Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:18 pm on 16 November 2022.
I was one of those lucky people to back Norton's Coin at 100:1 in the 1990 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Unfortunately, I wasn't in Cheltenham—I was in Bangor—but it's fair to say we had a very good night on the basis of that 100:1 shot, and it helped me fall in love with the sport. I've just booked my ticket for the Tingle Creek meeting in Sandown at the beginning of December, and I will be taking my son to Chepstow for the Welsh National after Christmas. I took him during half term, actually, and, if any of you are looking for tips, I would ask Rhys rather than his father, because he picked three winners and I didn't pick one. But it's a great sport and we've heard from Llyr how the sport is investing in itself to grow and build that success. And what that sport needs in order to grow that success, of course, is that support from Government and from others. We're very lucky. I see Chepstow as my local track in Gwent, and we're very lucky to have the development of Ffos Las across in Carmarthenshire. And I've never visited Bangor-on-Dee, so I'm looking forward to Llyr extending the invitation to us to join him and the Minister, and the Presiding Officer no doubt, in Bangor-on-Dee so we can repeat the success of Norton's Coin and other great horses—Moscow Flyer, Kauto Star, Earth Summit and the rest of it. I'll finish with remembering Dream Alliance, when Dream Alliance was able to win the national in 2009. And, of course, the film of that great adventure won so many awards at the Welsh British Academy Film Awards earlier in the autumn. So, it's a great industry, it's a great success, and it's something that we can all enjoy and celebrate, and I'm sure that the Minister will lead us in those celebrations. Thank you.