YOU never would have had Mark Johnston pegged as a trainer for early two-year-olds. In the last five years combined, he has had just three runners in March, and none of them won.

This year, different story. The Middleham trainer sent out three juveniles in March in the three juvenile races run in Britain. It all kicked off with Ravenhoe, who landed the Brocklesby at Doncaster on the first day of the turf flat season.