The bloke that owns me Richard Longley is a real nice guy and I`m pleased that this new McGoldrick Partnership thing is going really well for him, especially as its named after me.
So I was really pleased the other day when he came up here and he took time out to watch me doing a piece of fast work with a Trevor Hemmings horse called Turpin Green that arrived at Sues in the summer and was third in the Cheltenham Gold Cup a year or two ago.
If, before watching me work, he was even half thinking of putting me out to grass, then I`m bloody certain after watching me work that morning he got the message that I`m fitter and better than ever and there is no way I intend to hang up my boots just yet. 12 years old I may be, but 12 is just a number to me. I love it up here, especially when Sue takes me over the moors, and there is no way yet that I intend to takes things easy just yet.
So long as Richard makes sure that wherever he decides to race me this season, he looks for fresh soft ground for me to race on, I know I can still hold my own against the best of them over 2ml 4f. Just watch me.
Mister McGoldrick….. News at Ten…….On Baildon Moor