Lark In The Mornin

“Lark In The Mornin is a classy horse; he is obviously a Cheltenham winner. I won last time on him in Bellewstown, that was another nice performance and I am delighted to get another win on him. I knew Jetara would stay well and I didn't go overly hard the whole way. I was quite happy to kick off the bend and take the sting out of her because I knew she would stay well and in fairness to my fella, he stays well as well. He showed a great honest attitude because Jetara came at me and had a go at me, but my fella put his head down - John Gleeson, jockey.”

“We were very worried about the rain, as we had a pretty strong view that he wanted better ground to be seen to best effect, but I thought that 'JJ' gave Lark In The Mornin a fantastic ride and found the best of the ground all the way around. He had plenty in the locker jumping the last, then pricked his ears. We thought that he was coming here with a real live chance, but so much rain fell last night that we had a conversation about whether we'd run or not. Luckily we did, and he seemed to handle it - Joseph O'Brien, trainer.”

“That was nice. I think Lark In The Mornin is a good horse. He's still a big baby but he's a nice looking animal. Shane (Crosse) reckons he's grown since the barrier trial, he thought he was a bigger horse to sit on today. Please God he's going to be quite smart and he's going to make a lovely three-year-old. He does have a kick as well, which he showed at Dundalk, and he showed it on that ground there today - Brendan Powell, assistant trainer.”