“Anyone looking down their nose at Sword Of State (State Of Rest),” he warns about his recent Gowran Park maiden scorer, “they will be sorely mistaken.” He continued, “We make huge sacrifices and money is really tight. They ask me why I don't retire and tell me not to put myself under such pressure. As a human being, I have enormous respect for the Cleary family as they suffered a tremendous tragedy when Sean died following a fall at Galway over 20 years ago. Not only is she from a good family, but she was bred by a top-class outfit in Forenaghts Stud.