Lightening is too Quick in opener

She's very like her mother as she needed every yard of the trip to get up and win today. She holds an entry in the Cheveley Park, a race that her mother won, but the decision we have to make is do we bring her back in trip. At the minute I would say no. It was a good performance and the first two have finished over four lengths ahead of the rest. She is a filly we liked initially but the last two weeks her work has just been average. Gary (Carroll) and Colin (Keane) kept saying to me she is only dossing and going through the motions at home so run her. I'm pleasantly surprised but its what we saw early doors and maybe the closer you get to a race the more watery a trainer gets!. We aimed her for this from way back as the timing is right for the Cheveley Park. We'll have to sit down and decide is it the right thing. Her mother was the same. She gave me the impression that she wanted a mile after her first start, and she got faster and faster. It's a lovely high class problem to have. She will run again somewhere this year but it's just a question of where.

Nelson leads home 1-2-3 for O'Brien

He's improved with every run, and the experience was a big help. He got a nice easy lead and quickened up well off the bend. You would be delighted with all three of them really. He's very well bred by Frankel out of Moonstone and is a horse to really look forward to. He stays well and looks a Racing Post Trophy type horse. Ryan's horse had only one run so he was always going to be green around there. In an ideal world we would like to have two runs coming here. He was very raw, and Ryan said he got a bit disorganised early and he had to take him back a bit.

Laws Of Spin lands valuable Petingo Handicap

It was raining when I was driving up and I thought this horse had no business coming here. The ground is obviously a lot better than we anticipated. He needs good ground, while Renneti would prefer it soft. He's disappointed us all year and we've kept running him in these handicaps. At the end of last year we thought he might get up into Group class and maybe make a Melbourne Cup horse. Maybe he's an autumn horse. I'd say he'll go for the Cesarewitch. The longer trip will suit him and he just wants good ground.

Enterprising Weld scores again with Eziyra

She’s tough genuine and game. She’s just a very good filly, and ran a very good race in the Irish Oaks. Enable beat her fair and square but I think she’s progressed and improved since then. She won the Group race in Cork nicely and you must remember she won over seven furlongs at Group level as a two-year-old as well. She’s a stayer with speed.

Hydrangea blooms ahead of Winter

I'm delighted for the filly and I'm delighted for Wayne. She is Winter's work partner all year, and maybe she turned around and said Hydrangea you can have this one today!. She was the only one of the four fillies that had not won a Group 1. We felt that Winter was going to improve a bit from the run. She was carrying a little bit of a tummy (held up in her work at home with a stone bruise) but needed to run. The winner will stay further. She could go for the Prix de l'Opera. Winter is in the Arc, and the Opera is another option.

Suedois return to winning ways in Boomerang

Knight records 25/1 Champion Stakes shock

He's tough, consistent and very sound. He's produced an amazing turn of foot and ran right to the line. There was nothing flukey about it. He's been a bit unlucky in his last couple of races. He hated the ground at York, got bashed about at Sandown in the Eclipse and ran a great race at Royal Ascot. He's been on the go since March and he's improved and improved. To keep going all season is a tribute to the horse. I was half thinking that this might be his last race. I guess we will now look at the Champion Stakes in Ascot. Ireland has been very lucky for me with three Tattersalls Gold Cups, a Pretty Polly and now this.

Burnt Sugar blows away rivals in finale

He won quite easy and I’m quite shocked he won that easy. He likes soft ground and I was a bit worried as it seemed like good ground out there. I was talking to Frank (Gillespie) who owns The Grey Gatsby and he said it was dead and he’d like it and he did like it. It’s a nice pot and we’ll have to see if we can win a Group 3 now. That’ll be the icing on the cake! Declan said he’s definitely a Group 3 horse. Caspian Prince won a Listed race for me over here before at Dundalk.