After race at Navan Sun, 19th Nov, 2023 (1st)  I've always thought a bit of him. We bought him as a hunter chaser but nothing ever worked out. The day I bought him in Doncaster I thought he was a horse for either a Welsh National or a Foxhunters. Due to covid he was late to get going and after running so well so well at Down Royal on Boxing Day - when narrowly touched off by Vaucelet, I set my stall out to go to Cheltenham but he wasn't the same horse last spring. He's back to his normal self again and for the age of him (nine-year-old) he's not overly raced. The hunter chase scene at the moment is very hot and I thought he was well treated for a handicap. I have him in the Welsh National and I'd say we'll probably try and aim for that. He has jumped well around the (Aintree) national fences but he'd need a wet spring and to climb up in the weights to get into a National. He's a far better jumper of a fence than a hurdle but it's good to get on the winning groove today. S R B Crawford

After race at Down Royal Sun, 26th Dec, 2021 (1st)  The other horse, Poli Roi, would have been our more fancied horse but the ground went against him. He's a horse for better ground. I thought he was coming with a chance but to be fair to this horse he was up there and probably always kept pulling out a bit more. He had a very, very good run here on St Patrick's Day in the 3m2f chase and finished second there. He has been a bit overlooked to be honest coming into that race. We only got the one point-to-point run around Loughbrickland in the autumn and hopefully we will keep him hunter chasing. I'd say that was a proper hunters chase and that's not a bad horse. He was bought to do that and with Covid I didn't get to run him in any point-to-points. He's still only learning and I'm finding out about him even though I probably have him a year and a half. S R B Crawford