NOEL Meade has enjoyed a fine season and with the big spring festivals just around the corner, he expects to be well represented over the coming weeks and months.

“We were placed in a few Grade 1s over Christmas and look you’d love to win one, but it wasn’t to be. The horses have been running well all season and we start early as Willie tends not to have that many runners in October and November and we won our fair share of races back then,” he explained.