Lung lasts out to win opening race at Naas

Fitting Bowe-family success in Limestone Lad Hurdle

Knowing the breed and how genuine the horse is, making the running helps him. If you were going to the sales, you would pick him out as he is a model of a horse and is lovely. We’re very lucky to have him, Harry has four for me at the moment and we have some nice young horses coming along as well. People are always telling me you’ll never have another one like ‘Limestone’ but this fella is coming there and he will make some chaser. Plans are up in the air at the moment and these days are hard to come by so we’ll enjoy it. you couldn’t have written the script and it’s brilliant for Michael and John (Bowe). I’m just so delighted to have a horse like him and we think he’ll be a really good chaser next year. He won his maiden here when ridden the same way and wasn’t for passing that day either. Brian gave him a great ride today, he went a good honest gallop and his jumping was class. He was really good and aggressive on him. We’ll see how he is in the morning and make plans with him then. That level is perfect for him but you’d be hoping he might step up over fences and there is an old saying that a good-ish horse will go on any ground and he probably fits that bill. He has that touch of class so ground doesn’t really matter at times. Thanks to the two lads, they are supporting me really well. I’m delighted to win it.

Diplomacy delivers on fourth start over hurdles

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.

Matt Connor bags Albert Bartlett Qualifier

he’s a very small horse so Luke said he might be better riding him out wider and away from other horses the last day, so Keith did the same today. He jumped great, handled the ground well and was very good, I’m delighted with him. He had run well in Leopardstown and we thought the extra two furlongs would be no burden to him.

Mullins bumper winner is made Cheltenham favourite

Rusheen wins finale for O'Brien and Enright

we’re delighted with him and we won this race last year with Answer To Kayf and, the year before, James Dullea (Rusheen's previous trainer) won it. James is involved with this horse and we got him from James so it’s a bit of a coincidence. All our horses were wrong over Christmas and this fella scoped wrong a few times and didn’t get to run so we’re were a bit disappointed. He did a couple of nice pieces of work a fortnight ago and was due to run in Thurles but gave himself an over-reach so we just had to take it easy for a few days to let him recover. We came here today really not knowing. I said to the lads that he was working well but I had never got him away and I wasn’t really sure. He’s a big horse, ground conditions suited and he jumped great. Phillip gave him a super ride. We got him in the autumn and I wasn’t really sure what to make of him but his work after Christmas definitely improved. He was on an ideal weight, bottom weight, on heavy ground. We’ll see what the handicapper does and keep him to these conditions. That was his first run in 10 months so you’d be hoping he’d improve a little bit.