Dadoozdart lunges late for cosy win in opener

Marianne makes winning debut

She's a grand filly. I bought her in the sales last year and I've always liked the family,. She's a big honest filly. The ground wouldn't be ideal for her but it was nice to get her started the way she did it. We'll see where we go now and she wouldn't mind another furlong. She's very easy to train.

G Force powers home under Crosse

The two runs would have brought him on a ton. He ran a blinder on his first two runs and that will do his confidence the world of good. He wouldn't be the most confident creature in the world. Last year I cut him and did his wind at the start of last year and he just never thrived all year. He was a head and a tail all last year. This winter he has thrived and hopefully now he can step up again. There is a decent handicap in him along the way, hopefully a Stewards Cup or an Ayr Gold Cup. That's the long-term plan. Goodwood turned up fierce soft last year and Ayr last year wasn't even run but most years there is plenty of cut in the ground. He probably doesn't want it as deep as that but he wants a good bit of ease. It's good to get him off the mark.

Keane at double on board Psychedelic Funk

He handles that ground well so it was nice. He's a classy horse when he's on his day. He's probably a seven (furlong) or a mile horse in that ground but probably seven is his best trip. Hopefully he can go on to better things. That was lovely. He's heavy and he has grown into some beast of a horse. He loves the ground, loves Naas and I'd love the Lockinge to to be run in Naas if someone could sort that for us!. I think he deserves to go over here if conditions are right. Knowing our luck it'll dry up between now and then and it'll go against us but anything bar fast ground. He holds the entry there and that's the next obvious target. I hate putting blinkers on them on their first run back but he'll literally do nothing without them. Colin said he just felt brilliant. He got a great lead off Billy and blew up as he got to him. If there was a hole in him they'd have found it out then. That's probably as good a performance as he's put up in his career and he just seems to be getting better and stronger. The team talked me out of gelding him. I don't think there is any reason to keep them colts unless you think they can perform at the top end. He deserves his chance now and we'll see. Of the horses we've seen up to now I think he has every right to go for a Lockinge. We just need a bit of luck that the conditions stay in our favour.

Capri back with a win under Moore

We're delighted and it was nice to get him started. We'll have a look at going to the Mooresbridge next and he'll come on lovely. Then we might have a look at either the Tattersalls or the Coronation. Maybe he can do the two. He's a lovely relaxed horse, lazy and a brave horse. Ryan was delighted with him. We'll let him come slowly rather than forcing him. We'll feel our way. That's the first time he's won over ten and we'll be thinking a mile-and-a-quarter and a mile-and-a-half with him. There should be tons of improvement. I'd say he got tired but he was entitled to and it's nice for him to be doing that rather than racing up there with his mouth open as we've another eight months to go.

Curley Bill returns to give Meade his double

Hunting Horn sounds out brace for O'Brien and Moore

We liked him last year and he got beat twice. The Camelots seem to step up from two to three and when when they go beyond a mile to a mile-and-a-quarter and they probably will again when they go to a mile-and-a-half. He had a couple of decent runs last year and Joseph's horse (Latrobe for Joseph O'Brien) had a very good run. I'd say it was a decent maiden. He can go to some of the Derby trials now. We'll play our way gentle and see what happens.