Hamilton

"We were disappointed with with his start at Ayr - he was a bit keen and it was a falsely run race. I didn't think he jumped too badly and he'll have learned a lot from that. He went through the line well and hopefully he'll settle better next time. All's not lost by a long way with him, and we might take him to Musselburgh on Friday. 27-11-23"

"We're hoping to go to Ayr with him on November 4 and hopefully it'll be just nice ground - good to soft or similar. We're looking forward to him. He won his two bumper starts very well. First time at Musselburgh, there were a couple of talking horses in the race but he soon put them to bed. We gave him aeak and came back for Aintree, where we were fairly confident he'd run a good race. It was a bit of a messy race up the straight and there'll be half a dozen thinking they were unlucky but I'd match him up to any of them again. His schooling has gone well and there's the good race at Aintree on Boxing Day now [formerly Grade 1 Tolworth Novices' Hurdle], which would be an obvious first target if things go to plan. 25-10-23"