Spend a morning at George Boughey's Craven House Stables and it's hard not to come away feeling impressed by the youthful vigour of the place. You rarely see the trainer without his trusted lieutenant Henry Morshead. Then in the saddle there's Billy Loughnane, 20, and a whole assortment of Neil and Trish Callan's sons, ranging from leading apprentice Jack, 19, and leading amateur Henry, 17, to 14-year-old Ted, currently riding out in his summer holiday and who, if early signs are anything to go by, will be a leading something or other before too long. To balance the scales of time, those of a particular vintage would enjoy spotting the evergreen Paul Eddery as one of the key work riders in the string. Change, though, is on the wind, certainly towards the head of the chain, as Henry Morshead adjusts his role from assistant trainer to agent with the launch of Morshead Bloodstock in time for the start of the yearling sales. He won't be lost to the Boughey stable and his activities won't be solely restricted to the sales, however, as Morshead will be based at Craven House, offering a bespoke service to owners which includes a racing managerial side to his business. “It's something that George and I have spoken about for well over a year now and George has been incredibly supportive,” he says. “We softly launched it through the spring and signed for a few breezers together. It was kind of born out of the idea that an increasing part of my role in the last couple of years has been the sales. I've helped George at every major sale through the last three years, and I've really enjoyed having more responsibility in that sphere.“The idea is to continue to help George and be a lot more bloodstock- and sales-focused, giving a far more holistic service to our current owners, or new owners, and just being another port of call for people to discuss plans with their horses, and doing everything we can to deliver on those ambitions.“It's overseeing the whole life cycle, from sale to exit strategy, and everything that comes in between. For me, it's a lovely way to continue growing and developing, but still being a part of the yard and working closely with George.” Morshead and Boughey, right, alongside Paul Eddery, Jack Callan and Billy Loughnane | Emma Berry Morshead is quite at home in the Flat heartland, mixing it with some of the finest-bred animals in Newmarket, but he himself boasts an impeccable National Hunt pedigree. His grandfather Peter Beaumont trained Jodami to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup as well as J-J Henry, winner of the Topham Chase when ridden by Morshead's mother Anthea, who is now race day clerk of the course at York. His late father Sam Morshead was also a clerk of the course at Perth and a successful jump jockey, while Henry rode winners as a conditional for Kim Bailey and Paul Nicholls. “I was just getting a bit heavy and looking to stay in the industry, but to do something slightly different,” he says. “My Flat racing interests flourished and I started working for Charlie Hills while at university in Cirencester, and was then very fortunate to get onto the [Godolphin] Flying Start.“I had an amazing couple of years with a great bunch of people, and then straight off the back of the Flying Start, I did my last placement with George and needed a job. There wasn't really a job going, but he was happy to keep me on and this is my fourth season here now.”During those years, Boughey moved from his initial base at Saffron House Stables to larger premises at Craven House, which has undergone plenty of modernisation.“I've seen him grow in numbers and quality, moved yards, and it's been amazing to see the ambition and the consistency of trying to get better and better, week by week, month by month. It gives you a lot of energy each morning, working with such an ambitious young team,” Morshead says. Significantly, Craven House Stables has been home for the last two seasons to one of the most talked-about horses in training in the undefeated Bow Echo (Night Of Thunder), whose lamented retirement was announced on Tuesday.“Since he came in, he had a little bit of star quality about him,” he adds. “Obviously we didn't know he was going to be quite as good as he is, but it's been amazing to see every piece of work, his development from two to three, and now he's a real star. When you work with a horse every day, it can slightly pass you by, but I've had a few people come up to me at the races after he's won in the last few times this year, or just in passing, and they've commented how lucky I am to have been close to such a good horse at such a young stage of my career.” Morshead with Bow Echo in the week of his 2,000 Guineas win | Emma Berry Morshead still plans to be close to the horses on a daily basis – sales aside – in order to be able to offer owners and clients regular updates and to discuss plans on an intermediary basis.“George and I always place a huge amount of emphasis on the importance of seeing horses every day. Being based here is a huge privilege, and I'm excited to try to help keep George Boughey Racing going, and to reach new heights.”He will not, however, work exclusively for Boughey.“I'm hugely grateful for George's support but Morshead Bloodstock is very much open for business,” he says. “I'm fortunate to be friendly with a good few people that have set up training in the last couple of years, and I have huge admiration for them.“I'm under no illusions. George will be working with a number of different agents. He's got himself to a stage where he's training for some very big operations, and it's fantastic, but if I can represent a few that aren't already represented, and try to grow a diverse ownership base, then that would be brilliant.“George is fantastically busy, and he makes a point of being at as many sales as he can, but we work well as a team, at the sales particularly, and this should just allow us to both work hard in the same direction, on two slightly different fronts.”Boughey recently sent out Survie (Churchill) to win the GII Glen Falls Stakes at Saratoga and she returns this weekend in the GI Christophe Clement Stakes (formerly known as the Sword Dancer). Both Morshead and the trainer are keen to expand the American interests in the stable.“I went to Keeneland last year, just on my own, more as a learning opportunity than anything else, and I think we'll do the same again,” Morshead says. “I think American racing is something we really want to explore a bit more, and certainly I'd love to buy a few horses out there if the opportunity presented itself. There seems to be a good bit of interest from American owners to have horses over here in the UK, which is something we'd love to facilitate.”In the meantime, he is finalising the handover of his assistant trainer duties to Harry Middleton. He adds, “I'm very lucky to work not just with George, but he's got an amazing team around him. There's a huge amount of young, ambitious, talented people around every day, and if you don't learn something from those sorts of people, you're doing it wrong.” The post Morshead Relishes Opportunity to ‘Reach New Heights’ in Agency Role appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.