The horse is fine and in good shape but he might go for the Scottish National - instead.

Frank has a good record with Edinburgh and he did well in the two summer internationals. He understands the Scottish game and he has the advantage of being familiar with a lot of the players already.

I'm in good shape.

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.

Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.