Pass The Buck in control at Fairyhouse

He won well. He had a couple of good runs and obviously dropped in class today. I’m delighted. I suppose he’ll go into a handicap now. The second was rated fairly low, so he shouldn’t get much for that.

Livenka 'growing on' Lyons

I ran her over the wrong trip the last day and she was just a bit gassy. I left her a bit fresh. I had no problem running her back quickly over this trip. Obviously, we’ll discuss it with everybody, but she holds an entry in the Ballyhane Stakes (Naas) and that would be her first option as there is good prize-money there. Then obviously black-type would be very important, we think she’s a stakes filly, but we’ll let her go there. She’s muscling out and she’s growing on me. She’s going to be a fine model at three. Until she tells us otherwise, I’d be surprised if we stretched her any further than six (furlongs) at the moment.

Nail House off the mark at first time of asking

He did well to win, I thought it was a messy race. He was a bit keen and it was a bit rough early for his debut. He looks like a nice horse and you’d like the start he made. I suppose he’ll probably be sticking to six (furlongs) for the moment. He was green and it was probably hard to get him organised. We probably ended up a place further forward than we expected to be.

Tounsivator gives Keane a brace of Fairyhouse winners

Floresta 'has the chance of being a real good one'

That was very good. I don’t know what happened her the last time (10th, Gowran Park), I really fancied her,. I thought she was in for a big year, you can see the size of her there. From three to four she did really well, she came back in great form. I couldn’t explain it, so I just gave her a bit of time. She was starting to come in the last couple of weeks. Her last piece of work wasn’t spectacular, but Ben rode her the day after and he said she had really bounced out of the work well. I think she is a good stayer. She’s won a Group 3 now so we’ll probably step her up. She ran very well in a Group 2 at Doncaster last year (Park Hill Stakes) and I kind of had that on my mind again this year. We’ll see how she is. She has the chance of being a real good one.

Keane at treble on Bamako Beach

It’s a big relief. He’s a horse that we hold in extremely high regard and obviously we pitched him in at the deep end last time. You’d always be a little bit nervous with a horse that is highly rated running in a maiden. Colin kept it simple, he said the ground was as tight as he’d want it and he was a little bit lonely when he got there. He was a little bit green, he’s never been in front. We’re actually figuring him out too, he’s still a bit immature horse. He said he’s a seven-furlong horse in a good race with a bit more kindness in the ground. He said he could be a good horse and he’s better than the winning margin. I’m very pleased for everyone involved because he’s always been held in high regard. This is his fourth start to win his maiden, but he’s rated 102. It’s a big box ticked. We’ll start to pick some targets now, from a month’s time on. The autumn is probably his time. We’ll look at some seven furlong targets with him and we will travel, he might go to France and places like that.

Glory To Be swoops late to conquer

That was great. It was a bit of a tactical race. They didn’t go over fast and she was a bit keen with him. He (Lordan) said he wasn’t too sure if she was comfortable being pinned on the rail - she’s a very small filly, but she’s as tough as anything. He said he was always comfortable, although he looked under pressure. He felt they weren’t getting away on him and that he’d be able to get one run. She just does what she has to do when she hits the front, so it was ideal the way it panned out for her. She’s a great filly. I put her in the Scurry in the off chance it would come up good, but they probably need rain there. This track does the best job of watering of any track in the country. The ground is a credit to them.

Contrary To Law just gets there for Murtagh/Coen double

He’s a horse that has been given us a bit of trouble at home. He’s keen and we were running him over six furlongs just to try and hold on to him. I thought the step up to seven would suit him today, in a race like this with plenty of pace. Ben said he relaxed well, was a bit green when he went for him first, but he said he finished the race out strongly. He hasn’t been doing that. We’re happy that he has today and he’s on the right track. Hopefully, he can keep improving now. He’s bred to probably stay another furlong, but I’d say seven is a good trip at the moment.