A collection of organizations, some good, some reasonably good, some bureaucratic, some full of corruption, some wasteful. The bottom line is they are not doing the job.

He has got a long way to go in this preparation but he has come back big and strong and fresh.

It's a big help.

Frankie was all aggression, a 119-pound stick of dynamite, ... He wasn't a very big guy at all but he definitely had huge heart. He never went back (in the boxing ring), always forward, forward, forward.

Primus will be better suited in the Australian Guineas in the autumn.

I rate the Sydney horses as an amazing bunch and Paratroopers in the best of them.

It might have flattered him a bit because it was run on a wet track. It will be a very strong race and he has got enough weight for a three-year-old but he is going along well.

It is bizarre going into the first game thinking you cannot afford to lose but that is how far the standards have been raised. We have gone into seasons past, had a poor start and still gone on to win the league. But we got 41 points out of 45 at one stage last year. If that is not championship form I don't know what is but we still didn't get close to Chelsea, so we must do better.

He's just done very well over the summer and was a bit above himself so I sent him out to do a bit of work this morning.