Dark Thirty

“I said to dad when we bought Dark Thirty that I wouldn't mind trying to find a few more like him at that sale but they were hard to buy. He was a horse that had rock-solid form at tracks like this and Newmarket and you can't fluke that form. It wasn't a case of having to improve him, it was just a case of having to sweeten him up and hope there was a good day in him. This was the plan - Sean Quinn, joint-trainer.”

“Dark Thirty was always going to be a nice horse this year mentally more than anything and he did that well. He could be a fun Saturday horse - Sean Levey, jockey.”

“Dark Thirty likes it here and that shower we had helped him. He's a consistent type - Sam Hitchcott, jockey.”

“I was confident seven furlongs was going to be best for Dark Thirty. He was a bit of a handful last time at Newmarket over a mile but he settled better today. I was pleased as he stuck on really well - Sean Levey, jockey.”

“Dark Thirty only does enough, but I'm not surprised - he's a very nice horse. He works okay, like a lot of good ones, and this fella will be better when he goes further and he'll improve nicely for that. You have to think about Royal Ascot with any juvenile who wins at this time of year, but he's a very nice horse for the rest of the season and if that doesn't include Ascot, that's fine. That will switch him on a lot because he's not a zippy two-year-old; he's a grinder with a lovely attitude - Richard Hannon, trainer.”