After race at Dundalk Fri, 10th Apr, 2026 (1st)  The breed improve with age. I had Lady Scathach who didn't do anything until she was a four and five-year-old and she won five for us. They just seem to need time. It wasn't the plan to be that far back - we just got swallowed up from the outside, but she gave him a very cool ride after that. He did it very well, quickened up fierce well. He had been working out of his skin, and I would have been disappointed if he wasn't thereabouts. He improved since his last run. If there is something that suits here (in April or May), we'll use it, but he has form on grass as well. He's improving away. The winter has been great for Sadhbh, she has got great experience up here. She is apprenticed to me and with me the whole time. I put her up on as much as I could and it is standing to her - she is getting the whole feel of it. T G McCourt

After race at Bellewstown Fri, 4th Jul, 2025 (1st)  I thought we weren't going to get one the way things were going - we had three seconds between yesterday and today. We are just getting it right with the trip. I trained the half-sister, Lady Scathach, and she was seven (furlongs) to a mile. This one always showed us enough pace at home to do that. That's kind of what I had in my head until he ran in Limerick and was just very one paced. Up to a mile and one in Leopardstown, he improved. Robert thought he would see out a mile and a-half no problem. He's a grand horse. I was annoyed with the handicapper, he dropped him out of the system two runs back and he's lightly raced, he's only had six or seven runs and he dropped him out - dropped him 4lb or 5lb. I won't have to worry about that for now. Maxwell Smart (runner-up) was flying home again, maybe just didn't travel as well early on, but he finished out really well. T G McCourt