Saturnas on a different planet to his rivals

Missy Tata on an upward curve

She’s not a bad mare. We were thinking about going jumping fences with her but I‘d say she could win plenty of prize money if we kept her over hurdles. Keith gave her a good ride, and that’s good for him, so I’m happy for him. Keith rode his first Graded winner last week and that’s his second in a week now.

Meade eyes Drinmore for Road To Respect

He’s a lovely horse. Eoin (Griffin) had him last year and I feel sorry for him. I’d say he’s matured a lot and got a bit stronger. He’s a nice horse. He jumps well. He would have needed that a bit as we didn’t really do that much with him. We just thought we’d let him come to himself because last year we thought he had a couple of very hard races in his first couple of races against real good horses. We were hoping that he’d run well but I wasn’t saying he was going to win. I’ll have to wait and see where we slot in now. There is no reason why he wouldn’t run in the Drinmore. There were probably good horses there behind him. I know Sandra’s horse (Acapella Bourgeois) was gone and it’s probably too short for Gordon’s (Prince Of Scars) but it was still a reasonable race and I think he should come on from it.

Elliott doubles his way to a century

He’s a nice big horse and is something to look forward to. He’s still very babyish and won’t come into his own until he jumps a fence.

Drop back in trip suits Effernock Lad

Bringing him back to two miles did the trick obviously. We thought he wanted two-and-a-half and he did win over 2m5f at Downpatrick but it was a slowly run race. Two miles is the key to him. He looks like a slow horse at home but he lights up when he comes racing. He’s a grand old horse. He’s won three times over hurdles and that’s his first chase. We’ve had him since he was a four-year-old. We were hoping to sell him but he didn’t win a point-to-point and he was left with us. He’s done a job anyway. There are probably more opportunities for him in England and we’re thinking about a race in Musselburgh in a couple of weeks for him. We’ve had it in mind for him and said if he ran well here he would go. It depends on what the handicapper does now.

Fresh After Aspen a 'kitchen sink job'!

He has run a blinder first time out for the past two years. He ran some great races last year, about three great races and four or five shockers. I said ‘I’m going to get you first time out this year’ so I got him plenty fit, put on a 7lb-claimer and said ‘kitchen sink job’. He goes well fresh for whatever reason and was inconsistent last year. He had some great runs thrown in randomly and then just got too much at the end of the season. He’s not a bad horse and is a full-brother to King Leon. JJ is a good rider and great value for his 7lb. The 7lb made the difference between winning and losing today. We’ll probably leave him for a while now.

407/1 double for Slevin in Naas

I didn’t see the end of it but she seemed to do it very well. She’ll be sold now I’d say. That’s what she was bought for - to be sold. The boys wanted to go point-to-pointing but I didn’t as I thought she was better than a point-to-pointer. She's more a hurdler. She’s very like Fair Ina and Solerina. I gave JJ the instruction to jump off wherever he was happy. I said she’ll come from behind or go from the front. He said he went a stride too slow because she’s a real galloper. She’s very like Solerina to gallop. I’m not saying she’s Solerina, probably a long way off it, but she’s off to a good start.