JUST after Christmas, when usually I would have been riding over jumps at either Leopardstown or Limerick, I rode a Group 3 winner on the flat at Eagle Farm.

That win, my biggest since moving to Australia over a year and a half ago, capped what has been a great couple of months for me. My Group 3 winner, Give Me Space, ran yesterday in the A$3 million (€1.8 million) Magic Millions 3YO Guineas on the Gold Coast. In an 18-runner field we finished fast to finish a very close second. In another couple of strides we would have been in front.