Last season's champion apprentice off the mark for 2025

the drop back in trip worked lovely, she has plenty of speed and there is plenty of speed in the family. She will get the six (furlongs) alright because she is very chilled out. She didn't do a stroke when she got to the front today, she was waiting for them. There was plenty of promise in the first run and she duly obliged. I was expecting her to come on from the first day. I was glad they put this race on at a late stage and was glad to get it. James (Ryan) is a lovely rider and has his head about him all the time: I often let him do his own thing, I wouldn't be instructing him too much at all.

Clean sweep for Solomon Coop

Burns records 10th winner

I'm Spartacus leads home 1-2 for McGuinness

I’m Spartacus is a horse that has been unlucky with draws up here: he has been drawn wide a good bit and things just haven't fallen right for him. Both times he has been drawn well, he has won and he had a good draw today. Adam was very good on him - he knows the horse very well because he has ridden him plenty of times and rides this place well. I’m Spartacus belongs to Paddy McKeever - a former Armagh footballer, and his cousin Conor who is American based.

Amo's well-bred Spicy Margarita bags maiden win

it was a lovely performance: I didn't think she was a world-beater but she did it well there today and Wayne was just saying that she would have no problem seeing out a mile. She has a great pedigree and cost plenty (150,000gns as a yearling) but looks like she could repay all that now. I'd say if something comes up here before the turf, we would probably come back here. He (Lordan) said he thinks she would handle a cut in the ground: her first run was on heavy in Galway. You would be hoping she would be ground-versatile.

Canny Keane steers Tam Lin to 'brilliant' win

Tam Lin doesn't go for the stick so I said as soon as Colin Keane gets one ride on him, he’ll win. I thought he was beaten a furlong down but Colin got him back up: he's a brilliant jockey. he's a grand, big horse who will progress from thatm although Dundalk is probably a bit firm here and he would want a little cut in the ground. There's plenty of hope and he'll be out early on the turf as soon as the grass opens. I'm sure my mother (winning owner) is beating the couch at home!

Hughes off the mark with Deed Pole

I'm from Celbridge, I got the licence last summer and am mostly breaking and pre-training. We have plenty of horses around at the moment, we like to sell them and have a restricted licence at the moment. The horse deserved that, he was running well here and was crying out for that trip. He's a Poet's Word and he's just settling now. He might jump hurdles in the spring and summer. Colin is a top jockey and we were lucky to have him.

Keane resumes with treble, as Coogan bows out

it was a different type of race to the maiden that he won but that race worked out very well and three winners came out of it. He has been in good form at home and Colin said that he has grown up a good bit even since the time he won in November. He said he is maturing into a lovely horse and will get 1m4f. I think there’s a race for him at the end of the month in Lingfield: it is the all-weather middle-distance trial. It is a 45 grand race over 1m2f, so we might go there with him.