Quotes on Diego El Queso (IRE)

It's lovely for the lads (Kevin and Peter Blessing, owners), as they actually have franchises with Domino’s Pizza!
After Diego El Queso (IRE) finished 1st at Leopardstown on Wed, 15th Apr 2026 1m 2f Flat Hcap Yielding to Soft

Quotes on Eastwatch (IRE)

You can see the size of him. He’s a very good horse, he’s a four-year-old all day long,. We ran him in Leopardstown and dropped him out the back, he still ran green there — he’s a big backward horse. I think the sky's the limit when he gets to four. I think he is a very good horse. He beat a horse rated 101 there and he said he was idling the whole way up the straight. He nearly got himself beat looking around the place, he’s just a big baby. We made the wrong decision the last day, he’s just a galloper. He wasn’t hard on him and he was running on in the finish. We were happy but disappointed with what we did ourselves, the way we rode him. We probably should have been second or third if we rode him more forward. Today around the track he didn’t travel early on, he’s just a big baby. I think he could be a Melbourne Cup horse. I think he’ll get a mile-and-a-half or two miles when he steps up. I would love to put him away for another while and wait until September or October. The owners wanted me to bring him back and run him, I didn’t want to run him until then anyway but the owners wanted to go again. I’ll give him another little break now.
After Eastwatch (IRE) finished 1st at Gowran Park on Sun, 15th Jun 2025 1m 1f Flat Soft

Quotes on Perry Mason (GB)

I’m delighted. He’s due that and he was knocking on the door in some big premier handicaps. He gave me my first winner here last year. I’m training exactly 12 months and he’s been good to me. I have a couple of jumpers but I like the Flat. We had to move out of Cork because of rapeseed and I’m based in Kildare for the last four or five weeks. It affected us big time. They came out of it, but there are still a few that wouldn’t be right and we had to let them off. I’m right next to Kildangan Stud. We have good facilities, a swimming pool and a deep Wexford sand gallop. We have use of all the Curragh gallops, which is gold. I’ve 14 in training and looking for more. There are plenty of empty boxes and plenty of horses there for people to get involved with. I bought this lad in Tattersalls last July for 3,500gns. He had a real good maiden run against good horses. I went to look at him and said ‘he’s coming home’.
After Perry Mason (GB) finished 1st at Curragh on Sat, 23rd May 2026 1m 2f Flat Hcap Good

Quotes on Cristal Clere (IRE)

That's brilliant, I'm delighted. He was a little horse we bought to win a maiden in Belharbour but he went a different direction. We bought a couple of Flat ones to get Seanie (nephew) going. If you want an event pony they cost half a million and we bought him for 15 grand. He's after winning 45 grand now and putting the jockey on the board. Seanie said he was feeling the surface at Dundalk the last day and changing his legs. We didn't know how he'd go on the ground on Sunday, we were just hoping he would. He jumps hurdles and fences, so hopefully he'll rock on. He's a right little horse, we bought him at Newmarket last year at the horses-in-training sale — he hadn't run. When we brought him home we thought we had him for point-to-pointing and we schooled him over fences and all. When we put him up against the rest of the pointers, he was a bit on small side and I said if he wins we still won't get paid for him, so we'll get value for Seanie rather than go that way. These Flat men have it cushy, this fella doesn't do anything. We were off schooling this morning at 7am this morning with a load of horses. You just give this fella a few nuts and a pick of grass and away he goes, it's an easy game. I carried out the saddle for him today and if he rides him over hurdles I'll have to get a wheelbarrow to carry the saddle. Hopefully we'll run him over hurdles, he could be a right little horse for that. He could go to any of those (Flat) handicaps in the summer as well for expe
After Cristal Clere (IRE) finished 1st at Leopardstown on Wed, 5th Apr 2023 1m 2f Flat Hcap Heavy

Quotes on Chica Guerrera (IRE)

It is great to see her rewarded. She has been running well in good pots and good handicaps as well. She was always going to do that, win a decent pot and it is great we got it today. The lads (Trouble & Strife Syndicate) came up from Kilkenny. It is great for them and she is a good filly. They enjoy her and knock good craic out of her. Ronan was excellent on her, and he is after twinning the Derby and the Oaks!. We'll see where we go after that, there's plenty of those fillies' handicaps as well too. We will try and keep her to them if we can, see what the handicapper does. She did win well, but she loves that ground. She has won in Gowran Park on soft ground, and she has won on a cut in the ground in Tramore as well. When everything falls right for her, she can be good. She was third in a premier handicap and was placed a good few times, and she is a good, sound filly.
After Chica Guerrera (IRE) finished 1st at Down Royal on Sat, 20th Jun 2026 1m 2f Flat Hcap Soft

