Watch: Johnny Murtagh and his Irish Derby dream

Johnny Murtagh was a special guest on this weekend's On The Wire Video Podcast, which you can watch below.

He [John Oxx] thought he was good enough to enter him for Epsom, so that always gave me a great bit of confidence that he thought he was good enough. He has been out to see him on the gallops a couple of times and it's always nice to get John's opinion at the top of the gallops.

He worked last week up the Old Vic and we're happy with him. He's in good shape going into the race, the rain around should help take the sting out of the ground. He's won on soft ground but I don't know if he's a soft-ground horse - as long as there's no firm in it I think he'll be OK.

He's very sound, he's very tough, he's very genuine. I'm hopeful that although ease in the ground helps him that he doesn't need it.

The Irish Derby has been going through a bit of a lull in recent times, just because Aidan has had so many nice horses and people haven't wanted to take him on. That's not his fault, it's the way it's been, but this year it's very open and I think it's a good race - the second, third and fourth from Epsom are here and I thought it was a good race at Epsom.

I suppose the favourite, High Definition, is obviously very talented, too, and he ran well at York. It's a competitive race but it's just great to be part of it. When I started training, I wanted to have runners in these races and it's great to be involved. We're hopeful.

Sinndar was special, having won at Epsom and coming back to the Curragh, but the one I think was most special was beating Soumillon on Alamshar. It was a great clash between His Highness's two great champions, Alamshar and Dalakhani.

To win a race at Royal Ascot is right up there with the highlights of my training career. A great feeling walking down those steps and into the number one.

We're in the Kilboy, a Group Two at the Curragh, and there's a race at Galway that Champers Elysees won last year before she went on. I think they are four or five days apart.

We'll aim at The Curragh but if the ground comes up too quick there's always an ease at Galway. I think she is ready for a step up in class and hopefully she can be a stakes filly.