The very best of luck for Tuesday, then, as it now happens to be. I trust he’ll be kept ticking over all right over there in the interim? Have you been given use of any local trainer’s lodgings, gallops, etc.?
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Great run from Nobby beckster. I thought he jumped like a buck and that was what won him the race. Although he was idiling in front he hung on well, on ground he doesn’t particularly like. He even looked as pleased as punch with himself after the race. Sam Thomas certainly was, he was over the moon.
I hope the journey back is ok for him.He certainly seems to have enjoyed another trip to Ireland.
Very interesting run by WOA today. Made a big move about three out to come within challenging distance and had nothing left for the final push. He is a much better horse on good ground. I believe this race was an exploratory run otherwise his jockey made a mess of it and that is just not like Davey Russell. So I am not writing him off yet at the highest level.
Good race, if I was going to be overly critical of a jockey I would say Jacobs didn’t make full enough use of the Listener considering the ground was right in his favour as opposed to the other 2 and Noland was unproven over the trip on it. But a great performance by the winner and I would assume its Ascot next then the Ryanair for him.