No catching Wave in Bellewstown opener

Well-backed Painter another for Hogan

Mooney & Hogan on the mark with Shilling

I didn't think she'd see it out. I thought a mile might stretch her. She broke well and he gave her a good old spin. I had no-one to ride at a quarter to twelve yesterday and he rung up so it was worth the phone call for him. I thought she was in good form and would take a bit of beating. She's locally owned in Duleek and I'm delighted she won for them. She's a hardy mare and tough out. She stuck at it well there and I'm delighted. We'll keep her in that bracket as long as the handicapper allows.

Excel finally gets his head in front

Cat just does enough under Leonard

We would have settled for a dead-heat. It's great for Simon (Mulvany, of the winning owners the Catshipper Partnership) who is on the race committee here and sponsors the Fast Shipping Hurdle. It's a local winner for both me and Simon and Gerry Clarke as well. She's very consistent. She was unlucky at Ayr where she was just chinned and is very very game. She does her job every year and I'd love to have a few more like her. I thought the handicapper had been hard enough on her, giving her 9lb for Down Royal and 4lb for Ayr. I thought he had a hold of her. She's never won off anything as high. She'll get a run on the beach now (Laytown). We have nothing to lose and she handles Dundalk as well so could be campaigned there.

Radanpour gets back to winning ways

Xebec makes all under McDonogh for Oxx

We'll have to find something for him to do next Wednesday as he has run the last three and is getting better!. He deserved that as he's very consistent. Most of the time he runs the same sort of race. He's a front-runner and everyone knows what he's going to do. He handled the track and turned very well. He didn't go a mad gallop in front and that won the race as he had plenty in the tank in the straight and was able to keep going. He handles anything from yielding to soft to good to firm and is a very sound horse. He's as heavy as he's ever been and takes his racing well. He'll be in the Autumn sales at Newmarket at the end of the year. We'll look for similar races to this. We won't fly too high. The owner has just one mare and has a sibling to him in training in the US. He's a lovely owner and a lovely man.

Roslea scores on second start for Smith

It's always nice to have a winner at your local track. She's in at the Curragh on Sunday. We'll see how she comes out of this and she might run.