Ken Condon says Moss Tucker is doing everything right ahead of Saturday’s €120,000 Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes, so hopes are high that last year’s ‘Flying Five’ winner can follow up his recent win at Naas before a possible first trip to Royal Ascot.

That the six-year-old is lining up as one of three Group 1 winners in a highly competitive field of 13 would surprise anyone familiar with his early career, not least Condon himself and the Charlie Bit Me Syndicate who own him, for when he started out Moss Tucker could hardly have looked further removed from the top-class sprinter he has grown into.