Irish National appears on Answer To Kayf's agenda

I suppose heavy ground makes a huge difference and a drop in class. It just goes to show how good those beginners' chases are as he couldn’t get a blow in. We’re hoping to go to Cheltenham with him, but I suppose the handicapper is going to give him a fair lump for that. The 2m4f novice handicap chase is the only one he can run in. There is a 3m5f novice as well, but you have to be in the first four over three miles and he hasn’t run over three miles. The owners are thrilled and get a great buzz out of it. This has been a dream horse for them. At the end of the year an Irish National might not be out of the question.

Charlus adds his name to Mullins' Cheltenham squad

That was a very pleasing first run for a Churchill off the Flat. I was afraid he’d be too keen and was really pleased how he settled and jumped. He had a couple of little setbacks earlier in the season and we’re hoping that he’ll improve enough to merit his entry in the Triumph Hurdle. It’s a new partnership (The Why Knot Partnership) between a number of groups hatched over a social occasion. They have four or five horses, mostly dual-purpose types, and our aim would be to have runners at the likes of Cheltenham and Ascot.

Mullins and Townend double up with unexposed Anzadam

That was a very good performance. Paul gave him a squeeze after the last and he quickened away nicely. There was no sign of him stopping. He has a good engine and is climbing up the tree nicely. He could be anything. He’s in the Champion Hurdle, but maybe we should wait for Aintree. That looks appealing and he’s still only five. The jump he put in at the third last I thought was extraordinary and showed me that we’ll have no trouble going novice chasing with him when we want. We’ll see how far we can go with hurdling and see what his owners would like to do.

Dancing City brings up treble for Mullins and Townend

Paul said he’s so settled, he’s exactly what you’d want for a three-mile chaser. He gallops and jumps, and only does what he’s asked to do. I was very pleased with the performance in what is very, very testing ground.

Ballybow opens up at the business end

Cave Court books his Punchestown Festival ticket

He just ran into a wee bit of trouble the last day in Leopardstown (second). He’s qualified now for the final of this series in Punchestown, and we might run in a few chases so not to abuse his hurdle mark. He’s a class act of a horse. The wee jockey knows him well and gave him a serious ride.

Champagne Jury up and running for Cromwell

He’s a fine big horse and got through that ground well. He looks a big chaser in the making. We don’t have him that long, about six or eight weeks, and he should progress again. I’m not sure what we’ll do with him now, and going for a maiden hurdle might not be the worst idea as he can go chasing sooner rather than later.