Ikorodu Road's Trainer Matt Sheppard is going places

By Peter Scudamore for the Daily Mail PETER SCUDAMORE Updated: 14:58 EST, 4 March 2012

Performance of the week

All the headlines after Doncaster's Grimthorpe Chase concerned the solid Grand National trial of runner-up Junior but also take a bow Matt Sheppard, trainer of winner Ikorodu Road, who does not get the ammunition he deserves.

Credit: Ikorudu Road and Charlie Poste (left) on their way to victory

Credit: Ikorudu Road and Charlie Poste (left) on their way to victory

Ride of week

If you wondered why owner JP McManus bothers to retain the services of AP McCoy, look at Sundown Trail's Kelso win on Saturday.

A modest horse in an ordinary contest lifted home by the steely determined 16-time champion.