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Leopardstown Thu, 9th Jul, 2026 Duckadilly She was my first winner as a licenced trainer and, as I said the last time, every year she has put me on the map. She won a rated race last year and, obviously she got her stakes win in a Listed race at the start of this year. She has really let down into herself this year and, as the saying goes with fillies when they get older, they do tend to improve. It's brilliant to get a Listed race at the start of the year and, to win a Group race, for value and everything else, even my training career it's brilliant. I won't say it's unbelievable because it is believable when you work for it. All the lads in the yard, they work very hard and it's just reward for all them. It makes you get up every day when you love what you're doing. Chris (Mullins) was the first man to have a horse with me. He had Bold Optimist at the start as well. He has supported me all the way. When I was starting off with three horses, he was with me. So, it's only rewarding that he is the owner of my first Group winner. Long may it last. She's in the Matron Stakes again. We learned how to ride her from how she ran in it last year. She deserves a crack at it again and that would be her main target.
Roscommon Tue, 30th Jun, 2026 Damsel In Distress The (New Suit) syndicate bought five horses at the yearling sales last year and I always loved her from day one,. She’s a big filly and she’s out of a mare that got black-type in France. Derek Veitch, who has the horse with me in the next, sold her as a foal and he recommended her to me. Everything was always slow to happen with her and the sire was taking a bit of time to get going, that was the only doubt in my head. She’s still only a frame of a filly. The first day she ran, she’s very gawky, and things take time to happen with her. She jumped fine at home but when the gates opened in Listowel, with the colours and the slap of the gates, she got a bit of stage-fright. She got left ten lengths and she galloped out very well over six-and-a-half. She only got one or two flicks and it taught her an awful lot. She went the right way at home and we sharpened her up out of the gates. She worked very well last week. She’ll be a gorgeous filly when she lets down and as Ben said there she only got going in the last 50 yards. She’ll get a mile. She was having a fair look up the straight. All the horses in the syndicate are probably for sale. She’s been in from the start and I’d probably give her a spell for a week or two. Let her let down and fill up. She’s won now and we like giving them a good experience after they win. A week or ten days out in a field would be no problem. She handles a cut in the ground but is a very go

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Leopardstown Thu, 9th Jul, 2026 Duckadilly

She was my first winner as a licenced trainer and, as I said the last time, every year she has put me on the map. She won a rated race last year and, obviously she got her stakes win in a Listed race at the start of this year. She has really let down into herself this year and, as the saying goes with fillies when they get older, they do tend to improve. It's brilliant to get a Listed race at the start of the year and, to win a Group race, for value and everything else, even my training career it's brilliant. I won't say it's unbelievable because it is believable when you work for it. All the lads in the yard, they work very hard and it's just reward for all them. It makes you get up every day when you love what you're doing. Chris (Mullins) was the first man to have a horse with me. He had Bold Optimist at the start as well. He has supported me all the way. When I was starting off with three horses, he was with me. So, it's only rewarding that he is the owner of my first Group winner. Long may it last. She's in the Matron Stakes again. We learned how to ride her from how she ran in it last year. She deserves a crack at it again and that would be her main target.

Roscommon Tue, 30th Jun, 2026 Damsel In Distress

The (New Suit) syndicate bought five horses at the yearling sales last year and I always loved her from day one,. She’s a big filly and she’s out of a mare that got black-type in France. Derek Veitch, who has the horse with me in the next, sold her as a foal and he recommended her to me. Everything was always slow to happen with her and the sire was taking a bit of time to get going, that was the only doubt in my head. She’s still only a frame of a filly. The first day she ran, she’s very gawky, and things take time to happen with her. She jumped fine at home but when the gates opened in Listowel, with the colours and the slap of the gates, she got a bit of stage-fright. She got left ten lengths and she galloped out very well over six-and-a-half. She only got one or two flicks and it taught her an awful lot. She went the right way at home and we sharpened her up out of the gates. She worked very well last week. She’ll be a gorgeous filly when she lets down and as Ben said there she only got going in the last 50 yards. She’ll get a mile. She was having a fair look up the straight. All the horses in the syndicate are probably for sale. She’s been in from the start and I’d probably give her a spell for a week or two. Let her let down and fill up. She’s won now and we like giving them a good experience after they win. A week or ten days out in a field would be no problem. She handles a cut in the ground but is a very go