Quotes on Hellorhighwater (GB)

It’s great to have him back. He suffered a little puncture wound when he won at Limerick,. He ran in the Cambridgeshire and unfortunately that didn’t work out. It maybe came a bit too soon after his injury. We were happy with him but that probably knocked his confidence a little bit. We were very happy with him at home and thought he would have a chance today. It was a very competitive race and I’m glad he has come back to form, it’s nice to have him. He’s going to be a nice horse going forward. We’ll see what options there are for him, obviously he’s only had three runs this year so he’ll probably get another run or two. He handled the surface lovely and Ben said he was very happy with him. We’ll see what options there are over a mile or a mile-and-two.
After Hellorhighwater (GB) finished 1st at Dundalk on Fri, 9th Oct 2026 1m Flat Hcap Standard

Quotes on Ribee (IRE)

I won this race previously with On The Go Again (in the 2018 renewal, at Naas) and we knew this fella would take a lot of beating. In those conditions, he’s a hard horse to beat and this has been the plan since last backend - the Lincoln was the goal. He was travelling all the way and I was just a little worried that he had hit the front a bit early, but we knew he’d get the trip well. He’s a grand big horse and that’s what you want for those conditions. I’m delighted for the owner/breeders (Lee Regan Partnership) and this is the first horse they bred, so they had to keep him, and he’s been lucky. We booked Declan McDonogh, as Gary Carroll couldn’t do the weight and I feel sorry for Wesley (Joyce) who is stable jockey but the owner wanted a senior lad. We’ll probably have to go again shortly with Ribee, while he has his ground.
After Ribee (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Sun, 15th Mar 2026 1m Flat Hcap 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

Quotes on Pillar Of Hope (GB)

He won well the last day and we thought he had improved from it,. That’s more his trip now and at the end of the year now he’s getting his ground. He’ll run on Sunday in the premier handicap (Leopardstown) and hopefully he’ll get us on the map. He’s been a good servant, but he’s getting on in years. We’ll maybe try him over hurdles and see how he gets on.
After Pillar Of Hope (GB) finished 1st at Roscommon on Mon, 12th Oct 2026 1m 4f Flat Hcap Soft

Quotes on Invincible Will (IRE)

He’s been a frustrating horse. The last day in Naas Robbie (Whearty) rode him and he was almost a runaway, and he’s done that a few days. We’ve done a lot of work with him at home, and we’ve even schooled him over hurdles and fences to settle his head a bit. There was plenty of pace on there today, which was ideal. It’s grand that he hung on anyway. A mile is no problem to him as long as they go a gallop. He’s learning to settle better.
After Invincible Will (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Sat, 23rd May 2026 7f Flat Hcap Good

Quotes on Expert Dancer (GB)

She was unlucky in Galway, she got stopped coming up the hill. A nice filly. She got an injury and was away in surgery in Fethard for two weeks - she got a nail up to the frog of her hoof and she was very lucky to be back racing. It was touch and go for a few days. They did a great job to get her back. We might leave her off now. I think she will be a lovely filly for the Lincoln. She loves soft ground and I think I might put her away. Willie's filly (Mullins, Rebel Wave) that won at Champions Weekend (Leopardstown)- she beat her in a maiden in Limerick, so she had form.
After Expert Dancer (GB) finished 1st at Navan on Wed, 7th Oct 2026 1m 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 Uncle Goalie (IRE)

He’s tough, he wasn’t really doing a stroke in front,. We think he has improved to run to run and he’s just getting better and better. We actually think he can step up again, so it’s great. He’s improving up through the ranks and is a lovely horse to have. He had a light weight on his back today so we thought we’d bounce out, good and smart, and make use of that. He toughed it out well.
After Uncle Goalie (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Sat, 26th Sep 2026 7f Flat Hcap Good to Yielding

Quotes on Sanctijude (IRE)

the race worked out perfectly for Sanctijude as they went a good pace early on and Billy was able to sit on her. She seemed to like that bit of ease in the ground. I said to Michael Deegan (owner) half-way around that we’d find out whether she wants 1m1f or not, as they went a good gallop from the start, which seemed to suit her. She’s a consistent filly, if not a bit unlucky, as when she hits the front, she downs tools a little bit. We’ll find something similar in the near future, now that the ground has come for her.
After Sanctijude (IRE) finished 1st at Punchestown on Tue, 15th Sep 2026 1m 1f Flat Hcap Good

Quotes on Ryefield Dasher (IRE)

