Marnane expecting big things in time from Listowel winner Gavoo

He is a very nice two-year-old, we've always liked him and we fancied him to run a big race on his debut at the Curragh, where he ran well. That race has worked out well and he has improved. He is quite lazy so I'd say there is plenty of improvement left in him,. He has the size to be a three-year-old and he isn't a horse to be getting lofty about yet, so we'll pick our spot with him now. He should improve a lot though, and I think he will end up being a very good horse. When he works at home, he works real well and he is the perfect model.

Speedy filly gives McLoughlin a first juvenile success

Conor Quirke and his wife Catherine, from Fermoy, own her and have been very good to me. They got in touch last year, sent me two two-year-olds this year, so I couldn’t thank them enough. Conor is now like a fella I know ten years. Catherine has a big love for horses and when this filly wasn’t making her €30,000 reserve last September, she dug her heels in to keep her, and how right she was. we thought a lot of her and we’ve always liked her. Scott McCullagh had ridden her work from the start so a big thanks to him, Ben (Coen) and Nathan Crosse who give me a dig out every week. I thought inexperience might get the better of her, but Ben said when he put his stick down, she put her head down and dug in. She will strengthen up and Ben said she would be suited to six furlongs on a straight track, or maybe seven with a bend. We had the Group 2 Airlie Stud Stakes in mind for her in July so that could be looked at now, to hopefully get blacktype. I have 20 horses in training, 11 two-year-olds and the yard recently came through from having a bug, which seems to be going around the country at the minute.

White Clover scores for Murphy & Carroll

it was her first time racing around a bend like here and while she had one maiden run in Leopardstown, today’s course is tighter. She had been well fancied a few times and hadn’t won but just needed another year under her belt. She had been threatening to be a good filly for a while, so we’ll find out shortly if she is or not. She is in Wednesday so we’ll see what the handicapper does, but the intention had been to run her a second time. We’ll take a punt and put her in a valuable seven-furlong handicap at Cork later this month as she might have a squeak off bottom weight: she had to win today, and might have to win on Wednesday, to get into it though.

Listowel spring-board to York's Ebor meeting for Admiral

He is a nice horse, is progressive and stepped up to a mile today. I think he likes these turning tracks and the only two runs I wasn't mad about came at the Curragh,. Charlie (Bond, owner and son of Reg) is based in Yorkshire, likes running horses at those tracks in York so I'd imagine he'll now be going through the programme book especially for the upcoming Ebor meeting.

Trainer Brendan Walsh secures first Flat success

He liked the ground and holding on to him seems to be the way to ride him. We're getting to know him and he likes coming with one run,. It's nice for his owners who are two brothers from Abbeyfeale, so they got it in their backyard. They previously owned Dunguib and either sons Paddy or Joey Harnett would have ridden him, only he was too low in the weights. He got upset before the start so we had to adjust his girths before the start of the race but he is normally grand. I've had a few two-year-olds but they weren't good enough, so this is nice to get my first Flat winner.

Listowel brings out the best in Ifitwasme again

Even though it was his first run back, we knew he was in good form. His homework, for some reason, had been better in the last few weeks than it ever was and came good on the day,. He got the trip well and galloped out through the line well. He likes it here, will be back here in September, but will also run during the summer, and could go for a two-mile Flat handicap at Galway.

Joe doubles de Bromhead tally on Bank Holiday weekend