MY first Irish Derby success was with Sinndar in 2000. We had won at Epsom and, if you do that, you are expected to win at the Curragh too.

The night before, I have to say, I was probably more nervous than I had ever been. I didn’t really get nervous usually but I was thinking ‘Jesus, if he doesn’t perform here or doesn’t win, people will say he was a lucky winner at Epsom or he wasn’t good enough’.