StableTalk: “I’m really looking forward to running him. He should go well…”

Now it’s a case of onwards and upwards and try to do even better next year. If I had to mark myself out of ten, I’d probably under-score it. Perhaps 7.5 out of 10, “could do better”.

If I had to mark myself out of ten, I’d probably under-score it. Perhaps 7.5 out of 10, “could do better”.

Season Highlights

Obviously getting the winner at Cheltenham Festival with Superb Story was one of the highlights of the season, as was winning the Scottish Champion Hurdle with Ch’tibello. Three Musketeers winning the Berkshire Novice Chase at Newbury and Al Ferof winning the Peterborough were both great moments, and Two Taffs being my one hundredth winner and Harry getting his hundredth winner were the golden nuggets of the season. As my Dad says, it’s not about what you win in a day it’s about what you win over a lifetime. You can apply that to a season, as you can analyse any day and say “that should have won” or “why did that get beat”, but it only matters how you end up at the end of the season and a hundred winners and over a million pounds in prize money is a job well done.

Looking Ahead

I’m only going to run Savello at Punchestown. I’ve roughed Value At Risk off and Long House Hall is going to be primed towards the Galway Plate. Savello runs in the Grade One Champion Chase on Tuesday, and whilst we know we can’t win it would be nice to be third or fourth as there’s good prize money on offer. He’s had a great season, has won more than he cost, and hopefully he’ll have another productive year next year.

The season then all starts again. I’m going to have some runners in France during the spring, and I’ll have plenty of runners here over the summer. We’ll just keep on going, with the aim of doing even better next year!

Dan