Frustrating run of seconds continues

THE ‘Stars Go Racing’ programme on RTÉ 1 has been getting a good reaction and I’m glad to see that because anything that helps the profile of racing and offers an insight into the sport has to be welcomed.

Alan Quinlan, the former Ireland and Munster rugby international, is my apprentice trainer and I’ve really enjoyed working with him. Alan was like a lot of people, in that he never realised how much work actually took place before a horse made it to the track. The number of people involved was also an eye-opener.

Dundrum was Alan’s first runner and won so there was great excitement after that. Now it’s onto the final on Thursday at Leopardstown, where the five remaining contestants will have a horse competing on their behalf in the Leopardstown Cup.