Lazare provides Elliott & Kennedy with further festive joy

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.

The Nagger Reidy just prevails under 'magic' Kenneally

That's great. Michael O'Sullivan deserves all the credit, he rides him out every day and does everything with him. I just do what he says!. The man on board was magic because he never travelled and never jumped. He didn't do anything right and I don't know how he got him up. My cousin Niall Farrell bred him and sent him to me as a two-year-old because he's so crooked he couldn't sell him. He had him for his first seven or eight runs but passed away last March. He was a great owner, and owned a lot of horses in England. If he was here today he'd drink Guinness to beat the band. We miss him terribly. The owners come from Belmont in Offaly. They include Darragh Kenny the showjumper and another guy Hardin Towell, who is a showjumper in America. Joe Turley is a carpenter from Belmont and my wife Mary is originally from there as well. It's a pity Darragh couldn't get over for it. He's usually here every year and that's why we planned this.

Divin opens chase account in style

Teahupoo too good for Christmas Hurdle rivals

He was good. You'd be nervous looking at him halfway through a race as he always looks like he's going as fast as he can, but that’s the way he races,. He's a good horse and the faster they went the better. He can do it every way. Years ago when you were looking at Big Buck's and Inglis Drever they always said they were behind the bridle the whole way and that's the exact same way that he races. He's a great horse and we’re lucky to have him. Jack was delighted and said he felt as good as ever. He didn't do a lot when he got there! He pulls himself up but that’s what he is.

Affordale Fury brushes aside big names to secure Savills Chase title

It’s fabulous. Philip (Polly) has been very lucky with me with the couple of horses he’s had. We haven’t too many, but the couple of horses we have turned to gold. When this fella was second in the (2023) Albert Bartlett as a novice hurdler, we were really looking forward to him as a chaser. He won his novice chase and then things went wrong on us, and he missed the whole of the next season. He was sort of left in no man’s land. I was kind of saving him last season for the Irish National and he would have got into it. He obviously would have been hard enough to beat in it but things went wrong again.

Horgan off the mark over jumps on Silver

Bentraghhill makes it four on the day for Mullins

I was expecting that. I was amazed that Patrick didn't make it back up from Limerick to ride him here,. He had shown me plenty at home and I was very happy.