Downpatrick Fri, 11th Oct, 2024  Boomslang I was told a few months ago that John Wade and Maria would be coming over to meet friends at this meeting. They booked hospitality. . I kind of put together a few runners that might come and then a month ago I started to put the ball in motion. They didn't know anything about it. . Unluckily, he saw his iPad two days ago. He's 80 years of age and he had a look on his iPad and he never normally would see, but he saw it. It kind of wrecked the surprise of having runners here. . We brought five over and, unfortunately, the vet pulled one out which I thought had a right chance, My Friend Yeats. . We are going back with a winner and are very happy. . From what I could see, he jumped very well. His schooling has been class at home. He was good and brave. He hit the front very early for him - in the past he would look around a little bit, but he looked very genuine here and he has obviously enjoyed the track.