Gambled Crecora Hills wins Naas' opener

it was very straightforward and she jumped well. We schooled her on Friday morning and were delighted with her. She jumped very well over the five fences, she only went up over them the once but jumped them lovely. She travelled, they went steady. The drop of rain did no harm last night, we were praying for a bit of rain. Her jumping was never great from the word go. Even before she came to me I believe she got more schooling than any horse in the country. She was never a natural but it came to her. When she came to us first we did a lot of schooling with her and took a lot of time. I think she’s my fifth first-time-out winner this season since Big Debates started in September. It’s nice and we’re doing something right anyway.

Easy win for expensive ex-pointer Port Authority

he’s a nice horse but we thought he’d come on from today as a lot of ours are coming on from their first run. We kept it simple and Jack said he had a blow. He’s very straightforward and I’d say he’ll stay further. He could be a horse that could go for the Formby Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1 at Aintree in December) as a few of the boys are from the UK.

Canning collects at Naas, as Tir Og bags her third race

she’s brilliant to train, does everything easy and seems to be improving a little bit all the time. She’s very straightforward and we’re very lucky because mares can be tricky but she’s taking her racing very well. We’ll give her a chance to recover now, she’ll get a little break and the lads are looking at getting a race over Christmas for her.

De Bromhead's De Mer scores on hurdling debut

I’m delighted with that, he jumped well and Darragh gave him a super ride. It’s what we hoped he might do and he’s a horse we like. Like any of ours we’d hope he’d step forward for the run as well. We definitely knew we had some nice young horses last year and he was unlucky not to win his bumper, as it got taken off him. He’s a nice horse, he’s raw and he’s going to keep improving. He picked up there once and then just sort of kept galloping. He’s got a bit of class and he’s a nice horse.

Tony Mullins dreaming of big days with Brown Lad winner

Cromwell trains first winner for leading owners Robcour

I’m delighted as I’ve been wanting to have a horse for Brian (Acheson, of Robcour) for a long time and it’s a nice start. She’s a good mare. She is genuine, brilliant to jump but won’t go and win by two or three (lengths), although we got the result. The first day we ran her over two miles over fences, we thought it was going to be way too sharp for her but she’s jumped so quick that she’s been effective at two miles. Two-and-a-half won’t be a problem to her. there is a great programme for mares in novice company but it’s just not as good for mares-opens. I think the next race is the Chich Fowler race in January. Ultimately the Mares Chase in Cheltenham is the plan

Irish Panther scores on chase debut

Shadys Lady wins Naas finale

she wasn’t in long enough when we entered her in Roscommon and we kind of got roped into running because it looked like a very weak race. A mile-and-seven furlongs racing on good around Roscommon is sharp and she just doesn’t have the speed. She stays. If she produced her form from here in March (when finishing second to smart mare Switch From Diesel) she’d win, so I was delighted. Neil O’Mahony was my first owner eight years ago and has been with me through thick and thin, so it’s great to get another winner for him. She’ll probably go for a maiden hurdle now.