Tue, 23rd Sep, 2025  He is a horse we initially schooled over jumps, but dragged his back and then Seanie (Bowen, nephew and UK-based Flat jockey) was wanting a horse to ride at Dundalk, so we went on the Flat with him. For a horse we bought to go to Belharbour, he is alright and has been very lucky for us. If ever a horse deserved to win a Listed race, it was him as he had been knocking on the door and he also put Seanie on the map. He has given us great days. He got stuck in the ground here yesterday and just isn't as competitive with horses around him. He is like me as he likes to get things his own way!. We have had a lot of winners in Listowel over the years, when you could get money off bookmakers. It is a mighty track. John J Nallen

After race at Leopardstown Wed, 5th Apr, 2023 (1st)  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 John J Nallen