Big in Japan

It really is the calm before the storm for me this weekend.

I’m at Ayr today for three relatively modest mounts for Paul Nicholls, but do not ride in the Scottish Grand National. In marked contrast, I have a bucket of high-profile possibilities to look forward to at next week’s Punchestown festival.

I must start, however, with a look back at that historic success I enjoyed aboard Blackstairmountain in Japan seven day ago.