Oxx successor reluctant to fill Sea The Stars' box

Oxx's vacant yard has a new trainer, O'Donoghue. He will keep Sea The Stars' old box empty. O’Donoughue has been assistant trainer to Roger Varian at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket for the last four years. The 29-year-old hopes to start with about 20 horses at his Kildare yard. He spent a summer with Oxx in his early days. After leaving his job at a solicitor's practice, he took up a position as head lad to David O'sma in Yorkshire.