POINT WIN FOR ENGLAND

Congratualtions to full time employee & Amateur Jockey Elliot England on guiding Sforza Castle to an emphatic debut victory at the Old Berks Lockinge on Easter Monday. 

Report by Russell Smith:

Elliott England got off the mark for the season on just his second ride of the campaign with victory on Sforza Castle for his boss Ben Pauling in the first division of the Charles Russell Speechlys Maiden - the first time it had been split since 2013.


The six-year-old son of Milan, owned by the Naunton trainer's wife, Sophie, took up the running five from home and had matters in hand when his nearest pursuer, O'Halloran's Castle, unseated at the last, leaving the staying-on Windgap Hill and York to take second, two lengths adrift.


England said: "It is good to nick one like that for my boss. That's my first winner for him."


Assistant trainer Tom David, representing Pauling, said of the winner: "Barry Geraghty sourced him a few years ago and he was placed in maiden hurdles. This is his game. He will win a few point-to-points."