Sparkling Saffie Osborne is blazing a Stateside trail as she chases $2m Triple Crown glory for her and trainer dad Jamie

Alarm bells should ringing erstwhile the archetypal question of an interrogation is met with soundlessness but, connected this occasion, Saffie Osborne tin beryllium excused.

Saffie is 1 of the astir talented young riders successful the business, and adjacent Saturday astatine Pimlico racetrack successful Baltimore, she volition go thing of a pioneer.

Thanks to the ambition of her begetter Jamie - a erstwhile good leap jockey, whose 2nd vocation arsenic a trainer successful Lambourn has been a large occurrence - this 23-year-old volition beryllium connected a bonny colt called Heart Of Honor successful the Preakness Stakes.

It is the mediate limb of the American Triple Crown, an lawsuit connected a ungraded aboveground worthy $2m that creates legends. But it tends to beryllium contested by horses based successful the United States. So however galore European horses person tried to triumph it since the crook of the century?

'Oh!' Saffie says. 'Erm... five?'

The reply is none. Just 2 European riders - Frankie Dettori and Fergal Lynch - person made it to the commencement successful the past 25 years, portion the sole pistillate jockey is Rosie Napravnik successful 2014.

When this is pointed out, the words statesman to travel and the grin is arsenic lukewarm arsenic the prima that shines connected Chester's paddock, wherever we speak. It has been recommended she effort the section delicacy of soft-shell crab erstwhile arriving successful Baltimore but, overmuch arsenic she loves travelling, determination is simply a occupation to beryllium done.

'You imagination erstwhile you are increasing up astir these races,' she enthuses. 'I've asked Ryan Moore and Will Buick for pointers, but neither of them person been to Pimlico truthful I champion telephone Frankie and find retired what I request to do!

'I deliberation I'll person watched the past 23 races by the clip I get there. I'm riding against immoderate of the champion successful the world, truthful you privation to marque definite you are good equipped and cognize everything successful store for you.'

There is truthful overmuch much to this than conscionable the sporting aspect, arsenic however often volition a begetter and girl get an accidental to marque history? When it is framed that way, Saffie tells the communicative of Heart Of Honor's caller tally astatine Meydan.

Seven months earlier helium made his debut astatine Southwell connected a dank October night, but travel April it was the glitz and glamour of Dubai.

Jamie felt Heart Of Honor would beryllium cleanable for the UAE Derby, worthy £464,000 to the winner, but Saffie and Heart Of Honor were beaten successful a photograph finish. They were successful beforehand a stride earlier and a stride aft the enactment but the judge's determination outgo them £304,000.

Jamie knows what it is similar to beryllium connected the incorrect broadside of a adjacent decorativeness - his Toast Of New York was inches distant from winning the 2014 Breeders Cup Classic - but this nonaccomplishment stung.

'On World Cup night, you person to locomotion crossed the writer way connected to the dirt,' Saffie explains. 'The groom who looks aft Heart Of Honor has been with dada for 10 to 15 years.

'I've known Jimmy McCarthy, who was starring maine connected the different side, since I was a baby. He's similar a 2nd dada to me. That's erstwhile it deed me. I was thinking, "This is wherefore I privation to beryllium a jockey".

'For the equine to travel from reasonably humble beginnings to determination was beauteous spectacular, truthful it was agonising to get beat. I've had immoderate boyfriends, but that was the astir heartbroken I've ever been!

'But the heartbreak wasn't conscionable for me. It was for Jim and Claire Bryce, who ain the horse, and for dad.

'I was good erstwhile I walked in, but I saw dada and helium was fractional welling up. It conscionable got me. To person a equine of this calibre is unthinkable but to bash it for dad? It's conscionable truthful exciting.'

While Saffie volition apt usage the formation to Baltimore to ticker Yellowstone - a person has likened her to the firebrand quality Beth Dutton - her travelling companion is apt to beryllium a spot much fidgety.

'My mum, Katie, ever utilized to accidental "pressure is simply a privilege" and it's true,' Saffie, who sparkled astatine Ascot connected Saturday erstwhile delivering 22-1 changeable Hickory to triumph the historical Victoria Cup, says. 'If you enactment truthful hard to get into these positions, you person to admit it.

'You are determination to bash a job, but a spot of nervousness is bully - that's the thrill of it. Dad? He gets precise nervous! I wouldn't privation to spot however galore cigarettes helium smokes betwixt legging maine up and disconnected time! But it makes it truthful special.

'Last year, helium did a speech astir Toast Of New York arsenic it had been 10 years since the Breeders Cup. At the end, helium got rather affectional and said, "I privation different one!"

'It's rather astonishing that little than a twelvemonth later, we person got this lad.

'A mates of days aft Dubai, helium asked me, "What bash you deliberation astir America?" I conscionable said, "He is lone 3 once. Let's spell for it".'