Elliott and Kennedy take Fairyhouse opener with Dunsy Rock

Harwa looks a useful recruit for Nolan

He was a 50 grand purchase a couple of months ago in France and he doesn’t look too bad now at that. He needed a third run to qualify for the Boodles. We only have him a couple of months, he worked well the other day in his first real piece of work since getting him. We were hoping he’d run a nice race and if he got into the Boodles it would be great. I don’t know where we’ll stand now, we’ll see what kind of mark we get. He’s a forward type. He’s by Saint des Saints and would love that ground.

Elliott doubles up with progressive Oldschool Outlaw

Don Jefe delights O'Leary in Fairyhouse

He had a lovely run in Mallow. He was probably just a bit raw the first day in Gowran and ideally looking back now, I probably would have left his first run to be in Mallow. He’s after coming on from his run in Mallow and I knew he’d be close today. I’m delighted. This is as nice a horse as I’ve had. He’s a really promising horse. He’s owned by Vince O’Driscoll and myself, we are Double O Racing. Anything is for sale, but it won’t bother me to keep this horse as he’s as good a horse as I’ve had. He’s a very smart one going forward.

'Lovely horse' Themanintheanorak justifies O'Sullivan's faith

He’s a lovely horse, we like him a lot. We thought we were unlucky here the last day that we were beaten by one of Charles’ (Byrnes, On Your Way). He got a cut the last day and that’s why he was missing over Christmas. We’ll try and find something else now. JJ (Slevin) rode him one day and said he’s crying out for fences in the summer, on good ground. The only doubt I had today was the ground.

Kenneally fires in Fairyhouse treble through Our Uncle Jack

He’s in great form. My son Danny rides him out every day at home and he actually rang Michael Kenneally from his hospital bed as he got a bad fall in a point-to-point on Sunday. He broke ribs and punctured a lung and broke his ankle. He gave Michael his instructions and it was nice to win for him. He takes a bit of a pull and he settled away there in front today. He actually maybe settled a bit better today, he was a bit fresh the last day. Danny has a lot of jumping done with him over fences, and he’s quite good. He was actually going to ride him in a chase at Cork, but got another fall schooling. He went to Clonmel after he didn’t run in that chase.

Outofafrika to Fairyhouse and maybe Cheltenham!

I’ve always liked him. The last day he was a bit green and it turned into a sprint, but he was actually staying on well again at the line. He was much more professional today and he had strengthened up a lot. He’s a nice horse to look forward to and I think he could be a good horse. I was saying to the lads there that I wouldn’t be afraid to give him an entry in the Cheltenham bumper. We’ve always liked him and that’s not a surprise. He’s a grand simple horse and you need something like that to be able to go over and do things right in the race. I think he has the right mindset.