Gowran Park Sat, 19th Sep, 2020  Insinuendo they are two lovely fillies both having their first run today. I bought the winner (Insinuendo) for Michael Deegan and he’s been very patient and let me take my time with her. She’s a smashing big filly and I’m delighted for Michael as it’s my first winner for him. Billy gave her a lovely ride. The ground is lovely there today and they should both progress from that.

Gowran Park Sat, 19th Sep, 2020  Epona Plays I thought she was a decent filly last year and she ran a cracking race in Leopardstown. It’s taken her a while to get going but she loves it here. She’s progressing well and they went a proper gallop. Billy said she was just behind the bit lovely all the way, and when he asked her she was always going to respond. He said she did it snugly in the end. I delighted for the owner/breeders Renzo Forni and his daughter Raffaello. That’s the fourth of that family that have won for me and the three fillies have all got black type. She had a little niggle earlier in the year that we have sorted out and she’s coming on the whole time. She’s a lovely scopey filly and goes on any ground.

Navan Thu, 10th Sep, 2020  Mogwli It's great for the young fella and great for the missus (wife Amanda) who bred him. We have a lovely Raven's Pass half-brother being broken at the moment. He broke well and there is lovely fresh ground down the rail. He just kept him happy and I thought the horse fought them off well but I thought we were just going to be caught on the line.

Cork Wed, 9th Sep, 2020  Petticoat Rule She is a big mare, has taken a long time to come to hand and is from a very good family and was bred by Edmont Kent down here in Cork. I put the visor on her because she is a daft oul devil and just keeps learning. The more she learns, the better chance we have. She ran in terrible ground in Killarney and the better ground helped today. She is in on Friday (at Limerick) and we might run her again.

Roscommon Mon, 31st Aug, 2020  Royal Canford Billy jumped her out and set lovely fractions. It’s great for her owner/breeder Michael O’Donnell who didn’t have a winner for a while and has now had two in a week (Huddle Up at Cork last Tuesday).

Navan Sat, 29th Aug, 2020  Truth Prevails She's a well-bred little filly by Siyouni and it's very important to get her to win a maiden,. We'll try and get a bit of black-type by the end of the year, she loves that soft ground. Declan rode her last week and said he gave her too much light so he wanted to cover her up and gave her a lovely bit of cover today. He said he just hit the front too soon as she picked them up very easy but I liked the way she battled back. We are learning about her. I'm delighted for Johnny Connaughton who bought her as a foal but wasn't getting enough for her as a yearling. She'll join his broodmare band if she can get some black-type.