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Johnny does the business
He seems to be improving. Paul said he hated the ground and pure fitness won it for him and he had that extra gear too. I'll look for a winners of one for him in three or four weeks time now. The Fairyhouse Festival would be his chief aim this season.
Ger wins for Nolan as he comments on Jon & Paddy
It's nice to get a win with him after all the races he's thrown away. His jumping let him down over fences. He was rated 126 at that game at one stage and he's only a 102 over hurdles. Hopefully he won't get too much for that and we'll step him up in trip and he'd be better over longer. He hung a bit right there too and he'd be better going the other way. The jump at the last won it for him and he got a nice ride from Alain. He was a three mile horse over two miles so we had to force the pace.
Golden Silver is all class at Naas
I was a bit afraid coming here after not doing a lot with him since his last run - with Cheltenham in mind. However he is enjoying his racing and he was very good today. His jumping was a lot sweeter. I'll leave a decision as to what race he goes for at Cheltenham until I see the ground. The form book suggests the Champion Chase is his race. We would be looking towards taking on Big Zeb again then. If the ground was very lively though he could go for the Ryanair.
No Doubt for Dare at Naas
That was a good contest and she is improving all the time. There is a big mares race in Limerick on the Sunday before Cheltenham (the Listed Kerry Group E.B.F. Mares Novice Hurdle on March 13th) and she'll probably go there. We'll keep her at home as her style of racing (front-running) mightn't suit going over there (Cheltenham).
Three up for Roi
He jumps well and he is improving the whole time. If you'd asked me two runs back where he'd end up I wouldn't have said here (a Grade 2 winner). He is entered in a couple of handicaps at Cheltenham but he'll probably wait at home for another graded race. We'll look at something like the Powers Gold Cup for him.
Rivage D'Or finally gets there
That's the way we would have liked it to happen as we'd like to run Rivage D'Or in the Pertemps Final and he needed 4 or 5Ibs more to get in. They are two good staying horses and the other fellow (Raz De Maree) will win another one. He needs a stiffer test.
4 for Mullins, 3 for Gigginstown
I'm happy now that he's better going left-handed. He's improving too and that ground must be a bit better than the soft to heavy description because he's a good ground horse. That performance is up to scratch with any bumper horse I've run as it looked a good race. The owners wouldn't be keen on the Cheltenham Bumper so I'll have to see if I can twist their arm.
