Henshaw earns plaudits in Roscommon

Johnny Levins's (Galway Bay) had great form in the book so it wasn't by any means an ordinary country maiden. I'd like to think it would turn out a good race. We went a nice even gallop but he travelled great and picked up great. If anything I got there too soon. He didn't do a whole lot in front but he's entitled to do that on his first racecourse start. When Kevin came to me he was picking up. We weren't going to give a bad one that name! He was named the week after the England game after the try scorer (Robbie Henshaw). We always thought he was one of our nicest two-year-olds. Conor was delighted with him and said he gave him some feel. He didn't think Kevin was going to go past at any stage. He idled a bit in front but he's babyish and still green. He wasn't fully wound-up and there is a lot of improvement in him. He's probably a horse for the back-end really but he was always showing us a lot at home. I'm in no rush to make plans but hopefully he could be a Beresford type of horse. That was a decent maiden and there was no fluke about it. He's a fair horse we think.

Knights Templar powers home for Flynn

Dolan lands first win on Lady Ranger

She is what she is and the 10lb was a big help. She lost interest the last day when we dropped her out too far. That was only two days ago but we didn't mind running again as it took nothing out of her. We'll knock around for the summer with her and leave Robbie on. Hopefully she can get another one or two wins before the handicapper stops her. She just needs to come through horses. She was in front 50 yards after the line at Leopardstown as she got to pass a horse. In fairness she tries every day and we can't fault her effort. He's had four rides and was beaten a nose on his first ride so it's good for him to get off the mark. He's light which is a big help to him and has age on his side. We'll try and nurture him along for the rest of the summer and hopefully he'll start to get plenty of rides over the winter at Dundalk. Hopefully we'll make a jockey out of him.

Father Christmas delivers late in Roscommon

Breenainthemycra gets his treble

The Game Changer too strong in Roscommon

He seems to enjoy jumping fences. We'll keep him for something at Galway, over fences, and he definitely get an entry in the Galway Hurdle as well. He was popping away and not doing anything too exciting but over the last three he was good when he wanted him. Riding him a bit more positively could be the key to him.

Aranhill the Chief in Connacht National

That's the first time I rode now with Stephen. He was confident he would get the trip. He fancied him a lot. He battled. He likes quick ground. That was perfect for him there. I got a bit tight to it (the last) but when the horse came to him he stuck his head down and he battled. The last night I wanted to get a run into him and the ground turned overnight. Paul Carberry gave him a peach of a ride and didn't abuse him. If he didn't have that run he probably wouldn't have been winning tonight. I didn't really want to run on the ground but he was in so I decided not to pull him out. He's won twice around Galway. That'll be the plan and we'll see what the handicapper does with him. Somebody said to me the other day that I'd be trying to get him dropped a few pounds but I said I was trying to get him up for a change!

Railway Zira on right track