The last two seasons have seen nothing less than a meteoric change of fortune for Sutton Veny handler Milton Harris, doubling his profile of Graded winners, and placing himself firmly mid division in the Trainers' rankings. The form that has seen him train no less than 46 winners this term continued this week with a haul of 3 run-of-the-mill races at Wincanton yesterday and Leicester today in preparation for a tilt next week at one of the biggest races of the season - the JCB

Porlock Bay will swerve Cheltenham and aim for a showdown with Cousin Pascal at Aintree, writes Carl Evans for Pointotopoint.co.uk. Last year's winner has scoped dirty and will not be ready to defend his crown on Friday March 18th. The Aintree race is building to be a peach of a contest, but the abdication of leading fancies in favour of Aintree would appear to be an even stronger trend among Rules trainers, and poses the question whether there is a shift of the balance of p