Thurles Thu, 8th Oct, 2026  Max Meridius he always promised a little bit but is down at the lower end of the ratings now, although promised to do something like that. We hadn’t been easy to work out but we probably should have ridden him more forwardly all along. It was my fault in Clonmel last week as I should have told Danny (Mullins, jockey and nephew) to kick on but the race went around him over the last two hurdles. Danny was then stuck and couldn’t produce until after the last. He is a better Flat horse than jumper at the moment but might get to grips with jumping. He has size, is a fine horse who was bought cheaply and will eventually jump a fence. He is not a winter soft-ground horse but could come back here over hurdles soon.

Clonmel Thu, 1st Oct, 2026  Mount Shenshan We persisted and now it has paid off,. I stuck a tongue-tie on her and said it would maybe help her concentrate a bit more, maybe that worked — I’m not sure. She had been coming into good form compared to what she had been in. We’ll keep the tongue-tie on anyway until it stops working. She’s rated 85 over fences as well. She’s in, over fences, at Galway on Tuesday and we might run there. We’ll keep tipping away until she trains off and then I’ll say goodbye to her.