Sharestan one to note in coming months

If there was one horse about which to get excited at Leopardstown last Sunday then it was surely John Oxx’s Sharestan.

The four-year-old, unraced as a juvenile, was having only a fourth ever outing and ran the experienced and talented Famous Name to a head.

Sharestan was first seen when winning a modest maiden at the Curragh last June, a contest in which Paul Nicholls’ now hurdler Dodging Bullets, finished fourth, beaten about three lengths.