Mr Ginja Ninja has an outstanding opportunity to gain much-needed ‘winning brackets’ in a fourteen-runner Nursery Handicap over five furlongs of Southwell tapeta this afternoon and victory for the vexing Coach House gelding would be a sentimental ‘time’ reminder of my old warrior, multi-raced course winner Elton Ledger. Derek ShawContinue Reading

Ermin Street has been journeyed to Newcastle today despite my personal warning of ‘useful opposition’ after perusing five-day declarations over the Xmas period; that however was before both Barry Hills and myself knew the Novices’ Stakes over seven furlongs had been divided; son Charlie has booked Jason Watson for theContinue Reading

Not So Sleepy and Epatante dead-heated in the ‘Fighting Fifth’ at Newcastle last month and renew rivalry on the same weight terms around Kempton Park today when Nico de Boinville replaces Aidan Coleman on the latter, owned by JP McManus; do we attach significance to this jockey change given firstContinue Reading