Tango on top in the Curragh's opener

we only have a handful of Flat horses in-training and are still know as a national hunt yard but I’d love to have another 10 or 20 Flat horses for the summer. You’d love to think that the likes of today shows people that we can do it. I was very worried about the ground and if the forecast had been right, I’m not sure he would have run at all. He’s not the same on soft ground. He ran a cracker in it last year to finish third and was 8lb lighter this year. We were hoping he’d put his best foot forward and if he did, we thought he’d be thereabouts. Six furlongs is his trip. He doesn’t get seven and he’s not sharp enough for five. He’s usually carrying top-weight and today was a lot different carrying 9st1lb.

Burke 'gives it a go' and bags third weekend-winner

Alparslan is a lovely colt and we purposely left him for this race after he won his maiden. He’d improved a lot on that, and we’ll throw him into black type races now and see how high we can take him. It was the same at Leicester over seven, he was doing his best work at the end. He’s a lovely big colt. He’s workmanlike at home, he’s not a speed horse, but you never know until you get those horses onto the track and see what is under the engine. He could go for the Horris Hill at the backend in Newbury. He obviously handles a bit of cut in the ground as well. there are some great trainers over here and some great horses, but you’ve got to take them on and should never be afraid of getting beat. I don’t understand why a lot more UK trainers don’t give it a go. There is good prizemoney, particularly this weekend. I love travelling horses and like the challenge of taking on the great trainers whether it be here or in France or wherever. It’s all part of life — you have to give it a go.

Some Whelan an' dealin helps super-sub to weekend win

Amo Racing's stallion prospect wins Flying Five

Unbeaten UK-runner lands National Stakes

he is so straightforward, he is such a dude of a horse and I don’t train him, he trains me. This race just sat right because it was a long way from Goodwood to the Dewhurst. We wanted to find a spot in-between and I didn’t want to go to the Champagne and carry another penalty. He’s already won a Group 2 with a penalty and this is a Group 1, but we are coming into Aidan’s (O’Brien) backyard, although it’s the right spot time-wise for him. He’s come from a long way back on sticky ground, and they have not been finishing from a long way back today. That was pretty impressive I’d say and Charlie has given him a beautiful ride. He’s never been on this ground before; he’s not travelled away overnight before but he’s taken it all in his stride. The trickiest part was saddling him up. That was the most exciting part we had.

Melbourne-bound Al Riffa wins St Leger for O'Brien

French-bound Barnavara bags the Blandford

she’s a fantastic filly and is improving all the time. She’s a very big filly and is getting better and better. Every bit of rain that fell helped her and she will go on softer ground. She will go to Longchamp now on Arc weekend for the Opera. She’s won a Listed, a Group 3 and now a Group 2, so it’s the natural way to go for a Group 1 next. It’s great that so many of the syndicate are here and they get a great kick out of it.

Murtagh registers third winner of Champions Weekend