John Ferguson facing stiff task to rejuvenate Godolphin

The Racing Post produced a fascinating front page story on Tuesday relating to Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin operation attempting to take on Ballydoyle-Coolmore in a far more meaningful manner.

Essentially, it has all been one-way traffic for a long time now and Godolphin has a huge amount of ground to make up on its rival.

Shortly before Christmas John Ferguson, a successful National Hunt trainer in his own right and bloodstock advisor to Sheikh Mohammed, was unveiled as the new Chief Executive of Godolphin.