Quotes on Cathryns Ruby (IRE)

That was a little bit of a surprise. I thought she might need the run. I haven't overworked her because last season she wasn't the strongest. In fairness to Gerard(Berkery, owner) he sent her back this season looking very strong. They went very hard there, we kind of thought that they would, especially with ground the way it's changing. We planned to let her take her time and get a second wind if she needed it. That's exactly what Alan done and 5lb off her back was a bit help to help. She loves this ground. We were very close to going straight chasing with her this year only the ground was too dry so we didn't get any schooling into her. We said we'd give her the run over hurdles and go from there. We'll see what the handicapper does now. We might have the option of going for another hurdle or if not she'll go chasing.
After Cathryns Ruby (IRE) finished 1st at Wexford on Sun, 25th Oct 2026 2m 1f Hcap Hurdle Soft

Quotes on Jumbos Jet (IRE)

She is very hard on herself, she pulls hard but has kept improving. At home, we knew she had improved and while we were concerned about the ground, in fairness to Paddy (McDonald, owner from nearby Barntown, Wexford), he kept her in and kept her going. She can stay in novice races now for the whole season and she is going home tomorrow for the summer, so hopefully will come back a stronger mare.
After Jumbos Jet (IRE) finished 1st at Clonmel on Thu, 14th May 2026 2m Maiden Hurdle Good to Yielding

Quotes on Galileo Springs (IRE)

She had threatened to win a few times and I thought she would have won a bumper. She had a couple of runs over hurdles before she ran in bumpers, so had experience and I also don't like to continue running them in bumpers. She is very straightforward and if she produced her better bumper form, she would have been competitive today. We will go for either a rated novice or a handicap, and she jumps well enough for handicaps.
After Galileo Springs (IRE) finished 1st at Killarney on Sun, 5th Oct 2025 2m 1f Maiden Hurdle Yielding

Quotes on Shesakindofmagic (IRE)

we bought her out of Mags Mullins’ yard in January as she is a half-sister to (stablemate) Kiki Badger and had a good run on debut at Clonmel. I rang Derek O’Connor, who rode her, and he said she’d win during Christmas - but at this meeting last year. She missed the meeting though, as she pulled a muscle so I ended up buying her at the sales in January (for £8,000). I couldn’t believe how cheap she was so this is brilliant and she picks up bonuses for her owners today too.
After Shesakindofmagic (IRE) finished 1st at Limerick on Thu, 26th Dec 2024 2m Bumper Yielding to Soft

Quotes on Albatala (IRE)

Too impressive! The ground is important to her. Cillian (McConnell) rode her in the Student Derby (Curragh, 2023) and led everywhere bar the line that day and cost us a lot of money - I'm only forgiving him now!. She loved that ground and the last day was probably too quick for her. I think anything with 'good' in it is probably too quick for her. I told Gary she stays well and that's why he sent her on, but he didn't realise he had sent her on that much. I’m delighted for the owner who has been very, very patient with her and me, and got his reward today, so hopefully she can go on. She has obviously hurdle form as well, so she might mix it through the summer.
After Albatala (IRE) finished 1st at Down Royal on Sat, 20th Jun 2026 1m 2f Flat Hcap Soft

Quotes on Makaiah (IRE)

Brilliant, a lovely ride. He said he would keep it simple and, drawn 10, try and get in third or fourth or fifth, and stay on the outside. He just said it went like clockwork. She really deserved it. She was unlucky in Sligo, she got caught in traffic and got there too late. She is so honest and she will pick up a hurdle race as well, we have a nice mark over hurdles. She got 3lb for Sligo without collecting. I'd say she will be out of the 60 (grade) now, although she is in Gowran on Wednesday over two miles. She will carry a penalty there and I'd say we will probably go if she eats up and is happy over the next couple of days.
After Makaiah (IRE) finished 1st at Navan on Sat, 17th May 2025 1m 5f Flat Hcap Good

Quotes on Kate Knows Best (IRE)

She's a lovely mare. She got a big splint last year after pulling up a bit lame in Ballinrobe and we minded her. We gave her loads of time,. She's a proper one, this is a good mare with a big heart. She's out of a King's Theatre mare and has a big pedigree. I think she'll be special for those summer novices. She's not your normal one. When that bumper winner came to her there she outstayed her.
After Kate Knows Best (IRE) finished 1st at Sligo on Tue, 13th May 2025 2m 1f Maiden Hurdle Good

Quotes on Aleish Lass (IRE)

She was staying well at the finish,. A couple of my horses got sick and while she was doing good work at Christmas and didn't have what the others had, she had an infection after she had swelling in a back leg. She is well-bred, we have her whole family at home and she is bred by by wife. She has a Diamond Boy-half-brother called Handmedownastar who is the marker for her, as he is a good bit better than her. She is an out-and-out stayer and will make a chaser. Luke works seven days a week for us so it was good to give him a chance today. Noel (O'Connor, owner) is from Kanturk, is a brother of my wife's and lives in Boston so this is great.
After Aleish Lass (IRE) finished 1st at Limerick on Thu, 13th Mar 2025 2m 6f Hcap Hurdle Yielding

Quotes on Talas Kera (IRE)

It's a while coming. She was fourth in her bumper first time out for us as a young horse about a year ago. She has been knocking on the door. We had a lot of trouble with her at the beginning of the season, a lot of the time. You have to hit her on the right day. She was second here the last day and won today now. Her jumping has improved a lot. It was poor early on, but we brought her to Robbie Power and he did a few sessions with her there probably in the last six weeks. It definitely worked for her. He had her jumping out of his hands in the end.
After Talas Kera (IRE) finished 1st at Gowran Park on Sat, 7th Nov 2026 2m 3f Hcap Hurdle Good

Quotes on La Tulipe Noire (IRE)

We had no luck with her at the beginning, we did various different things, and then we got Seamie Heffernan to ride her five times and she hit the crossbar a few times,. Seamie would come in and say ‘this one will win a race’. We bought her because Jessica’s father Tony is a friend of mine, and he works for me. We bought her originally because Jessica got her Flat licence but she just wasn’t doing what we’d like so we got Seamie then and in fairness to him he got off her the last time he rode and said this mare will win. Sometimes you don’t believe it, you think this is a jockey telling me a story, but she did turn up for Jessica the last day. He said maybe we should take advantage of the 7lb so we did the last day. Jessica is riding great. I said to her if she could take up the running and slow it down but she said that there were two horses in it that were runaways. She said she’d sit in. She’s still very young and hasn’t a pile of riding done but she was very clever there. She’s very good, she has a lovely feel for horses. I’m surprised she isn’t getting more spins. We only have five horses and they’ve all won. We’ve no serious horses but we do it for ourselves, which is better again.
After La Tulipe Noire (IRE) finished 1st at Roscommon on Mon, 13th Oct 2025 7f Flat Hcap Soft

Quotes on St Anthonys Corner (IRE)

She's a nice filly who works very well and is very good to jump. I expected her to run a big race. She can be a little bit buzzy, so I put the hood on her today. She has a lovely pedigree. I bought her last year in the Land Rover (now Arkle) Sale at Goffs and I sold her to Tommy O'Donnell, who's a publican from Gort, for a little bit of profit the following day. It's a great start to her career and I'm delighted for Tommy.
After St Anthonys Corner (IRE) finished 1st at Ballinrobe on Tue, 28th May 2024 2m Maiden Hurdle Good