'Queen of the sand' delivers for Cannon

I had to pull her out of the kickback because I couldn't see where I was going but luck she could! She stayed on well and loved the track. When I was in behind the kickback she wasn't facing it but I got her up the inner and she faced it and loved it. They went hard and sort of stopped and it helped me. It's riding fast. She's been good to me, I think that's four winners on her now. She's the queen of the sand and she's just warming up for Dundalk again. She's won five at seven or a mile and that's her first at six. Oisin gave her a good ride and he knows her. I had a runner here last year, loved it and wanted to come back. I didn't see the finish as I was too busy screaming. I'm delighted with her. She mightn't be a champion in everybody's stable but she's definitely one in mine. I have three in training in Bangor, Co. Down. We have a beach up there and I've been making sure she's been getting used to it. I was panicking she wouldn't get in but thankfully she did. She was seventh in the ballot and I had to do some praying. She hasn't really been performing on the turf. She's won the last three seasons in Dundalk. I'm actually looking for a ticket across Europe next year for this beach race series. I was thinking maybe if she took to it we could go on our holidays across Europe. Maybe that dream might come true next year. We'll have to research that and save some money.

Red All Star takes Laytown plaudits

We tried him on the grass but it didn't work out as every time we ran the ground was gone for him. At Down Royal the last day he was a bit disappointing but he was a bit caught up after it. We gave him a break to freshen him up and the only thing I was afraid of was that I had left him too short. He's probably better fresh anyway and coming back to that surface did the trick. He was in really good form and that might be the best way to have him. We'll tip away in Dundalk now as he did well there last year. The ground will be gone for him on the turf now anyway. We were getting him ready for Dundalk as this came up, I didn't think he would get in.

Silk Cravat gives Keane two on the beach

He had to come here to win his maiden but he's a horse with plenty of ability,. Colin is a very strong jockey but equally he's a very brainy jockey. He said going out 'if I hit this horse once he'll curl up'. He had the confidence to ride hands and heels and that was the winning of the race. He's the kind of horse that if you hit him once he would be beaten a short-head rather than win a short-head. We have a good record around Laytown, love it, and for horses like this it revitalises them. It's great for the syndicate. If that lad put it in like he does at home he'd have a few more under the belt. Hopefully this gives him confidence and he can move on from there. On a slow five on the Curragh he ran a cracker and that's seven on quick. He has plenty of speed and we should have a bit of fun with him.

Tom Dooley forges clear in Laytown

Rivellino takes plenty out of betting ring

He'd run two very good races, one of them up the Curragh in the big sprint on Oaks weekend when he finished sixth. He's a two time listed winner and has slipped back down the ratings a bit. He'll go back to Dundalk for the winter. He's not the easiest horse to train and he needs a very sound surface, his good runs for me have been on a sound surface. He's doesn't really act on soft ground and needs it rattling quick. He got it out there and we'll have a bit of fun with him.

Osborne's raid pays off in the lucky last