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Roscommon Mon, 18th May, 2026 Superficial He’s maybe had a couple of unlucky days,. He was a bit unlucky in Listowel one day and then he ran into one in Bellewstown. We were 11 lengths in front of the favourite (Obscenity) then but still got chinned by one. He’s had some lovely runs and he deserved to get a win under his belt. At Ballinrobe the last day it just didn’t work out, he had a bad draw and they went slow. He’s a nice straightforward horse and you’d be hoping there is more to come from him. He’s big and doesn’t have the most amazing action so I’d say a bit of juice helped and this is probably his ideal ground. We went hurdling with him, which didn’t really work out, but we’ll probably give it a go again at some stage. He schooled well but didn’t jump well in his runs. We’ll probably stick to the Flat for the moment and hopefully there is another day in him.
Mon, 4th May, 2026 Berto Ramirez He does appreciate that better ground, we ran him on softer ground through the winter, and the lads were hoping that he would get into the Fred Winter. It was on softer ground than he would like. He had some nice runs and just missed out on the Fred Winter, so they gave him a spin around in the Triumph just for a day out. This is much more back to his own level of stuff today, but he did it well and travelled well. You'd like to think he would be able to do something on the Flat as well - because we tried to get him into the Fred Winter, he's probably fairly exposed mark-wise over hurdles, so we had to come back for a maiden. We'll see where he goes, there's rated novices and things for the summer. I'd say mixing and matching - the lads probably prefer hurdling to the Flat. That will be the priority, or we will aim that way. I'm sure the Flat will definitely feature along the way too.

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Roscommon Mon, 18th May, 2026 Superficial

He’s maybe had a couple of unlucky days,. He was a bit unlucky in Listowel one day and then he ran into one in Bellewstown. We were 11 lengths in front of the favourite (Obscenity) then but still got chinned by one. He’s had some lovely runs and he deserved to get a win under his belt. At Ballinrobe the last day it just didn’t work out, he had a bad draw and they went slow. He’s a nice straightforward horse and you’d be hoping there is more to come from him. He’s big and doesn’t have the most amazing action so I’d say a bit of juice helped and this is probably his ideal ground. We went hurdling with him, which didn’t really work out, but we’ll probably give it a go again at some stage. He schooled well but didn’t jump well in his runs. We’ll probably stick to the Flat for the moment and hopefully there is another day in him.

Mon, 4th May, 2026 Berto Ramirez

He does appreciate that better ground, we ran him on softer ground through the winter, and the lads were hoping that he would get into the Fred Winter. It was on softer ground than he would like. He had some nice runs and just missed out on the Fred Winter, so they gave him a spin around in the Triumph just for a day out. This is much more back to his own level of stuff today, but he did it well and travelled well. You'd like to think he would be able to do something on the Flat as well - because we tried to get him into the Fred Winter, he's probably fairly exposed mark-wise over hurdles, so we had to come back for a maiden. We'll see where he goes, there's rated novices and things for the summer. I'd say mixing and matching - the lads probably prefer hurdling to the Flat. That will be the priority, or we will aim that way. I'm sure the Flat will definitely feature along the way too.