Flidais opens chase account at 14/1

I thought it was today's bumper I'd be winning and not this race, but Flidais is a lovely mare and this is great. I had been disappointed with her, but it is difficult to get her fully fit. She is a real mare for the summertime and is only getting ready for the summer really. She is out of a 12-time winning mare so has a good pedigree and we'll try and get some blacktype for her. I own her with Paddy Everard, and we'll probably breed from her. Paddy's wife is a cousin of mine.

Townend successfully switches to Lombron

O'Brien strikes again in Careys Castle Handicap Chase

Pour One More lands some wagers on hurdle debut

It was his first time over hurdles, but he had good runs in bumpers and wasn't beaten too far each time. He was just slow to progress, but we gave him a chance in bumpers as he has plenty of gears. His bumper form stacks up well. We'll see what we do now. Myself and my wife own him so this is more exciting as the kids are here as well. This is a great day.

Rachel's Secret records a decisive victory

She had been knocking on the door, had finished second in a four-year-olds point-to-point, second in a maiden hurdle and third in a bumper so had some very solid form. She also had some wind issues and had operations but deserved it and Philip got on great with her. She is a big old mare, is 16.2hh and you could see her go over fences.

Volez Vous scores again for Deacon and Kennedy

Ben rode her brilliantly and she jumped great. She is improving and as I had said, the Yeats' take that extra bit of time. The recent dropping of the ratings (by the IHRB) below 80 helped her.

Fortune favours Express in incident-packed division two

Sunny South West shines in the Clonmel bumper

I had a hunters chase winner with a hunters chase license last year so that's my second winner and my first since getting my restricted trainer’s license. He is a very nice horse, I thought he was an absolute certainty in his four-year-old point-to-point but everything that could go wrong, went wrong. A loose horse galloped into him in the parade ring and drove him mad and in the race, he basically fell and was pulled up. He was always highly strung and at Thurles the last day Adam dropped him in, but the horse went to sleep before flying home. We rode him with different tactics today and it paid off. I got him for only €8,000 at the sales and he was a beautiful mover and had a great pedigree. I thought a blind man would have been after him, so I was surprised to get him. Sean (Dalton, from Tipperary town) is looking for a good one for a long time and I'd say he'll keep him. We might go for a winners' bumper and will go summer novice hurdling as he likes good ground.