Cheltenham Thu, 13th Mar, 2025  Bob Olinger It’s unbelievable, a super ride from Rachael and great work from all the team at home. To get him back like that is incredible and I’m delighted for everyone. Davy Roche, my assistant, he’d take a bullet for him – he adores him. He said he worked well the other day and he’ll be ecstatic. He’s just a class horse and he was unbeaten here. I was at a preview event a few weeks ago and I wasn’t looking at the betting, but he was 66-1 and I was thinking ‘oh my God’, I couldn’t believe it. He’s a bit of a poser and a dude who loves the attention and deserves every bit he gets. He comes alive here and obviously loves it here. We had a couple of funny years with him, but he’s back now. You always hope they’ll come back and win another big one, but I never foresee anything winning anything!. You live the dream and you hope and try to maintain them as well as you can. It’s so hard to get a good horse, so when you get a good one, you want to try and maintain them for as long as you can and I really feel we try to do that. It’s brilliant for Rachael. She’s just so good and is such a professional who works so hard. When she came back from injury our horses hit a bad patch of form, but she just does what she does – she’s class.

Limerick Fri, 27th Dec, 2024  Big Debates He enjoyed himself there today. I was worried about the pace that he may end up in front, but the two JP horses went on in front which was lovely for us,. He ran a peculiar race in the Cork National the last day. They must have gone a steady gallop as he got caught for toe turning in and then he sprinted after the last. It was nice and smooth today and he jumped lovely. The original plan was to go for a three-mile handicap hurdle here but the entry was small and we switched him to this. Anna McGuinness usually rides him but she’s riding in the Paddy Power for Willie and Ken Whelan recommended this lad to ride him. His chase mark will be a bit high after this and we might go for a three-mile handicap hurdle the next day.