Master stroke by Martin - by any standards

YOU could only describe it as a beautifully executed gamble.

That touch on Tony Martin's Dun Doire at Navan on Monday, dubbed the Valentine's Day massacre on At The Races, showed the trainer is alive and kicking and, clearly, in rude health.

Martin had been going through a terrible time, with his horses sick and totally out of form. A much-needed success for Dantes Reef at Thurles a week ago signalled a change of fortune and once he had the wind to his back he obviously decided to drive on.