Cast No Shadow is edging closer to his long-awaited return to action, he looks great and as I said in my last update he has grown a bit.

He is enjoying doing exercise again, which is no surprise given he spent so much of the year on the walker. He did two fast pieces of work this morning, which were his first since his return to training, and I was delighted with how it went. As you would expect, he was breathing heavily after those, but he will get fitter with each day.

I’ve had a look through the fixtures over the next 3-4 weeks, and I’ve identified a 0-70 handicap at Newcastle on November 7th which looks ideal for him. It’s over 5f, and he has run well at Newcastle before.

Hugo Palmer, Coral Racing Club Trainer