Gowran Park Wed, 16th Apr, 2025  Aston Value He had a bad draw and I was a bit worried coming here, and he was a horse that I thought would go on good to firm well. We took a chance, Ben said he struggled a bit on the ground but he did well to win. We’re delighted that he got a win. He has been improving and there is probably a bit more to come as we step him up. He’ll probably get a mile really well, on good to firm ground. We’ll see what mark he gets now. I was always hoping that he’d make into a Britannia Handicap type of horse.

Dundalk Wed, 4th Dec, 2024  Ja'marr I'd say the first two home looked pretty nice horses. Our guy quickens up well and is still not the finished product by a long ways. We'll see where he lands, he is a really nice horse going forwards. We had a wide draw and we had a wide draw the last day, and we kind of sat in and he was just trapped a bit wide. We were going to do the same tonight and then we just thought there wasn't an awful lot of pace, so we said to Luke that if he felt there wasn't going to be pace, just to get over there and he did. He probably could have done with just a bit more company a little bit further down the straight. He was probably idling. He's a very, very good ride at home. He's a Zoustar and a great action on him, wants top of the ground. The first day was summer yielding ground and he ran well up the Curragh in that good maiden, and then he ran two more times in pretty poor ground. We kind of thought he would get away with it, but he didn't. When I saw him moving down to the start the last day, I knew we were on the right surface anyway. He could progress into something like a Britannia or something like that. We'll put him away now for the year and bring him back with one or two runs and see if he creeps up to the high 80s.