After race at Dundalk Wed, 1st Nov, 2017 (1st)  Patience has paid off with him. We ran him a few months ago but he was colty. We ran him to kind of teach him his job and he was just weak, and got a little upset at the start,. We took our time with him and if Colin wasn't going for the championship we might not have run him as we do like him. It was only in the last month that he started telling us that he had strengthened up and was really appreciating the little bit of time we gave him. There was plenty of talk for a couple of horses in this race and it scared us a little bit but we actually thought this lad would run well tonight and that it would take a good one to beat him. The horse that finished second is a nice horse and finished third behind a nice one of ours (McMunigal) so that was a nice line and he's after franking that. He wants a trip and we're really looking forward to this lad. Thanks to China Horse Club and Mick Flanagan for keeping the faith. We're going to treat him with a bit of respect as it was always next year with this lad. That's it now, he's done his job for Colin, he'll have a nice rest. He's a handy horse and it won't take a lot to get him going again. He'll have a break now and we'll see how he is after Christmas. G M Lyons