HE doesn’t yet have a ticket for Croke Park tomorrow but he’s pretty confident somebody will come up with one for him. Brendan Duke is having that kind of year.

Physically, mentally, financially, even romantically – it’s all good. And then there’s the horses. A yard of 30 at the start of the flat season, including 16 from Jim and Jackie Bolger, has been whittled down a little but there is plenty to look forward to every morning.