Jade looks a real gem on Irish debut

Music Of Tara outstays rivals

File opens chasing account in style

He has Cheltenham bumper form from last year. He looks like a chaser, he certainly looked like one there, so we decided to skip his novice hurdle year and just go straight chasing,. Today is the reason that I hoped we'd be right. He's a horse I've loved since the first day he came into the stable. I think he could go the whole way, with a bit of luck — you need a lot of luck in this game.

Irish beats them Pointless

Jack said he would have done more in a piece of work at home,. He was very professional, settled and done everything great. You are always worried stepping up to three miles. It's a nice race to win, we've a couple for that division now and it's a good problem to have. We've a great bunch of horses and Jack said to me there that all I have to do now is to make sure to split them up. He could be a horse that we'd keep for Aintree, we'll enjoy today and see what happens. The horse was very good and I thought it was a great performance. I thought he was so relaxed that he ticked all the boxes to stay but you are always nervous until he does it. Jack said he actually though halfway down the back that he was so relaxed but he said when he gave him a squeeze he leapt straight back on it.

Galopin Des Champs simply stunning in Savills

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

Gaoth Chuil has the wind behind her at Leopardstown

It's great to win, Leopardstown is a special place and I've had a lot of luck here over the years with some very good horses,. She's a good tough little mare, she's owned and bred by Michael Ryan. He had the dam and Harzand is a good stallion. She ran up against Barry's horse (Espanito Bello) at Naas. She's only five and whether she runs at Cheltenham (20/1 for the Pertemps Final with Powers) is a question mark, we have the option now if we want to go.

Patter Merchant advertises his wares

He's a nice horse, he's a horse to go jumping and you probably won't see much more of him this year. He's a horse for next year. Harry said he should have let him slide on, as he's just a galloper but we like him.