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My experience is trainers are notoriously bad tipsters and I fall in to that category. Today Beach Bar will test that view. Post Leopardstown I concluded that here was a horse on the way back and his run in Doncaster did nothing to dissuade me from that. I may have left him a little over fresh for Doncaster. He had an easy few days prior to the boat and ate all round him on arrival. He ran fine but may have been capable of better. Since then his routine has been good and I can see him give a good account. Killian rides and his 5lb claim helps offset the 3lbs he’s out of the handicap. He’s well drawn in 2. Of course it’s a tough contest but he’s a former borderline listed performer with 7st13lbs on his back. He’s quite a character and despises me. He adores the girls, Catherine especially. She does everything with him on the ground and I have the pleasure of riding him daily (hence the dislike). He wants to do everything at a million miles an hour and the only way we manage him is to just let him. Maybe it’s too tough, maybe he’s not going to come back to the horse he was but we can dream for another few hours yet.