Mo shows heart in Bellewstown opener

Pearl shines as Pakora flops

I'm surprised as all the talk was about the other horse (Pakora),. She's a decent filly and she came up against a well-handicapped horse, I thought, in Perth. That was the best exhibition of jumping she has put in. That's the thing about four-year-olds, there is room for improvement with them. She seems to be getting better and it's a nice little pot to win. We might go for the Lartigue with her although I don't know what the handicapper is going to do to us now. She likes the ground and it will be ground dependent. It's hard to evaluate that race. Either the two behind have run below form or she's run very well. I'd say to Sandy Shaw (the handicapper) that the two of them have run below par!. She's a decent filly in her own right. She's 85 on the Flat so is entitled to be what she is over hurdles and she tries.

Plie springs shock on return

We always thought she had the ability to win one but she has her own ideas sometimes and the cheek-pieces seemed to work,. It's great to get a win out of her as she's a well-bred filly. We'll find something similar now, that's her level. She's just getting away with that ground and probably wants a bit more of a dig in it. We'll run away with her and try and win as much as we can with her.

Camp takes the Mullacurry Cup on handicap debut

River a comfortable winner under McCurtin for Mahon

He's a not a bad little horse. Tom (owner Tom Doran) is stopping me going chasing with him but he'll probably go chasing sooner rather than later. He jumps really well and handles that ground. I'd say he'll handle any sort of ground but the softer the ground the more he'll have to come back in trip. Tom wanted to go for the two-and-a-half but I had Stormey in it and wanted to split them up. I thought I might have two winners. He'll get a few pounds for that. We'll see where we go now, Listowel is Tom's thing. I'm delighted for Tom because he sent me all the horses out of Gordon Elliott's which was a big ask. We have a couple of nice horse to come for Listowel. He's a great owner and great with me. He helps pick the races. Some trainer's don't agree with that but I think it's great because nothing gets by you. I love an owner telling me 'we'll go for that'. The horses just weren't firing the last month or two but thankfully we've had two winners this week and they are starting to turn a corner. There was nothing major wrong, they weren't scoping wrong or coughing, but when you let them out in the field they were walking out instead of galloping and rolling.

Aoife beats Mary in the last Bellewstown

She's a filly that we got last summer and she's been in training all winter. She's by a great sire and has a nice pedigree,. She wanted a bit of nice ground and I can't see her going on winter heavy ground. She's only a four-year-old and she'll go on to be a nice spring/summer hurdler next year as well. She has her job done now and might get a little break. She's still very green. It got a bit tight in Sligo and horses came in on top of her. She still needs to come on a bit but she's a spring/summer horse for next year.