Richard Hannon’s Dubawi Gold has been installed the early favourite for Saturday’s Abu Dhabi Irish 2000 Guineas with a number of colts dropping out of the reckoning for the Curragh Classic.

IT’S been some hectic week between the two Guineas races and then going straight into Punchestown. Fortunes have been mixed but the horses have run really well, especially in the last few days.

PEOPLE might think that I should be used to the build-up for all these marquee races now but while some trainers can be very relaxed, I don’t think it’s something I could ever get used to.

SIREN’S SONG was a hot topic of discussion after last Sunday’s racing in Navan and I have to say she won the Salsabil Stakes very well. I said last week I thought she might be good and she certainly indicated that with a strong finish to win by a length and a half.

OLIVIER Peslier has come in for the ride on Ed Dunlop’s Native Khan in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket next Saturday.

Pathfork continues to delight Jessica Harrington as the unbeaten colt prepares for a crack at the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on April 30.

Jessica Harrington’s unbeaten colt Pathfork remains firmly on course in his bid for Classic glory in the Qipco 2000 Guineas on April 30.

CHELTENHAM seems a bit of a faint memory now and I’m well down from cloud nine after Bostons Angel’s brilliant success in the RSA Chase.

The Cheltenham nerves are kicking in now and we’re really just putting the finishing touches to our team for the festival. We haven’t fully decided on the full make-up of that team but Oscars Well and Bostons Angel will definitely be going and I’m happy to report that they are well.

CHAMPION Australian racehorse So You Think has arrived at Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle stables in preparation for the new Flat season.

You hear this said a lot but I have honestly never seen snow as bad this early. It’s frustrating as it impacts on what you can do with the horses and racing is put on hold but it’s the same for everyone.

THE Irish Bookmakers’ Association got it all wrong having a go at Horse Racing Ireland during the week, complaining about an increase in expenditure over the course of 10 years.

HOW MANY times have I written about the ups and downs of this game? It’s a cliché of course but like most clichés it is based on truth.

Sans Frontieres will now flex his muscles in the Melbourne Cup after landing his first Group One prize in the Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh yesterday.

All roads lead to the Melbourne Cup for Sans Frontieres after the British raider took top honours in the Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh.

Pathfork (2-1) made it three wins from as many starts in the boylesports.com Vincent O’Brien National Stakes at the Curragh.

PROFOUND Beauty looks primed to give Dermot Weld a seventh Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh today.

I was thrilled with Laughing Lashes’s run when she finished second in the Moyglare Stud Stakes last week. It was a step up to Group 1 class and that was always going to be difficult but she ran her heart out.

THERE has been a fair bit of furore in England, and here at home as well, regarding that performance – or rather non-performance – by Sariska at York.

I wasn’t hiding the fact that there was a bit of pressure on last weekend and needless to say it was a great relief not to mention a lot of satisfaction when Pathfork made it two wins from two in the Galileo EBF Futurity Group 2 Stakes at The Curragh.

Trainer Jessica Harrington will not rush into a decision regarding future targets for yesterday’s Curragh winner Pathfork.

TODAY’S one of the bigger days of the season for our stable as Pathfork takes his chance in the Group 2 Galileo EBF Futurity Stakes at the Curragh.

What a start it was for the Galway festival with an increase in attendance figures on the Monday from last year.

You’re afraid to talk about how well the yard is going for fear of jinxing it but I couldn’t be happier at the moment, as the last few weeks have been very good. Mind you, I was beginning to have my doubts last Saturday evening.

Pathfork justified significant support to make a successful debut in the opening race on Darley Irish Oaks day at the Curragh.

I have said it more than once here that you just have to take what racing throws at you. It’s a great leveller and some days you get a kick in the teeth but on others things work out well.