He reminds me a bit of Kingston Bay on looks and type at the same stage. Last year he was a nervous type but he's a strong galloper now and could surprise this time in.

It was just too heavy for him.

With the two- and three-year-old talent that I have now, it should make things interesting around Christmas.

It's surreal because I was comparing it to the New Orleans I went to for conventions and meetings, ... It's a city desperate to heal.

He's well and goes well on left-handed tracks. He galloped up and worked really well.

But people tend to forget what you're capable of here when you're sending horses like that away all the time.

She'd still be a rough hope of going to Riccarton, but she'd have to win well.

With our owners short of a permit or two to race their horses in Singapore and Hong Kong, we can race 25 of the 45 we always have in the stable. Usually we only have about eight to 10 left to race in New Zealand and it's been like that for the last five to eight years.