Moon Chime

“Today was the plan. Moon Chime had his run on the Flat and ran really well. We mapped this out and I'm glad it paid off. I don't know if the tongue-tie was much of a key but we thought we'd throw everything at it, we had him spot on for today and we didn't want any mistakes - David Killahena, joint-trainer.”

“It's nice to see Moon Chime back and like the horse we thought we had. We had his wind done after Carlisle and at Ludlow last month it didn't work, but everything fell into place there. I think we'll look at the two-mile conditionals' race at Aintree [on April 4]. We've got a great lad in Nick Slatter who has won on him so the race could be tailor-made for him. Then possibly we can go on to the Swinton at Haydock. He loves a good quick two miles and we can look at better races again - Graeme McPherson, joint-trainer.”

“It looked as though Moon Chime was being held but as long as Lucinda's horse is up, that's the main thing. He is a nice horse. The ground is tacky enough and we probably won't go on ground as tacky again next time. He's going to have an easy ten days then we'll make a plan - David Killahena, join trainer.”

“Moon Chime hung last time when he was third at Kempton but was better today and he has an engine. It was always the plan to sit handy and pick them up and it's nice he's got his head in front over hurdles - Brendan Powell, jockey”

“That was very good. I'm delighted for Nick [Slatter], he's done all the work with Moon Chime at home as he's a tricky type. He'd shown us plenty at home so I was hoping he'd run well. I'd like a bit more ease in the ground for him but we'll see whether we'll go again in the next few weeks - Dave Killahena, assistant trainer.”