Beware of loose comments and the preconceived notion

IT is sometimes quite amazing how a simple comment, or a preconceived notion, can have such a bearing on one’s behaviour.

Take John Oxx’s newcomer, Born To Sea, the already much celebrated half-brother to the magical Sea The Stars, who made his debut at the Curragh last Saturday.

On the lead-in to the contest, Oxx emphasised that the son of Invincible Spirit would not be “knocked about’’ and so most of us immediately factored that into our thinking.