JOHN O'Shea is looking to build on a great winning run for his Gloucestershire stable.

He has saddled three winners from his past four runners, including a double at Stratford on Saturday.

His only loser during the sequence was a horse which ran off the course – but then won three days later.

It is a reminder of the days when his stable contained the likes of Go Ballistic, who O'Shea trained to finish fourth in the 1997 Cheltenham Gold Cup, and regularly hit double figures for winners in a season.

"It's great to have three winners in a week – it's like the old days," said the Westbury-on-Severn handler.

"The horses are very well and I'm really pleased with them.

"It's fantastic, a great boost for everyone involved in the yard."

O'Shea kicked off the winning run with Chevy To The Levy at Hereford.

The eight-year-old bounced back from a lacklustre display at Stratford to score in determined style under O'Shea's conditional jockey Charlie Wallis.

"His first two runs of the season were good, but when he ran at Stratford it was too soon after his previous run," said O'Shea.

"He's a horse that needs to be kept fresh, and he jumped super at Hereford."

The second winner came from Stafford Charlie at Stratford at Saturday, also ridden by Wallis.

The four-year-old, who had won none of his previous 12 races, was eased down at the finish but still won by nine lengths.

O'Shea said: "He won very well the other day, but he's a very backward horse.

"He had shown nothing on the racecourse and then showed a lot of improvement at Worcester.

"His next run after that came too soon for him, but he did it well at Stratford. Hopefully he can go on from that and he'll make a chaser."

O'Shea chalked up the third victory and his second of the day at Stratford with Littledean Jimmy.

The five-year-old had given serious steering problems when going well in his two previous races, swerving off the track and unseating Wallis at Hereford last Wednesday.

Alert to the potential danger, Wallis kept him back at Stratford before letting him loose near the finish.

O'Shea, on four winners for the season, hopes the gelding has put his problems behind him and can start to fulfil his potential.

"He ran out at Worcester and Hereford, and that's two races it looked like he'd win," he said.

"There was nothing about his behaviour to home to suggest he'd get up to stuff like that – it was really surprising.

"I gave him the benefit of the doubt at Worcester but then he did it again at Hereford.

"It was a bit of a risk running him at Stratford just a few days after Hereford.

"Bearing in mind his past antics we didn't want him to hit the front too soon. Hopefully he's got it out of his system now and is finally cured."