Well, the farther he went without seeing a hurdle the happier he was. Reading between the lines on Buckley’s words – how much he loves him and how much he cries, but, significantly, I think, this: “He is a little older than most horses that start out on the flat but he is something special” He didn’t say ‘run on the falt’ or ‘appear on the flat’ etc.
I’m fairly confident he won’t run again over hurdles.