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We send two to Naas tomorrow. We’ve two months to finish out and it feels like there’s a few there to help our cause. I don’t mind the 2 tomorrow. Global Pass is easier to make a case for. He was terrific at Killarney, just coming up short having done everything right. I thought 4 lbs was harsh, jumped well, plum draw, perfect passage and beaten, albeit narrowly, +4lbs. If he follows his trajectory he can defy that but I still think it’s wrong. Art World went up 11lbs on his first run but finished 12th, he’s still out of the handicap to the tune of 6lbs. Funnily enough I expected him to run better. His exercise had been good, it continues good and hopefully the run has tuned him in a little more. Barring he’s competitive tomorrow he won’t be staying long. Obviously sprinting can be very pace and positioning dependent. You can run your face off and not have the right ones around you and appear to disappoint. Anyway, a common refrain of mine, we all know what adequate looks like. We’ll see. The last time I was at Naas we had to unload on to a rough surface with bastard sharp stones. I really hope it’s sorted. I’m a bit precious but it makes me wince watching the horses walking across them. It’s not fair.