Quotes on Koktail Brut (FR)

That was great. He probably did everything wrong, Jack said he was keen enough in front,. We weren’t sure if there was going to be pace in the race so we said we’d just keep it simple and go on, but Jack said he was keen enough. He was very gutsy to come back. I’d say looking at that he probably wants a bit further. I’ll talk to Michael and Eddie (O’Leary) and see. We won’t say he definitely wants two-and-a-half but he could be one to maybe keep and go to Naas with. The only problem is that we have so many for it so we’ll have to see. The horses are running great so we can’t complain.
After Koktail Brut (FR) finished 1st at Fairyhouse on Sun, 30th Nov 2025 2m Hurdle Yielding to Soft

Quotes on Blake (GB)

To be honest, they nearly had to give it to him. You can't stop them to that degree, can you? He absolutely stopped him and he's a big, long-striding horse. If you're riding a bike and you're stopped, it's very hard to get going again that quickly. It's a nice pot to win and he'll run in the maiden hurdle at Down Royal on Saturday week. That's the plan. He jumps great and we're looking forward to him heading over hurdles.
After Blake (GB) finished 1st at Leopardstown on Sun, 19th Oct 2025 1m 4f Flat Hcap Heavy

Quotes on Ebony King (IRE)

The horses are flying so hopefully they keep that way. Adam had a lot of confidence in the horse, and he worked up the Old Vic last week. He’s still on the weak side and we had him under trained more than anything and he said he was very green and idling in front. Tom Meagher bred him and he has the sire. His wife, her sister and another woman own him so they’ll have a bit of fun. He jumps very well and his work has been good, but I still think there is a lot to come. We’ll see how he takes the race and if he comes out of it well he’ll probably go for a winners bumper.
After Ebony King (IRE) finished 1st at Tipperary on Thu, 3rd Jul 2025 2m Bumper Good to Yielding

Quotes on Generous Risk (FR)

To be fair he’s not a bad horse. He had a couple of good runs in bumpers,. He was just being hard on himself in bumpers, so we said we’d go jumping. He’ll probably make a chaser next year. It’s not like us to go jumping a hurdle at this time of year, but he’s six so we said we’d let him rock on. I think he’s a nice horse, he had a really good run in Fairyhouse. He jumped great. He might go to Fairyhouse for something, and he could be a horse for Aintree.
After Generous Risk (FR) finished 1st at Leopardstown on Tue, 3rd Mar 2026 2m 4f Maiden Hurdle Soft

Quotes on Heads Up (GB)

Phew! Obviously everything went wrong the last day. The delay didn’t help but the way he behaved delay or no delay he would have blown his chance. The frustrating thing is that he’s a very placid horse at home and is not keen or anything. All his schooling has been in behind but if you get into a row with him, you’ll lose. It’s great to get him back and Danny gave him a lovely ride from the front, he didn’t set him alight too much. I wouldn’t say he’s had an easy race, but he would have enjoyed it and that’s the main thing. We just wanted to get him back on track. Where we go, I don’t know. There will be big decisions to be talked about, but they are nice decisions. He’s in both the Supreme and the Turners. He’s probably a two-and-a-half miler but with his exuberance we decided to come back to two and he obviously settled a lot better. This was a Listed race today so it’s obviously good to get it, in itself. I thought he actually ran remarkably well the last day to last pretty much into the home straight given that he was like a wild animal. It was like he didn’t see his hurdles; he was kicking them out of the way. He was running around and he was keen for whatever reason. Cheltenham is an atmospheric place and for whatever reason he just didn’t handle it. We had the hood on today and it obviously helped. It’s a worry because we’re going to be going to either Cheltenham, Aintree, P
After Heads Up (GB) finished 1st at Punchestown on Sun, 15th Feb 2026 1m 7f Hurdle Heavy

Quotes on Lazare De Star (FR)

We knew he had improved a lot from Navan. He's a nice horse and has a nice way of going,. I think he's smart enough. I like the way he quickened off the home turn and put it to sleep fairly quick.
After Lazare De Star (FR) finished 1st at Leopardstown on Sun, 28th Dec 2025 2m 4f Maiden Hurdle Yielding

Quotes on Murat (IRE)

I was up against two Grade 1 horses there, and the winner probably fell. It’s a learning curve for my lad and he’ll come on again for that,. He jumped a lot better today and I think I might step him up in distance after that, and let him cruise a bit further. We might go to Cheltenham and have a day out there with him. We’re close enough to the horses that are in the betting for the Supreme so why not roll the dice with him now, that’s if I still have him. I told Cian to try and get a fill into him, possibly two, and he gave him a fabulous ride. He got two fills into him. I said to try and get a fill into him before the turn in and then come up the straight with him and that’s what he did. Sean (O’Keeffe) usually rides him but he’s down in Limerick. We’ll see what happens the next day with that. I like taking on this opposition, all the big stables. Once you are competing and running well against them I look forward to it. It’s a bit nerve-wracking though. He’s nearly 18 hands high, if he’s sound in the morning we’ll dream of bigger days again. I might turn up here for the DRF. There are no real plans. Today was about seeing where we stood.
After Murat (IRE) finished 1st at Leopardstown on Fri, 26th Dec 2025 2m Maiden Hurdle Yielding

Quotes on Saint Baco (FR)

No matter how ready they are (following a layoff), it takes a fair beast to come to Navan on winter ground like that and run out a nice winner. We are delighted with the performance and we knew he was a nice horse at home. To put it all together, that's decent. I have a fine four-year-old that is good and tough through the race, so that was a nice run around for me. When you are on the best horse in the race, you always think the ground is better, although if you are down the field, you are thinking the ground is slower.
After Saint Baco (FR) finished 1st at Navan on Sat, 6th Dec 2025 2m Maiden Hurdle Soft to Heavy

Quotes on Shuttle Diplomacy (FR)

he’s a proper one when he’s right. There is a mixture of speed and stamina in his pedigree and it is coming through now. It’s good to have him back. I don’t know what happened the first two days over hurdles with him but he gave the winner 8lb last-time and that horse (King Rasko Grey) is only 7/1 for a Grade 1 next weekend. He also got first run on us that day as well.
After Shuttle Diplomacy (FR) finished 1st at Naas on Sun, 25th Jan 2026 2m 2f Maiden Hurdle Heavy

Quotes on Too Bossy For Us (IRE)

He did it nicely. It was a slow enough run contest and we’d have preferred a faster one,. He still has a bit of improving to do, he jumped the last very high which showed he has plenty left in the tank. Once he learns to come down and hurdle properly he should improve more. He has enough class for the Supreme (Novices’ Hurdle), but we’ll have a look and see what races he’s in and what he’s qualified for, we won’t make a decision at this stage. He’ll hopefully be a horse that will be dual purpose during the summer. He’s a horse we might try to qualify for the Melbourne Cup as well.
After Too Bossy For Us (IRE) finished 1st at Punchestown on Wed, 4th Feb 2026 2m Maiden Hurdle Soft to Heavy