I’m just delighted. It’s great when you find races like that. It’s the same over jumps, I just love those novice rated races — those types of races. He’s a horse that is progressing and we really like him. We knew he’d like the ground, we’d been waiting all season for an ease in the ground. In fairness, we had all the advantages, we were getting a stone off the top couple. It really did suit us. He’s such a simple horse. He’s quite versatile trip-wise and we know he gets further, it was two furlongs further the last time he ran here and he just got beat. He goes on the better ground, he’s just better with an ease in it. Nicola gets on great with him and she’s given him confidence from riding him last year as a two-year-old to early this year. I’m very happy for Seamus and Geraldine (Kiernan). They are good supporters of mine and it’s great to get results for the people who have faith in you.
After Ryefield Dasher (IRE) finished 1st at Roscommon on Mon, 12th Oct 2026 1m 2f Flat Soft

Quotes on Amplitude (IRE)

We’re delighted. He just takes a while to warm up and I don’t think he’s a fully mature horse yet,. It was a nice race for him and we'll see what the handicapper does before making a plan. I could see him making a nice three-year-old hurdler. He needs that soft ground.
After Amplitude (IRE) finished 1st at Gowran Park on Sat, 20th Sep 2025 1m 1f Flat Maiden Heavy

Quotes on Suir Monad (IRE)

He has been promising to do that for a while as he is a decent horse, who had been a little disappointing up until now. We thought he’d have won before now and, hopefully now, he’ll step on from here. He is a nice horse. He did it well today and got a grand ride from Sam. He has been lightly raced up until now and while he’s in that vein of form, we’ll definitely get him out again.
After Suir Monad (IRE) finished 1st at Killarney on Mon, 5th Oct 2026 1m Flat Hcap Yielding to Soft

Quotes on Therewillbeglory (IRE)

She was frustrating, to say the least. She's a very good work horse. I thought she'd have won by now. She works toe to toe with Loughrea at home. She just never produced it on the track; she was second more times. I brought her to the beach, I thought she was a lay-down certainty. She actually bled the same day and had never bled in her life. I said when she didn't win that day, she'd never win. The beach seems to have been after sweetening her up a bit. It's great to win with her. She has been second in eight out of twelve runs.
After Therewillbeglory (IRE) finished 1st at Naas on Sat, 10th Oct 2026 7f Flat Maiden Soft

Quotes on Excuzio Joe (IRE)

Declan rode her here on Tuesday night and said if he had got out he'd nearly have won. It was a cracking run and I was glad to see the rain come today as that's the ground that she wants. She won on heavy ground here over seven furlongs two years ago so we weren't worried about the ground. She pricked (her ears) and was idling a bit so that's a good sign, Declan reckon she was holding a bit. We'll maybe look at Listowel now and Declan said to try and keep her to that ground.
After Excuzio Joe (IRE) finished 1st at Galway on Sat, 30th Jul 2022 7f Flat Hcap Soft

Quotes on Cherry Hill Girl (IRE)

Her run in Galway was a bit of a disappointment but she broke badly, was racing on the outside and was racing away from horses. She hanging left and was ducking away from them. We thought she was a nice filly going to Leopardstown (third on debut) and I think she still is a nice filly. . She is in the final of this auction series in Naas (October) off a low weight so that is her next port of call.
After Cherry Hill Girl (IRE) finished 1st at Listowel on Mon, 22nd Sep 2025 1m Flat Maiden Heavy

Quotes on Speckled Meadow (IRE)

She stayed the trip well. I also entered her in the apprentice race here and it was deciding then on what the options were for jockeys. We got Wayne for this race off bottom weight, so we said we’d take our chance.
After Speckled Meadow (IRE) finished 1st at Naas on Sun, 12th Oct 2025 1m 2f Flat Hcap Yielding

Quotes on Java Wood (IRE)

He had recent form on ground which wasn't ideal and over distances which were too short, and I've been waiting for today's ground for a while.
After Java Wood (IRE) finished 1st at Limerick on Wed, 10th Jun 2026 1m Flat Hcap Good to Yielding

Quotes on Titanium (FR)

This means so much to us as we lost one of the members of the syndicate, Liam Gavin, and his removal is today. We said we’d go ahead and run the horse and it’s just amazing that he’s done that. It’s very emotional. Fair play to the horse and Rory was excellent on him. He did exactly what we asked him to do. There was one of these in him. It just hadn’t gone to plan all year and probably the ground hadn’t been soft enough.
After Titanium (FR) finished 1st at Curragh on Sun, 2nd Nov 2025 1m Flat Hcap Heavy