I regret disappointing everyone and am very sorry to put Frank and everyone in a bad situation but no fighter should fight when anything less than 100 per cent fit.

There's always been an appearance that we always have our hand out every time we come to one of these meetings.

It was a heartbreaking decision but the way I felt on Saturday I knew I'd made the right choice.

He is a potential Group horse and has shown me as much as any horse I've had.

We are really in a public-private partnership as we run this country in some form or another.

But sometimes in difficult situations, all it takes is a meeting at a very, very high level. Whether that meeting has to take place between the President and the Prime Minister, solutions can and will be found.

He's come up better than he has before.

I personally think we must have a more co-operative relationship - you may laugh, considering my history and background over the last 12 months, but I'm serious.

Certainly, I'm the one in politics. I'm the one who has a public profile, ... When my wife is involved in anything is nobody's business.