Winning trainer comments post race…
“He’s a good horse, obviously, and he got a lovely ride from JJ. We were always going to ride him fairly cold today. I said to JJ that we might get beat because of that but we were thinking of the horse’s long-term career.
I thought at halfway there was no chance he was going to make up any ground because they hacked around. The second and third sat first and second the whole way and we came from third or fourth last.
It’s a testament to the horse’s ability and also JJ made a key move to go from in to out to get a smooth passage home, all the way. Ultimately that was the winning of the race for him.
A few people mentioned that he wasn’t a great jumper but he actually is a very good jumper, he just made a few silly mistakes. I think his jumping was good today and he’s learned from every race.”
In the Supreme Novices Hurdle O’Brien expects him to be a major player. “He’s probably going to be favourite now and he’ll have a favourite’s chance.”