Quotes on Princess Child (FR)

If any horse ever deserved to win a stakes race it was her, although you don't always get what you deserve. She met a bit of trouble in-running but hit the line strong and while it was a head-bobber, she had previously come out the wrong side of a few tight finishes in her career. We had been campaigning her aggressively to try and win a stakes race and while she built a load of black-type, to win a group race is great. I'd say it will be a career-best on the figures and I thought she won the hard way. She is a group winner now so it is job done although we might look to win another one now.
After Princess Child (FR) finished 1st at Tipperary on Sun, 31st Aug 2025 7f Flat Yielding

Quotes on Snellen (IRE)

it took a while for her to come to hand this summer but she's improving. I thought I was going to pick up and win well but she probably waits when she gets to the front. When the other horse (Shayzann) came, I thought he had the beating of me but in fairness to her she stuck her head out well. She has a great attitude and wants to win. He came to me early enough and after we went about 100 yards I knew he was never getting by me. She's getting there and hopefully she's getting up towards having a go at black-type again.
After Snellen (IRE) finished 1st at Gowran Park on Sat, 27th Jul 2024 1m 1f Flat Good

Quotes on City Of Memphis (IRE)

We bought her off Katie Walsh at the breeze-ups last year and just waited with her. We haven't looked much, but she has plenty of ability and, everything she does, she does with ease. We were confident coming here that she would run a good race and I'm delighted she has won. When you go to the breeze-up sale, you pay your money and take your chance. We've been lucky with Alan (O'Flynn, owner). He asked me to buy him fillies in the past few years and we got Purple Lily the first year and now this one, so he has two nice fillies. We'll take her home now, and aim to go up the grades, hoping to get black-type.
After City Of Memphis (IRE) finished 1st at Cork on Tue, 6th May 2025 6f Flat Maiden Good

Quotes on Duckadilly (IRE)

She’s a filly that I’ve had an awful lot of faith in all the way through. She won in Naas last year and people were saying ‘how was she that long off the track?’. I was minding her a lot as I always held her in very high regard. I’m only a young trainer and to come across a horse like this so early.. You see her in the race, she goes through the gears very easy. Ben Coen rides her all her work but unfortunately he was down in Cork today. Scott McCullagh rode her work last year as well. I always wanted to see more out of her at home, and I wasn’t seeing it. Ben put the faith in me the last day, he said he’d never ridden her to be flat out. He said he hadn’t ever got to the bottom of her in her work and said he thought she’d take an awful lot of getting to the bottom of. She was working with very decent horses but I had to see it in front of me to really believe it. She was even doing that easy today and parking up when she hit the front. Nothing ever happened to her or went against her last year. We took our time and got balloted out in a Listed race at Dundalk at the end of the season. She was out with a friend of mine Derek McCormack all winter and did well but when she came back in she got stomach ulcers. She wasn’t doing well and I couldn’t train her. I sent her to another friend of mine, Paul Winters, and he turned her around in six weeks. He needs to take a lot of the credit for the filly getting he
After Duckadilly (IRE) finished 1st at Fairyhouse on Fri, 13th Jun 2025 7f Flat Good to Yielding

Quotes on Fregada (IRE)

We had her entered in the Moyglare but she got a little touch of sore shins six or seven weeks ago,. We couldn't run her and backed off her. Obviously when we entered her in the Moyglare we thought she was good. She's a nice filly, she was green today but she did it very well. She ran around a little bit when she hit the front but she was entitled to do that. She's never been away. It's great to have her for James and Charlotte (Musgrave), she was impressive. She's a very good filly. When she's working with anything we have she'd gallop all over them. She's still a baby but once she gets a bit of racing she'll be really good.
After Fregada (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Sat, 28th Sep 2024 6f Flat Maiden Good to Yielding

Quotes on Mallavelly (IRE)

We're delighted with both fillies and James got a great feel from Mallavelly today. They went a good strong gallop, she loves that top of the ground and loves that distance. She is progressing all the time and obviously with fillies, the objective is to get blacktype. She is a little off it yet but that would be the ultimate aim. Unfortunately Empress Artemis keeps getting put up for finishing second so is detrimental to her own success. She is very genuine but we might now drop her back slightly in distance.
After Mallavelly (IRE) finished 1st at Tipperary on Fri, 8th Aug 2025 7f Flat Hcap Good to Firm