'He did everything wrong and still won, which is a sign of a good horse'

Enda Bolger

Midnight Maestro
9g Midnight Legend - Calamintha
JP McManus
1PF-142
RPR 140c 133h OR 136c 118
I was very pleased when he was second to Shady Operator at Punchestown. He did well in handicaps in the first half of the year, but you never know exactly how they're going to adapt to the cross-country. I think he's going to be good at it. It was the experience of the winner that made the difference, and he did well for the first attempt. I feel I'm in a good position with the two of them, and we'll give him a taste of Cheltenham before going there in March.

Shady Operator
8g Court Cave-Native Artist
JP McManus
F-16091
RPR 149c 132h OR 136c 133h
He's taken really well to the cross-country course at Punchestown and we've been lucky to have Derek O'Connor for his two wins there. You can't beat experience and that was probably a big factor when he beat our other runner Midnight Maestro recently. We'll take him to Cheltenham next month and then he'll head for the PP Hogan back at Punchestown in February, which he won last season, before going to the festival.

Martin Brassil

Choice Of Words
6m Yeats - Douryna
Mrs Bernardine Mulryan & Mrs Paul Shanahan
F/421-21
RPR 127h
She won nicely at Galway last month [over an extended two miles] and she could go to Punchestown on John Durkan Chase day [December 5] for the Listed Voler La Vedette Mares Novice Hurdle over two and a half miles. She was progressive in her bumpers and hopefully she'll be able to keep doing the same thing over hurdles. I wouldn't be worried about her stepping up in trip.