Iroko’s connections are once more plotting a path to Merseyside in the spring after seeing their charge bag a pre-Christmas win at Ascot. The Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero-trained Iroko was sent off favourite for the Grand National at Aintree in the spring and finished a very honourable fourth as Nick Rockett bagged the prize for Willie and Patrick Mullins. That was just the eighth start of his career over fences and, set to turn eight on New Year’s Day, plans are taking shape for another crack at the National. Form this season looks stellar Iroko won a three-runner 2m5f graduation chase at Ascot on the Saturday before Christmas, finishing strongly to beat Irish raiders Firefox (Gordon Elliott) and James […]