Ogbourne Maisey, Wiltshire.

Looking to the future, Davison, who has an owner ready to make three more purchases, said: "My aims are to get some more horses in and have a lot of good quality runners."

Paul Eacott