Cork Mon, 1st Apr, 2024  Sunnyvilla he gets keen in front and I had Gavin told to hold on to him but fair play to him as he went to Plan B. He jumps for fun and hopefully now if he could go up (in the ratings), he might get into a better type of race. Two miles on heavy ground is ideal but when it dries out he can go up in trip and has won over 2m5f. buying and selling three and four-year-olds are more important to us and his owner Gary (Kelly) has a lot of young horses coming through so the horse will go to Doncaster Sales in May to make room. He might go to Punchestown first and if he got into one of those good races, he'd run well. He would be a lovely Saturday horse for somebody in England.

Navan Sat, 20th Jan, 2024  Butty O Brien We were really happy with her coming back here today. The young lad did nothing wrong on her the last day but Eoin knows her so well and knowing this mare is a big deal. Eoin has been schooling her for years now, he's been helping me out since the start. He just gets her jumping, he sits against her and leaves her alone. She dictated it again today and she was pretty impressive today, I thought she was just idling in front. Eoin was impressed with her and she's building a bit of momentum now. There is a meeting back here in three weeks or a month so she'll probably come back here for that. I was delighted with her in Naas because she wasn't beaten that far and she never jumped a hurdle like she did here. She's handicapped over fences as well.

Navan Sun, 17th Dec, 2023  Butty O Brien I thought she got a masterclass ride. They went no gallop and I told Eoin to do whatever he wanted, he just dictated it from the front and stole it. He got breathers into her everywhere and she jumped everywhere, I thought Eoin was absolutely brilliant and he lost his claim on her there today. To me he's up there with the best. She's just been a little bit disappointing. She was second in a maiden hurdle to a good horse of Henry de Bromhead's (Life In The Park) and we thought it was just a matter of finding a race for her then. She's had little niggly problems and this is great today. Fergal (Harford), who owns her, is a big part of the team and I'm absolutely delighted for them. His dad Pat bred her as well so it's a bit special.