Leopardstown Fri, 26th Dec, 2025  Murat I was up against two Grade 1 horses there, and the winner probably fell. It’s a learning curve for my lad and he’ll come on again for that,. He jumped a lot better today and I think I might step him up in distance after that, and let him cruise a bit further. We might go to Cheltenham and have a day out there with him. We’re close enough to the horses that are in the betting for the Supreme so why not roll the dice with him now, that’s if I still have him. I told Cian to try and get a fill into him, possibly two, and he gave him a fabulous ride. He got two fills into him. I said to try and get a fill into him before the turn in and then come up the straight with him and that’s what he did. Sean (O’Keeffe) usually rides him but he’s down in Limerick. We’ll see what happens the next day with that. I like taking on this opposition, all the big stables. Once you are competing and running well against them I look forward to it. It’s a bit nerve-wracking though. He’s nearly 18 hands high, if he’s sound in the morning we’ll dream of bigger days again. I might turn up here for the DRF. There are no real plans. Today was about seeing where we stood.

Leopardstown Fri, 26th Dec, 2025  Murat I was up against two Grade 1 horses there, and the winner probably fell. It’s a learning curve for my lad and he’ll come on again for that,. He jumped a lot better today and I think I might step him up in distance after that, and let him cruise a bit further. We might go to Cheltenham and have a day out there with him. We’re close enough to the horses that are in the betting for the Supreme so why not roll the dice with him now, that’s if I still have him. I told Cian to try and get a fill into him, possibly two, and he gave him a fabulous ride. He got two fills into him. I said to try and get a fill into him before the turn in and then come up the straight with him and that’s what he did. Sean (O’Keeffe) usually rides him but he’s down in Limerick. We’ll see what happens the next day with that. I like taking on this opposition, all the big stables. Once you are competing and running well against them I look forward to it. It’s a bit nerve-wracking though. He’s nearly 18 hands high, if he’s sound in the morning we’ll dream of bigger days again. I might turn up here for the DRF. There are no real plans. Today was about seeing where we stood.