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We head to The Curragh tomorrow and I’m looking forward to seeing the new developments. The general consensus is that it’s very well thought out and completed and it’ll be nice to be part of the occasion. We run 4. Ampeson goes in the 2yo Listed Sprint. I was pleased with him the last day. I know he was last of 3 given the draw bias on the night but he did plenty right. He had a little crack at the winner a furlong down and blew up in the same instant. He took the race well and is a candidate to get much fitter with racing. He’s extraordinarily gross and will need to be gelded sooner rather than later but as long as he’s running fine we’ll keep kicking. Listed level seems ambitious but for the last number of weeks and the next few weeks maidens here are like listed races. The most important thing with this guy is that he’s running regularly. Maymine and May Remain run in the 6f 50-70hcap and it’s a cavalry charge. May Remain runs away regularly and he should pop up some day. He’s not well drawn however with high numbers advantaged. Maymine is drawn better in 22 and she has 5lbs off with Shane Crosse. It’s her first run for a bit and the ground is my concern. The ground as described (yielding, yielding to soft) would be fine but it’s drying all the while and it could be good by tomorrow evening. She is well handicapped but realistically these 30 runner events are dangerously competitive. Global Pass runs in the next and I’m convinced this lad is poised to do something soon. I would prefer much quicker ground but he’s not going to get too many chances to run at the Curragh. The galloping nature of the track should suit him and it’s worth hoping it will have dried out sufficiently and let him run. His 1st run back was ok on ground tougher than he’d like. He travelled well and just when he looked like he’d stay on and run a race full of promise he levelled out a little. It was ok without being much better than that. Similar to how things are going for us. We could do with a bit of momentum developing but we’re facing into a cauldron to try and gather some. Look on the positives, bit part player on the opening day of The New Curragh. Could be worse I suppose