Cheltenham Fri, 15th Mar, 2024  Galopin Des Champs I think he just put himself in the superstar category — to do what he did and the way he did it. The loose horse was there and Paul was just so positive on him. Hopefully we can come back next year to win a third one — he has the ability to do it and we just have to stay sound, I think. He’s doing everything right and is achieving more than I thought he could. It was great to win a Gold Cup last year and we were crossing our fingers this year that if we got him there safe and sound, he’d have every chance of winning and he’s just done that. But you can only dream about these kinds of things.

Cheltenham Fri, 15th Mar, 2024  Galopin Des Champs I think he just put himself in the superstar category – to do what he did and the way he did it. The loose horse was there and Paul was just so positive on him. Hopefully we can come back next year to win a third one – he has the ability to do it and we just have to stay sound, I think. He’s doing everything right and is achieving more than I thought he could. It was great to win a Gold Cup last year and we were crossing our fingers this year that if we got him there safe and sound, he’d have every chance of winning and he’s just done that. But you can only dream about these kinds of things.

Leopardstown Sat, 3rd Feb, 2024  Galopin Des Champs It was a terrific performance. He did it the hard way, out in front and jumped from fence to fence. He didn’t wait around for anyone and did everything right. Paul was very happy with him. He set his own pace, which is hard to do on soft ground. Paul made sure that he was going to go fast enough and try to suck the energy out of the ones behind, which he did.

Leopardstown Sat, 3rd Feb, 2024  Galopin Des Champs It was a terrific performance. He did it the hard way, out in front and jumped from fence to fence. He didn't wait around for anyone and did everything right. Paul was very happy with him. He set his own pace which is hard to do on soft ground. Paul made sure that he was going to go fast enough and try and suck the energy out of the ones behind, which he did. We thought Conflated might make the running but from the early stages we knew that wasn't the way. Paul just had to grab the race by the horns, he did and it worked out. I thought for a minute from the fifth last to the third last that JJ Slevin's body language was looking very good and he was confident in the horse he was riding. When Paul poured a little bit on and got a great jump at the second last you could see the distress signals coming out and Paul was still happy. He was able to dictate in front. Gold Cups are always important and it's nice to win another one for Greg and Audrey (Turley). It's tremendous prize-money and a tremendous day here in Leopardstown. Some people think it's a trial for Cheltenham but for me it's a race in it's own right. They need to be respected and raced for. I bring my best horses here to do that. I thought I'd never have a horse good enough to run in the race, never mind win it different years but that's the way the thing has grown and we're very lucky.

Leopardstown Thu, 28th Dec, 2023  Galopin Des Champs Paul was keen to change tactics today, he wanted to bounce out and let him enjoy himself over the first few fences. I said 'let's do that' because the last twice he was beaten and things didn't work out. I think the horse gave it back to Paul. When I saw him jumping the first the way he did I thought 'right game on here today'. He fiddled a few fences after that but Paul was very happy at all stages and he showed his absolute stamina in the the way he galloped away from the third last, down over the second last and then up over the last. He put everything to bed coming around the last bend. I was hugely impressed by him. I didn't know what to expect as his work had been a little bit indifferent at home. We tried a few different things with him and obviously they must have worked. We had no winner the first day and people were wondering were things not going to happen for us over Christmas. Things came right on the second day and it's been really good today as well. We had Appreciate It in the race, Capodanno and I Am Maximus, all Gold Cup standard horses and you never know whats's going to fire on the day. It's like a player going out to play a rugby or hurling match, the ball has to bounce for them. This fella just made the ball bounce for himself today. Take him out and you still had a fantastic race, but he looked a class ahead of them. He put everything together, he really enjoyed himself, and Paul made the right decision to get him out early, get him up there and let him

Leopardstown Thu, 28th Dec, 2023  Galopin Des Champs Paul was keen to change tactics today, he wanted to bounce out and let him enjoy himself over the first few fences. I said ‘let’s do that’ because the last twice he was beaten and things didn’t work out. I think the horse gave it back to Paul. When I saw him jumping the first the way he did I thought ‘right, game on here today’. He fiddled a few fences after that but Paul was very happy at all stages and he showed his absolute stamina in the the way he galloped away from the third-last, down over the second-last and then up over the last. He put everything to bed coming around the last bend. I was hugely impressed by him. I didn’t know what to expect as his work had been a little bit indifferent at home. We tried a few different things with him and obviously they must have worked. We had no winner the first day and people were wondering were things not going to happen for us over Christmas. Things came right on the second day and it’s been really good today as well. We had Appreciate It in the race, Capodanno and I Am Maximus, all Gold Cup standard horses and you never know what’s going to fire on the day. It’s like a player going out to play a rugby or hurling match, the ball has to bounce for them. This fella just made the ball bounce for himself today. Take him out and you still had a fantastic race, but he looked a class ahead of them. He put everything together, he really enjoyed himself, and Paul made the right