After race at Curragh Sun, 11th Sep, 2022 (1st)  Charlie said he hated the ground and never really went a yard in it, but I thought he was always going to get there. Just when he got to the front he found it a bit hard work, but surprisingly I was quite confident. You wouldn't know he was in the yard. Any kid can ride him and when we started working him any kid did ride him because I thought that he wasn't very good and he doesn't do anything. I found the worst race in England, at Chepstow, for him to win. He fell out of the stalls and he won going away and I thought 'maybe you are a bit better than I think you are'. He just doesn't work well at home, he never has, so it's hard to know what you've got. Obviously he's never encountered soft ground, we haven't had any. I wouldn't say he loved it but he handled it. The sale has been very lucky and we found Tout Seul and Beaver Patrol and had a rake load of success out of it. It's a great sale for my sort of trainer. I buy my horses with Anthony Bromley, from Highflyer Bloodstock, and we've gotten better at him knowing what I like and me knowing what he buys. It's going really well. Eve Johnson Houghton