Violet ready to bloom

We are coming off a desperate bout of seconditis at the moment, with four horses going very close but just not having their heads in front on the line in the past week.

You’d like if one or two of them had made it to the winner’s enclosure but they ran well and I can’t complain.

Galzig ran a blinder at Wexford last Saturday. She just couldn’t catch Echo Bob, falling short by just three-quarters of a length, but the two of them pulled five lengths clear of Prince Ludovic in third. Starling Lady got bogged down in the ground and then it started to lash rain for the bumper. It was like a monsoon so in those circumstances, I was happy enough with Parramatta.