Eastern Rules in Dundalk's opener

This is the first year we've had horses for Coleman Bloodstock (the successful owners) and it's nice to have a winner for them. This horse liked the surface and Gary said he went away on it well. We'll come back here now and just pick up what we can. He hadn't much done at two and he came to us late enough . he's only getting the hang of things now.

Great win for the Clearys with Miranda

If she'd run bad tonight we would have given her some time off. She thrives on racing though and the worst thing you can do is to give her time off. She's in and out of the paddock every day and she does very little work at home.

Whelan has a willing partner in Ashton Rose

Ronan gave her another super ride and he did well to get across from that draw (11 of the 14 horse field). She was tying up at the finish and Ronan was very strong on her. She is a very genuine honest filly and we're delighted with her. She has taken to the surface a lot better than I expected and we'll see how she comes out of this before we make any plans. She'll let us know.

Manning grabs half of Smullen's loaf

Smullen doubles up on Dandy

She is a nice filly and she's only improving now. She'll come back here in a month after getting an easy week or two. Pat was very impressed with her as she travelled well but he thought that he got there too soon. Anytime he rides for us he nearly wins . he has a great strike rate for us. We have a lot of two-year-olds this year and they are all three-year-old types really. We have no handicappers as all the good ones have been retired.

South African speedster stars at Dundalk

He is a lovely horse and the better the race the better he'll be . we're delighted with him. The ground at York last time just turned a bit soft for him . he wants it quicker. He'll go to Dubai and we'll map out a campaign there for him. There are plenty of turf races out there for him. I'd love to get him into a race on World Cup night.

Gamble on Denny pays off

It's nice to win. We changed the tactics with him a bit, there wasn't a lot of pace and he was ridden a bit more forward. It's nice to have him back winning. He was very good here last year but then he looked a bit in the grip of the handicapper.

Acushladear a mare on the up

We've got the distance right with her and that's a big thing. She's definitely improving and Declan gave her a grand ride. She was better tonight and maybe she was a bit ring-rusty last time. We think she could be even better over a mile and a half. There is a listed race here in a couple of weeks time and we'll have a look at that. She's entitled to take her chance.