IT’S a good link up, the newly-founded association between Charlie Longsdon and Jonathan Burke. One is a young man on the up in his profession, and the other is, well, a young man on the up in his profession.

It’s a good opportunity for Burke. He has ridden plenty in Britain in recent years, the Potts horses when they travelled as well as plenty of times for Rebecca Curtis and others, including Longsdon, and hopefully he can put his recent injury woes behind him now and have a fair crack at showcasing his burgeoning talent.