Leatherwood scoots up in the first

McDonogh doubles up on Toufan Express

I wish I had a few more like him. He ran very well at the Curragh on his last run. He has come back down to a winnable mark and he loves this time of year. He's entered in Saturday here, otherwise he might go for the Joe McGrath handicap at the Curragh.

Oxx dominates the Listowel Stakes

I'm delighted with her. The ground is very testing, sticky and holding, but of the three I ran she was the only one I knew for sure would go on the ground. I wasn't sure if she was 100 per cent fit on her first run back. She is a beautiful, big, strong, rangy filly and the only time she got her ground last year was when she won the November handicap. She's not the same filly on ground better than soft. The original objective was for her to have one or two runs with me and go back to Arthur Moore. She might go to the Finale Stakes at the Curragh at the end of October.

Original proves the wise Option

I've very few runners this week. This comes that bit early for winter horses. We thought the ground was too soft for him, but with so few runners we decided to take our chance. He is still a novice over hurdles and fences so has plenty of doors open to him. He is improving all the time and has a real good jumping pedigree. I'm delighted fo the owner Mrs Marie O'Driscoll who has been an owner with me for a lot of years.

Kerry dances to the Alfa Beat again

That was unreal. I honestly thought the ground had gone against him. He has been working well, is fit and is in good form though. I've only had him a couple of months. Barry gave him an excellent ride and he said he might go wide in the race. I met a Tom Foley who trains horses for this owner Irvin Naylor in America. The owner is one of the biggest in America and is the champion jumps owner. Tom said to pick one out for Irvin that could win the Aintree National. I then gave 70,000 for this horse in the Doncaster Sales. People thought that was too much as he was up in the handicap after winning this race last year. We'll mind him and go for the Grand National. He'll get a break and will run before then to sharpen him up.

Code Of The West cracks it

Shark feasts on a Listowel double