Mark Walsh in pole position to eventually land JP McManus job

I don’t know if Mark Walsh will ever follow Tony McCoy and Barry Geraghty as first jockey to J P McManus, but there seems little doubt he is at least in pole position.

Indeed, there were those who thought, on McCoy’s retirement, that McManus might well choose Walsh.

But, do you know what, when McCoy finally drew the curtains on a glittering career it was a wise decision by the McManus team to turn to Geraghty.