View makes it two with game Killarney success

She’s after getting her confidence back, she had a lot of placed efforts before we got her. She toughed it out well. They came at her down the corner, and again up the straight, and she still toughed it out. She’s genuine. If she gets her confidence up, we might throw her back in a handicap, if we still have her. She’s in at a claimable price so someone might go and snatch her. She has a great attitude and Patch was very good on her as we were drawn wide. He got her out, kicked on in front and dictated the whole way. They went good and quick and stayed at it.

O'Brien and Browne McMonagle power on at Killarney

Weld and Hayes on the mark again

Five-in-a-row for big improver Meriden

We always knew she was okay but she’s improved with every run. It’s worked out lovely, she’s just stepped up every time. She’s done a lot very quick, it’s massive what she’s done in six or seven weeks. You’d have to look at a Group 3 with her next. She’s beat a good filly there. Chris knows her well and he had said to me that she mightn’t like this place as she can lean left. She’s entered at Ascot next weekend on his recommendation but it might come a bit soon. I just love her attitude; I was riding her out all week thinking that she had sharpened up from the Curragh. I haven’t been dipping her, because she’s running so much you can’t empty her at home. To me just cantering it felt like she had improved. He whole attitude is just so good. It’s the hottest day of the year and there is not an ounce of sweat out of her. She saddled really professional. She just does everything well and had a real good mind. She is exciting to have. She’s a class filly. I have to thank Paul O’Brien and Paul Shanahan for giving her to me.

Busy Bella gains deserved success at Killarney

That was grand. I declared because I thought the handicapper might throw us out of the 0-60s. When we got drawn one I said we’d run her, I didn’t like to run her back so quickly. I was talking to Billy (Lee) and I said that she’d been second and third and should we not try to claim off her. He said ‘yeah’ that it would be the best thing to claim off her. Sam is great value for 5lb, he’s a good strong young fella. He had to wait and I told him I’d rather have him losing by not hitting the front than by hitting the front too soon. He said when she hit the front, she pulled herself up again. She’s in a good frame of mind. It’s more the heat and the travelling you’d be worried about at this time of year but she has a good constitution. There is nothing for her for a week or two. The handicapper has her now so he’ll probably put he up 2lb for that!

Enemy swoops late to win again for Magee and Coen

Unbelievable. It’s some team effort and I don’t think in the past few days I’ve been giving them enough credit,. I’ve been down here, I was down with two horses last night, I’m not even at home. Emily Fleming and all the girls in the yard, it’s a massive team effort. It’s been a bit of a whirlwind!. She was bouncing around the ring. Tacking her up we were saying ‘this is on’. You know when she’s quiet you are in trouble. It was a super ride; it’s been kind of mad stuff. It’s brilliant. Sam is a very talented kind so there were no instructions. I did just say to him to be careful as she can switch off. He said to me just there that he thought he was in trouble but she can do that and then she keeps going again.

Hogan completes a double in the last at Killarney

He’s a lovely horse. He has had plenty of issues,. We bought him cheap out of Mark Johnston’s at the July Sale last year and we thought he’d have something done before now but it’s taken a while to get him right. He’s a stayer and we thought he’d be a hurdler but he’s not a natural jumper. I had said we might make the running but the man on board is just a natural rider and he put him in the place he should have been in the race, regarding the pace. He sat back halfway; after is saying we might make the running, and that’s why he’s top class. I saw Tony Martin saying it two weeks ago, we’ve known this for a long time. Dan King should be in a big job, he’s very good, but the jobs are not there. I’ve been blessed, I’ve had Sean Bowen, Joey Sheridan, Dan King and a couple of more young lads coming along but he’s as good as there is out there jumping. We got him to do 10-2 in the race before and I rang him back and said ‘could you do 9-13 in the last race?’ and he said would, thank God. He’s just well worth to have in the saddle.