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Leopardstown Thu, 6th Aug, 2026 Bella Colombia That was good. Sam (Coen) gave her a lovely ride, something similar to what he did in Killarney. The lads bred her, so I'm delighted for them. She's going up through the grades.
Thu, 6th Aug, 2026 Bella Colombia That was good. Sam (Coen) gave her a lovely ride, something similar to what he did in Killarney. The lads bred her, so I'm delighted for them. She's going up through the grades.
Naas Mon, 3rd Aug, 2026 Dandy Land That was grand. You hate beating one of your own but she deserved that,. She was second the last day in the north and Billy (Lee) thought the road just cost her a little bit of impetus, and a bit of cuteness cost her. I thought she travelled well into the race today and put it to bed well. She did nothing wrong. I’d say Steel Magnolia just needs a bit of an easier five. The last 100 yards just catches her here, it has the last twice, and the trainer might learn at some stage!
Mon, 3rd Aug, 2026 Dandy Land That was grand. You hate beating one of your own but she deserved that,. She was second the last day in the north and Billy (Lee) thought the road just cost her a little bit of impetus, and a bit of cuteness cost her. I thought she travelled well into the race today and put it to bed well. She did nothing wrong. I’d say Steel Magnolia just needs a bit of an easier five. The last 100 yards just catches her here, it has the last twice, and the trainer might learn at some stage!
Mon, 3rd Aug, 2026 Dandy Land That was grand. You hate beating one of your own but she deserved that,. She was second the last day in the north and Billy (Lee) just thought the road just cost her a little bit of impetus, and a bit of cuteness cost her. I thought she travelled well into the race today and put it to bed well. She did nothing wrong. I’d say Steel Magnolia just needs a bit of an easier five. The last 100 yards just catches her here, it has the last twice, and the trainer might learn at some stage!
Curragh Sat, 18th Jul, 2026 Rebel Wave I'm delighted with that. She did nothing wrong in Limerick and has come on from that. If you don't win the next day, you're going backwards. She's won and I thought she fought well there to win. She's a hardy filly and she tries, she's going the right way. She loved the ground there. The last day was soft ground, today was quick ground. I'm happy with that. We'll keep her in a fillies' handicap or look around for a bit of black type. We won't run her too often because she's not an over-big filly, but she tries very hard.
Killarney Wed, 15th Jul, 2026 Bella Colombia 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!