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The good news was how well he settled there and now we can plan an autumn campaign for him,

Wherever we travel around the world, we take security personnel, and this time will be no different.

There was a risk he might duck left or right to either rail once he was in front, but Sheikh Mohammed was adamant that was what we should do and the plan has worked to perfection.

Normally we'd think between 10 and 12 Group Ones in a year was pretty good. Group One victories are basically how we judge ourselves, as winning the best race is what we are about.

She had a lot of little problems in the winter and then more in the spring,

He won't actually be three until May so we can give him time to develop.

We have a number of horses left in the race and will decide next week whether Cherry Mix goes, while Doyen has plenty of entries including the Arc and races in America.

He ran well but he wasn't good enough today. He will be a nice horse next season but I wouldn't think he will be going for the Leger. The decision will be up to Sheikh Mohammed but there weren't any excuses today.

We came here hoping he might show some ability. We thought he was promising and he will definitely come on for the run.

We won't be represented in the Irish Champion. But we will certainly have runners at Doncaster.

He's a lovely colt. He hasn't worked yet. Hopefully, he'll be out in the middle of the summer.

Discreet Cat is a really promising young horse, but after assessing the situation, Sheik Mohammed has decided that he would prefer to give him more time. We see him as an important horse for Godolphin both later in the season and next year.

We walked the course this morning and it was clear the ground was fastest down the middle,

He won't actually be three until May so we want to give him time to develop. Although we have no specific targets in mind for him at the moment, Discreet Cat will not be running in any of the Triple Crown races.

He won really well last time but it was a bicycle race in the soft. We didn't learn a lot. If he wins well, we might consider the St Leger.

We'll see how he is in the next few days and Sheikh Mohammed will make a decision. This was the horse's first proper test.

Discreet Cat is a promising horse, but Sheikh Mohammed has decided that he would prefer to give him more time.

It's way, way too early to start talking about the Kentucky Derby. We have to watch him on Saturday night and we'll go from there.

It will take a special horse to win from there. It was always going to be difficult. Now it will be much more difficult.

The competition is tougher than ever. The days of us fielding eight or so horses for the UAE Derby and coming first, second and third are over.