Gowran Park Thu, 28th Jan, 2021  Sams Profile He settled like a dream today and I rode for luck turning in. I had to switch out after jumping the second last. He went a little bit right at the back of the last and was gone clear. He missed a bit of work having been given a chance to recuperate and he needed the run and tied up a little bit. He’s a tough horse as he took an awful fall over fences in Thurles and he actually fractured ribs that didn’t show up until he ran afterwards in Fairyhouse. He managed to still finish third with a broken rib. It’s a testament to the horse how tough he is. He’s a horse that wears his heart on his sleeve. He deserves this day and I’m delighted to be the man to steer him. Michael and John O’Flynn who own him are brilliant supporters of the game. He hasn't been easy and fractured ribs at Thurles (in November) from the horrible fall he got and he ran with it afterwards. He bled when he got home after his Fairyhouse run and it was the vets - Siobhan in Halleys, who found it. He bruised his lungs and we gave him box rest. He is as tough as old boots and it was just one of those things in Thurles but it got too late in the year (to continue novice chasing). He had a couple of good runs but isn't the luckiest horse in the world. The Stayers Hurdle will be pencilled in now. Being quite frank with you, I thought maybe he was a bit far back at the top of the hill but you have to take it off to him, he is a cool dude. He was dead right and I was wrong.