It was lovely and it was no more than you'd expect after seeing King Cuan, the first day in Cork and definitely the last day in Naas. He impressed me both times. This filly has always been a filly we like and definitely a maiden winner. I said if she handles the ground she wins and, if she doesn't, we'll go to Dundalk, no problems. Colin was adamant she'd handle the ground and that she'll handle Dundalk so we'll go for the stakes race up there, the (Group 3) Mercury Stakes, and then we'll put her away. It was her first day away at Cork, Paddy (Twomey's) are always tuned to the minute and there was no third. I said 'we've walked into one'. I felt a bit sorry for her then as she did everything right on her own that day. I said we'd see the truth of the race in Naas and I don't think you could be any more impressed with the winner as he was beat, found a gear and took off again. I thought then 'he's alright and we definitely walked into one'. We knew we had natural improvement and she'd win a good maiden, but I was just worried about the ground. G M Lyons

After race at Dundalk Fri, 6th Oct, 2023 (1st)  at the Curragh I said 'this one is getting quicker' so I nominated this race straight away to Patrick (Cosgrove). I said we'd have a look at this race and then put her away. She's only getting going at the back-end and I'm trying to get at least two runs into most of them. We knew after Cork that we had bumped into one (winner King Cuan) and he proved that afterwards. I liked what she did at the Curragh and she's pretty straight-forward at home. Colin said she has turned into a real sprinter. the break will now come at a nice time and we'll let her wind down, let her grow up and mature. We'll look forward to her next year. It's cracking to get winning black-type for Patrick, who is an owner/breeder - that's what it's about for him. G M Lyons

After race at Curragh Sat, 23rd Sep, 2023 (1st)  It was lovely and it was no more than you'd expect after seeing King Cuan, the first day in Cork and definitely the last day in Naas. He impressed me both times. This filly has always been a filly we like and definitely a maiden winner. I said if she handles the ground she wins and, if she doesn't, we'll go to Dundalk, no problems. Colin was adamant she'd handle the ground and that she'll handle Dundalk so we'll go for the stakes race up there, the (Group 3) Mercury Stakes, and then we'll put her away. It was her first day away at Cork, Paddy (Twomey's) are always tuned to the minute and there was no third. I said 'we've walked into one'. I felt a bit sorry for her then as she did everything right on her own that day. I said we'd see the truth of the race in Naas and I don't think you could be any more impressed with the winner as he was beat, found a gear and took off again. I thought then 'he's alright and we definitely walked into one'. We knew we had natural improvement and she'd win a good maiden, but I was just worried about the ground. G M Lyons