Andrew Balding

Leopardstown Sat, 12th Sep, 2026  Blue Bolt It is becoming our biggest weekend for the year and I've had a strong book of rides coming here this weekend, so it is nice to get two on the board in these colours (Juddmonte) - very important. She's quick from the stalls, she's a high-cruiser and she lengthens. You'd be only getting in her way trying to do something different, so I try to keep it as simple as possible. It was an easy watch to be honest. You just have a little bit of jitters when you’re expected to win but, watching the race, we never really had an anxious moment. Colin was always in the right place. It was run at a true gallop and she looked very good. She was tough to train at two, we didn’t even get her on the racecourse. We started at Southwell, getting beaten at odds on and she hasn’t looked back since then. She’s pretty special, she’s just got better and better and she’s a beautiful physical to look at as well. She really is a lovely filly.

Sat, 12th Sep, 2026  Blue Bolt It is becoming our biggest weekend for the year and I've had a strong book of rides coming here this weekend, so it is nice to get two on the board in these colours (Juddmonte) - very important. She's quick from the stalls, she's a high-cruiser and she lengthens. You'd be only getting in her way trying to do something different, so I try to keep it as simple as possible. It was an easy watch to be honest. You just have a little bit of jitters when you’re expected to win but, watching the race, we never really had an anxious moment. Colin was always in the right place. It was run at a true gallop and she looked very good. She was tough to train at two, we didn’t even get her on the racecourse. We started at Southwell, getting beaten at odds on and she hasn’t looked back since then. She’s pretty special, she’s just got better and better and she’s a beautiful physical to look at as well. She really is a lovely filly.