Butcher Hollow gets his day in the sun at Fairyhouse

He deserved that, he had plenty of placed form last year,. He had a couple of hard races, he had a very hard race against Jade De Grugy in Leopardstown. They went hammer and tongs for over two miles and pulled clear of the rest. That knocked the socks out of him a bit, even though he was still placed afterwards. It took him a while then we had him back in the autumn and he had an injury and we lost half the season with him. That’s why we stayed hurdling with him. He’s a big three-mile novice chaser, that’s his game. He was flat out early there, he was only getting going at the finish. He doesn’t mind a bit of nice ground though. We’ll give him another go over hurdles and might look for something at Punchestown.

Slevin lands Fairyhouse Grade 2 aboard Mr Percy

Moon off the mark in style

Just of late her work has come good with the sun on her back,. I thought she had a chance here today and she showed up. We’ll see what the handicapper does and go from there.

Irancy leads home Mullins 1-2-3-4-5 in Fairyhouse Grade 2

Moore back among winners with Miracle

Mr (Austin) Trappe never has more than one horse. He’s with me 25 years and they’ve all won a race somewhere along the line, this might prove to be the best one,. He’s a tough horse, he’s form that Carrigeen family and they stay. He seems to like that ground. At one stage I was thinking we might let him off but they wouldn’t be running on faster than that during the summer so we’ll keep him out for a while. I have three or four to run. Three In A Row ran well at Limerick on Tuesday. As Edward O’Grady said ‘any winner is like a shot in the arm to a drug addict’.

Malbas lands gamble in fine style for Buckley's

The lads sent me this horse just after Christmas and we picked this race out a long time ago but we weren’t sure if we’d get a run with the balloting system,. He’s had plenty of chances to win over hurdles and never got the job done. Myself and Kieren went through the races and had a good old chat about it and we decided to hang on to him for as long as we can. He has a turn of foot and it’s an easy finish here from the last to the line. He got beat a couple of places where he was maybe in front too soon. We were a little bit worried about the ground. He’s rated 77 on the Flat so he’s no mug. We’ll see what he’s like tomorrow because he has a history of a little bit of lameness. He’s been fine up to now so fingers crossed.

Diesel powers home to claim Listed bumper under Barron