WILLIAMS PLANS WEST AGENDA

Evan Williams believes there are plenty of big prizes to be won with West With The Wind following a superb display at Limerick on Sunday.

The six-year-old touched down on Irish soil having won six of his last nine starts, but looked to have plenty to do against proven Graded-race performer Loosen My Load.

But West With The Wind was barely troubled under Paul Moloney, making all of the running and winning as he liked on rain-softened ground.

Williams is keen to avoid testing conditions with his charge when possible and feels he could be a force to be reckoned with in the spring.

"I was absolutely delighted with him. We were worried about the ground beforehand but it was one of those experiments you try and thankfully it worked out," said Williams.

"He was very impressive on his handicap return at Ffos Las and we did think he'd improved since, but you never really know what to expect when you're stepping up into Graded company.

"It was a tough test for him but he actually did it in really good style and he's obviously a horse who is still improving all the time.

"The ground was yielding to soft on Sunday but I wouldn't want to take a chance with him on really soft ground.

"You'd like to think that if we kept him nice and fresh for the spring, there are plenty of Graded races to be won with him.

"We'll take small steps and you never know what the ground is going to be like over the next month or so.

"We'll probably keep him in training until the end of November, you won't see him in December or January and then hopefully he'll be back ready to go in the spring.

"We'll try to win a Grade Two with him next and see how we go."

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