Did you feel that from him as well?

Absolutely, yeah.

His last bit of work was very good.

He's always threatened to be a horse at the top level.

The only concern we really had was the ground because it dried out quite a bit there.

It had like a mini heatwave over there.

But he's proven to run well on quickish ground anyway.

And how did that connection come about in the first place? It's obviously become a really useful string to your bow.

true.

The running the ledger dispatch has been kind of a dream.

I'm not going to say you like everything you see, but I do like the fact that it's small enough that you can spit in my face when I get it wrong or that you answer to it.

And just an amazing area.

That is as close to the Midwest, and I don't mean to knock California, as if you're not from, but it's the people that are so friendly and so amazing that really drew me in.

And then living in Ione at one point a while back, I got this wild idea to run.

Well, I was running articles on Mule Creek contamination from the California Department of Corrections.

Yeah.

Do you still think that was a career best?

um personally i mean it's the first time i've ridden her but um we went i had a plan of sort of making the running also in second i think she's quite versatile in in how you ride her but um when the horse drawn 10 went a million miles an hour to get around me she um she settled lovely i thought from two and a half out that i'd win um And also, I love the gallop out.

I think she'll probably get further.

So it was a good spot.

It was a good bit of placing.

And, you know, it's a race they target every year.

And can she do better in stakes company in Britain or Ireland, do you think?

I think so.