Meriden makes light of 7lb penalty

That was brilliant, you are always taking a chance when you go back quick. She was so well on Monday morning I said to Patrick (O’Brien) that we had to run her, that she’d love the Curragh and she’d probably sharpen up for the run again. She looks an improver. She was well bought by Patrick, he picked her out himself at the July Sale last year. She has a lovely pedigree, so will do two jobs. We got held up a little bit with her at the start and had to wait to January to start training her. She ran a lovely race first time here in a maiden and she’s just found her feet now. She’s obviously come up through the handicap well. There is a lovely race for her here on Derby weekend, a fillies’ only seven-furlong handicap. It looks made for her so I’d say that will be her next stop.

Locals in clover with The Piper's Call scores

I walked the track at 3pm and if it was any slower I would probably have taken him out,. Scott said it was a touch slow for him. He said he took a blow about half-a-furlong from home but he said his class just dug him out. He’s a horse that we always thought a lot of. He’s a very laidback horse but he actually looked like he was taking a bit of a grip going down to the start, which is unlike him. In the race he jumped and was on the front foot. He probably raced a little bit in Scott’s hands, which wouldn’t have helped. He’s probably only 90 percent fit. He’s a big horse and he’s like a child’s pony at home. You can see him there he’s trying to pick grass!. He’s a gentleman of a horse to do anything with. He’s the sort of horse that will only get fit when he starts racing. He’ll improve a lot from that. We’ve be minding him, like you have to do with the better ones, and hopefully that’s only the start. With the lack of racing everything is probably coming a bit quick now. He was in at Cork twice and the ground went heavy on him. I was hoping to get him out then and then maybe get another run into him in a rated race on good ground. I always thought he could be a Jersey horse but it’s probably going to come a bit quick now. We’ll look after him and see how he pulls out of it, get him home and make a plan then.

Well-bred Aix La Chapelle scores on debut

Royal Ascot next for O'Callaghan's Celeron

Amiata takes career tally to three

He’s a fun horse. He loves that up and down in that company. Penalties will stop him a couple of times and when the handicapper is kind to him he’ll do that. He’s for a lovely owner, who isn’t here tonight. He had three entries tonight, one was taken out. The two-year-old (La Tache) ran well, doing it all wrong, and then this lad won for him. He’s a good, fun, horse to have while the two-year-olds are growing up. Philip and Norma Richards are Welsh but they live in the Isle Of Man.

Kerri Lyons celebrates first winner in her own colours

I’m delighted for Kerri, it’s the first winner in her colours. She rides him out every day,. He’s been a slow burner, he’s had his issues. He’s just a pet. The idea was to run him away, and he’ll go up and down the handicap, and have a bit of fun with him. Sure it would be bad manners not to go over and enjoy the Ebor if he’s alive and well. It’s all about going up and down the handicaps. When the horses are running bad they get dropped, it’s hard work when they are running bad but there is always a turn. He just lost it last year and he looked like he had given up. He’s the slowest horse in the yard by a trillion miles! I never know how he is going to run but Colin said it’s the best he’s ever felt.

Arrietty leads home 1-2 for Joseph O'Brien

Sommelier makes all in Curragh finale

His past form was a class above these,. Rob bought him on spec, he had a few issue and injuries and we let him off. It took a few runs to get his confidence back. He worked very well last Saturday and we said he was a class above these and he showed it today. He’s got loads to pace. He was second to Big Evs in a stakes races at York and he dropped down to 70 here with Paddy claiming another 5lb. It doesn’t always work out though. I’m delighted for Rob, it’s his first winner. He’s in on Sunday at Navan, under a penalty, so I might go there.