Future is bright for Mister Pessimistic

In fairness Sean Doyle recommended him to us and it was pretty simple once I saw what name he had, although however bad I am, the only person more pessimistic is his owner Niall O'Leary!. He is a lovely young horse, did it nicely in the end and the second horse is a decent horse as well. I got nervous after his mistake at the second-last but he jumped the last well and galloped out well. He is unbeaten and has done nothing wrong, so hopefully he'll keep progressing. . I was in two minds whether to stay in bumpers this season or go hurdling but he jumps so well at home. We definitely like him and I need to go and look at plans now, but I want to keep him at that trip. . There aren't many options during Christmas so he could run in Leopardstown's Grade 1 novice over two miles. I think nice ground is important to him.

No Slip ups for Tyner's hotpot

He is a nice moving-horse who doesn't hit the ground hard so I said I'd chance him today. He travels sweet, it was a nice introduction and he is an exciting horse. He was in a hack canter the whole way. He had a bit of a dive or something at the second-last but maybe he was lacking company. He actually loves jumping and had plenty done before he ran in his bumper, as we were biding time by keeping him amused. I initially had a plan as he was ready to run four weeks ago but that went out the window and coming here, I hadn't tempted fate by looking at where he goes next.

O’Keeffe continues good run with King In Love

at Fairyhouse last April, something happened him at the second hurdle where he was pulled up. It appeared he was injured and a screen went up around him, but thankfully he was ok although he became a bit frightened. The ground was too good for him at Listowel the last day and I was delighted to see the dig in the ground today. He has some toe on soft ground which he doesn’t have on good. We’ll keep him over hurdles for now but he’ll jump a fence in time. Sean (O’Keeffe) is riding well and is a good jockey.

de Bromhead & O'Keeffe Silence the bookies again

Queallys have another smart performer on their hands

He has come on a lot and while it is a little tricky to settle him, it isn't a massive job and when I spoke to Sean beforehand, he knew exactly what I wanted. You just have to tack onto heels and then give him the reins, and Sean rode a lovely race. The horse was bought for small money and well done to JD Moore who found him for us. He had been placed in bumpers for a smaller trainer in England, we paid 12 grand for him and the plan was just to win a race with him. . He learned as he went and is a nice progressive horse. It is great to have a winner here today with a big crowd. He'll get a few pounds in the handicap now but sometimes with a horse like this, there is nothing wrong with having a high rating as you can box away racing in smaller fields and pick up money.

Griffin grabs Graded glory at Cork

we had really been looking forward to today and that is my first Graded win since 2011. It is a long time since we’ve had a horse like this and we’ve had a few false dawns, so it is brilliant to have one like him. I put the tongue-tie back on Ol Man Dingle today — he doesn’t need it but I wasn’t taking any chances. Ricky gave him a lovely ride, the horse has brilliant scope but can be a little brave. During his career prep, we thought an awful lot of him so went for a bumper, but he made a noise and choked. He had never given us that indication beforehand so he had a wind operation but it took him a run or two to get his confidence. He had a bad virus at the end of last season, my yard went down with something around April and May when we had few runners and he has done well to come back from it.

Cafe comes to the boil under Bustin