Moore booked for Irish Lincoln hope
The former champion jockey will be going all out to reclaim his crown from joint incumbents Jamie Spencer and Seb Sanders this summer, starting with the first major race of the turf season.
And Lyons, who enjoyed his best campaign to date last year, highlighted by the Queen Mary success of Elletelle at Royal Ascot, is delighted to have the services of Moore.
“At the moment I’m very happy with him and Ryan Moore rides,” said Lyons. “His people contacted me and he’s a nice horse to get the leg-up on. He’s stood his ground and as long as the going is no better than good to soft he’ll go – soft is what he needs.
“He did his last bit of work on Saturday and I was very happy with him and at the moment we are all guns blazing.
“He’s a very poor work horse so with the Lincoln in mind I took him to Dundalk for a change of scenery and to blow the cobwebs away.
“I’m not sure I learned anything because it will be different ground and everything, he comes into his own on soft ground.
“He’s the most straightforward horse, but the only negative is you never know what you are going to get until he steps onto a track, but he’s never let me down on a track.
“He ran a great race at Epsom last year when he was second so we know he travels.
“He’s off 102 and that is as high as I’d ever imagined him to be, he’s not going to be a 110 horse and he’s not hiding anything from the handicapper.
“There is a big pot in him and the English Lincoln is massive, whether he is good enough to win one I don’t know.”
