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We’re Dundalk bound with 2 tomorrow. Tipperary was announced as the chosen location for a 2nd all weather but it will have to wait for funding. It would be wonderful to have a facility so close. Working horses, racing horses an hour from home, heaven. Impossible to justify however, get the surface perfect at Dundalk, stick in a straight 6 and it will cater for the all weather population of this country indefinitely. Just an opinion, don’t @ me. ? Lazy Susan runs in the maiden for us tomorrow. This lady worked well here a couple of Fridays  ago and should be capable of doing a job. What level is the question. If she finished in the first 5 or 6 tomorrow she has oodles of improvement and would progress to run well in a new year maiden. If she’s further back than that she’ll be handicapping at her earliest convenience. She is quite highly strung and will find the occasion challenging. She could take a few runs to find her feet. She’s clear winded, has a gear and was better than her 3 work partners 2 weeks ago. We’ll see.   Golden Valour runs in an uber competitive 10f hcap 2nd last on the card. I was delighted he won 2 weeks ago and had intended to finish with him for a while. This race jumped out at me and between one thing and another he got entered and then declared and here we are. It’s hot as hell mind you and he’ll do well to cope with several especially Halford’s Simsir. There’s an ominous stakes feeling about that fella and he could be hard to turn. No harm having a look. Our lad is desperately babyish, Fran Berry spoke about cheek pieces for him. For sure they might help in the last 2 furlongs, I wouldn’t fancy being Chris for the first 8. That head up and ears back is just his brainlessness. He’s not ungenuine, he zips through his work in the mornings, ducking and diving from everything, farting and bucking and just enjoying life. When he stretches, he gets very serious and he’s a horse that’s going to get himself somewhere. I’m not sure he’s quite ready for this but he’s going and we can all see together.