Quotes on Big Gossey (IRE)

I wasn’t really expecting that. Coming here last year I thought he had a good chance, but today I thought there were a few in there that probably had a bit more class than him, but you can’t beat honesty. The longer I hang around this game, attitude is more important than an awful lot of things. If you look at his program for the last seven or eight years, it’s going to be pretty much the same!. He couldn’t be any easier to deal with at this stage, he’s an old pro.
After Big Gossey (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Sat, 28th Mar 2026 7f Flat Soft to Heavy

Quotes on Tango Flare (IRE)

we only have a handful of Flat horses in-training and are still know as a national hunt yard but I’d love to have another 10 or 20 Flat horses for the summer. You’d love to think that the likes of today shows people that we can do it. I was very worried about the ground and if the forecast had been right, I’m not sure he would have run at all. He’s not the same on soft ground. He ran a cracker in it last year to finish third and was 8lb lighter this year. We were hoping he’d put his best foot forward and if he did, we thought he’d be thereabouts. Six furlongs is his trip. He doesn’t get seven and he’s not sharp enough for five. He’s usually carrying top-weight and today was a lot different carrying 9st1lb.
After Tango Flare (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Sun, 14th Sep 2025 6f Flat Hcap Yielding

Quotes on Two Stars (IRE)

He’s fast. If anything is in front of him, they are going too quick!. Joey said where he wins his races is between the two pole and the one. I was a little concerned about the ground drying out, but I walked it and was happy enough. It is what they are calling it and is not a summer good to yielding. There is plenty of juice in it. Five is his thing and I wouldn’t like to take on Ger’s horse over six. We’ll keep him going for a little bit and then give him a break and maybe aim for the Flying Five which has a habit of coming up soft.
After Two Stars (IRE) finished 1st at Naas on Mon, 28th Apr 2025 5f Flat Good to Yielding

Quotes on Bamako Beach (IRE)

He's a horse that we've obviously thought a lot of, given where we've run him,. This was a good race, taking on older horses. Someone asked me this morning was he a 'moral' and I said on his rating, if he runs to his mark, he should be hard to beat. He's a good horse. We have the (Prix de la) Foret in our head for him and there is a Group 3 in a few weeks, called the Prix de Pin, in France. We may go for that or go straight to the Foret. He's still a big baby. He only had one run as a two-year-old and he finds things very easy. He's a bit over enthusiastic and sometimes they can be a bit slow to learn. He couldn't have done that any easier, he's won with plenty in hand. Today is a conditions race but there were no hiding places on paper, taking on older horses. He's gone and done it well with a bit in hand. He's done everything we could have hoped for and we'll take a shot now.
After Bamako Beach (IRE) finished 1st at Cork on Sun, 30th Aug 2026 7f Flat Yielding

Quotes on Staysound Susie (IRE)

Our horses are fit and well and often you’d look at the programme book, but there wouldn’t be the right races for your horses. It has all fallen right as there are races for my horses who go on the ground, and that’s basically it. They have been running well, are all in good form but the races are there for them. Staysound Susie loved that trip and had finished third over five (furlongs) here recently, which is too short. She was in the Listed race in Cork tomorrow but I said to the lads that she might only finish fifth or sixth in that but that she had a chance of winning a 30 grand pot here. We’ll try and nick a bit of black type with her as she’s going in foal this year because she’s starting to resent the stalls and things like that. She loves that ground, six furlongs and by putting her in foal, it might improve her a bit over the coming weeks. My other filly (fourth-placed Bint Majestic Roi) ran a cracker. She was the sleeper that I had in the pack, who was starting to work very well over sprint trips. She’s not bred for it, she’s bred to be a mile-and-a-half or mile-and-a-quarter filly, but she’s just been working well. Andrew (jockey son) got off her and said he thought she’d make a good sprinter.
After Staysound Susie (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Fri, 3rd Apr 2026 6f Flat Hcap Soft to Heavy