Quotes on Dragon Of Malta (IRE)

That is five wins at this festival which is an incredible record. To see the myriad of people here today is lovely and, win, lose or draw, we'll be back here again next year. Down south, this meeting is our Cheltenham. I joked with my daughter Sylvia that if he won again today, that Listowel would have to name a race after him, but she replied, 'no, it'll have to be a bar!'. This is wonderful stuff and he is a real horses for courses. It is quite incredible and, while the strict form lads say he needs heavy-heavy-heavy, jockey Shane Foley told us yesterday that it was just the track which suits him. We initially hit on Julian to claim 7lb last September, and he definitely gets his fractions right anyway. He knew how the race would pan out and had his homework done. The horse will have an easy week now and it is just a lovely story.
After Dragon Of Malta (IRE) finished 1st at Listowel on Tue, 22nd Sep 2026 7f Flat Hcap Yielding

Quotes on Follow Me (FR)

He's a fair horse, everything went wrong that could go wrong and he still weaved his way through. Three down I was like 'oh no', it was like watching a horror movie. Billy was so cool on him, he got his spots and got out. It's onwards and upwards with him, it's exciting to have him. They are two lovely horses (Dance Night Andday who won yesterday) that have won this weekend. They both worked on Tuesday morning and you'd think coming here that both of them would run well, but you'd hardly think on Guineas weekend both of them would win. Tom Malone bought him in France and it was a great buy for Amanda (Torrens). Unfortunately, she couldn't be here today, she had to go to the north for another engagement. She was roaring the phone down and she's delighted. We'll see what the handicapper does, he's 93 today and, if there was another handicap on Derby weekend that we could eke out of him, that's a possibility. He's very versatile ground-wise and it's just lovely to have a good horse. He's a big horse with loads of scope. When he came off the lorry to us, and given his two-year-old form, he came off like a big scopey horse and not a horse that was all about two. He's simple enough at home, likes his routine. I feel sorry for Shane Foley as he's ridden all his work and won his maiden on him. He was mad to ride him but had to ride for Jessie (Harrington) and then that horse (Matter Of Fact) was taken out. He is Shane's ride.
After Follow Me (FR) finished 1st at Curragh on Sat, 25th May 2024 7f Flat Hcap Good

Quotes on Hazdann (IRE)

It’s lovely to have him back in the winners’ enclosure again, he’s a grand horse and we’re all very fond of him,. It was a bit of a messy race but he’s done it well in the end. We’ll go back into stakes company with him next. A little more ease in the ground will be beneficial to him as well.
After Hazdann (IRE) finished 1st at Roscommon on Mon, 31st Aug 2026 1m 2f Flat Yielding

Quotes on Key Witness (IRE)

the story is now well known about me buying this horse at the sales, as while there were about 500 horses there, this fella walked by and I said to my wife Catherine that ‘that is a racehorse’. He was also by Acclamation so I bought him. I might look for a race at Royal Ascot now and I think he is a seven-furlongs horse so will look at the Buckingham Palace Stakes. I thought the mile was too long for him the last day, so at Ascot it would definitely be too long. It would appear he needs easy ground at the moment so fast ground at Ascot would be a concern but we’ll see, and if anyone wants a runner at Royal Ascot, they can find my number. If you wouldn’t buy this horse, what would they buy!
After Key Witness (IRE) finished 1st at Cork on Sun, 3rd May 2026 7f Flat Hcap Soft to Heavy

Quotes on Nouvel Espoir (IRE)

It was brilliant. He ran a nice race the last day in a higher grade so coming back to that grade with Colin Keane on his back, we were looking forward to it,. The horse has been brilliant for us; we really appreciate what he has done and we’re very lucky to have him. As the years have gone on he’s gotten better and better. Obviously, he was off a career high today and it’s brilliant. He has a great constitution because from the start of the year until now he’s done nothing but improve. He has a great temperament. I’d say that’s probably him finished for the year now.
After Nouvel Espoir (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Tue, 20th Oct 2026 6f Flat Hcap Yielding

Quotes on Unique Journey (IRE)

We were just waiting for the ground, he just grows a leg on it. He won it last year for us. When he had the ten stone, I said I'd put Terry Casey on. He's my apprentice now this year. He's coming to hand and he's starting to listen. It just takes time, you have to educate these lads. I'll make a jockey out of that fella. There's one race left there over seven furlongs on 1st November and looking at him there, I'd say he'd get it.
After Unique Journey (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Thu, 15th Oct 2026 6f Flat Hcap Soft

Quotes on Storm Ready (IRE)

He’s still learning. He’s a nice horse and he’s just learning all the time. Shane thought he was going to win easily, but he just pricked his ears. You love to see that, which is great. I presume we’ll go back to a mile. We’ll have a look and see. He might have one more run before the end of the year. He has a great attitude and a great mind, everything. He relaxed there, and he learnt a lot in Listowel. He had to, as he had a wide draw and had to get bustled around. He just does things easily enough, so I’m delighted with him.
After Storm Ready (IRE) finished 1st at Naas on Sat, 10th Oct 2026 7f Flat Hcap Soft

Quotes on Valentino Eclipse (IRE)

He did that well. He's a horse we've always liked. He probably didn't quite get the mile here the last day and is probably a six or seven-furlong horse. He is a horse that could turn into something. He probably needs a little bit of ease underfoot. I had a couple of good horses out of the family before, this fella could turn out to be the best of them. They were all kind of 90 plus horses.
After Valentino Eclipse (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Sun, 27th Sep 2026 6f Flat Maiden Heavy

Quotes on Rion Rubette (GB)

She did it lovely. I was a bit worried if she was going to get there, but she ground it out real well and she knew where the line was. . She seems to really be getting a liking for Gowran. It's not that far away from us, so I'd say that's a big help to her. She's tricky enough when travelling and at the races. . Hopefully, if she is all right in the morning, she is entered in the Curragh Derby weekend in the fillies' handicap on the Saturday evening - if she's okay, touch wood she goes there.
After Rion Rubette (GB) finished 1st at Gowran Park on Fri, 12th Jun 2026 7f Flat Hcap Yielding