British jockey, who wishes to remain anonymous comes out in support of Nico

"Fact To File will clearly take the beating in today's Ryanair Chase, as the winner of the race last season and a hugely impressive winner of the Irish Gold Cup this term. But let's put that into perspective: Irish races are poor relations to their British counterparts - rather like their jockeys, who are nowhere near as good as they think they are. Yes, sensationally good at tarmaccing your driveway but much less adept in a driving finish. I actually think Queally dug himself into a bit of a hole yesterday although his compatriots subsequently filled it in. Very nice spadework there fellas. Keep a close eye on them in the JCB. I do feel for Nico - there's a misguided perception that he comes across as entitled, which is clearly not the truth at all. One Irish jockey even thinks he's from the nobiliary and I heard him call Nico a posh Count yesterday. At least I think that's what he said".