A Law Of Her Own takes control at Thurles

She was dropping back to a beginners' chase today and got a great ride from Sean. It was funny, there were a few lads on looking to ride her, so I texted Willie (Ward) and said take your pick. He must have had a few quid on Sean during Cheltenham!. She had been running in very good races and initially at the start of the season, we sat down with Willie (Ward) and Roddy (Winters, owners) and decided to aim for blacktype over fences. She did that on a few occasions and we aimed her at the good handicap at the Dublin Racing Festival, but she was unlucky as a horse jumped across her and knocked her out of the race completely. We'll go for a handicap chase at Punchestown now and it'll be great for the lads, who are local to there.

Common Practice upsets the odds in Thurles feature

Spinning Web again shows his liking for Thurles

Plenty of drama as Free Flow lands the spoils

Hewick books his National ticket with stylish victory

TJ (McDonald, owner) had no problem with Paddy riding the horse and his own father Terry was only buried three weeks ago. So, with my own father passing away last year and my mother being here today, this is just brilliant.

Undercooked Born Bright burns off her rivals

Tim Toe looks a useful prospect on debut

He is a very smart horse and had been showing us that the whole time. He was too pacey and probably hadn't enough height to go point to pointing so we decided to wait for a bumper. He is big enough though, has always been showing a lot of gears and is a very good horse. It's only now I have him ready and I'm sure he'll handle bad ground as well. Roger O'Byrne is a wonderful owner of mine, he's in America and we've had an awful lot of luck together. He will get serious excitement out of that.