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We head to Naas tomorrow before a Punchestown enforced pause. The horses have been generally running well. A bounce of a ball and we could have another winner or 2. If they keep showing up and giving themselves chances then we’ll be fine. Pandemic Princess turns back 6 days after a nice debut run in Tipperary. She had one piece of work before that run and  had never been on grass. If she improves as she should then she has to run well. It’s probably a deeper race tomorrow but that’s how it’s going to be from now on. She has retained her appetite and her action so I can’t see any value in delaying pushing on. Chessman is immediately after and I think this is a good race for him. Cheek pieces will help and he appears happy, fit and well. He isn’t operating at the level he was 2 years ago but he is still running to a high level. I’d love him to sneak one.