Judgment reserved on Spencer

THERE must have been times of late when Jamie Spencer has scratched his young head and wondered just what he’s doing back in his native country!

The racing world was shocked towards the end of last season when it was announced that Ballydoyle and Michael Kinane were to part company and Spencer was to be installed as the new number one.

The scenario was quite simple, a “kid”, for the want of a better description, was going to replace a legend, the best flat jockey Ireland has ever produced.