FOR this week’s edition of The Big Interview, I had an enjoyable chat with the ever-growing training force that is Paddy Twomey (which can be found across pages 12 and 13).

We covered a host of topics in the middle of what is shaping up to be a terrific season for the recent Royal Ascot winner, but some of his strongest comments were reserved for the area of prize money in Ireland. The dual Group 1-winning handler is by no means the only trainer to speak out in this regard, but he didn’t hold back in his judgement of the current financial landscape on these shores.