Taaffe Steels opener at Kilbeggan

This horse had a good run behind Frawley in a bumper in January but got badly hampered turning in, the ground went on him then and my horses went wrong. He jumps well and he put in a nice performance here this evening. We will go novice hurdling with him now. I'm delighted for the owner Bjorn Nielsen who sadly lost his brother through illness during the week, so this was a nice tonic for him.

O'Connell's good run continues

Leigh back in the winner's enclosure

He has very bad legs and hasn't won a race in two years so to get a win out of him is unreal. I'll see how is in the morning before we make any plans.

O'Connell loses claim

We contemplated retiring him but the perseverance has paid off. He jumped well overall today as previously he tended to make mistakes at the wrong time. We're just happy that he won, we've no immediate plans for him.

Streets Of Gold justifies his short price

He's rated a 120 and he did what you'd expect him to do off of that mark and it's great he won. He always runs well around here, he's a bit small and the small fences around here suit him. We just have a question mark over whether he'd have enough scope to handicap chasing with him, you can see it's a big effort for him.

Mollie takes last for Cullen

We'll go for a maiden hurdle next, she is a good tough little lady.