Galway Mon, 25th Jul, 2022  Echoes In Rain I wasn't sure which horse to shout for as my wife owns the second! Anyhow, I'm delighted he won it and delighted for the owners in Barnane Stud in Templemore, who have a very good flat enterprise. She is high quality, is a little temperamental in her races but Patrick said they went fast enough to get her settled. He stayed wide and out of trouble. The first and second came from 21 and 22 which hasn't been done in years, if it has ever been done, but the race is changing and becoming a higher quality race every year. Maze Runner ran a cracker and I'm delighted for Eliott Ohgren, a top class Swedish amateur, who has been with us for a year. this race has been a fixture of Galway for many years and Connacht Hotel are great sponsors to keep the tradition going.

Curragh Fri, 24th Jun, 2022  Maze Runner It was a generous gallop and I think he enjoyed that. That might get him qualified for the Irish Cesarewitch, we are all looking forward to that as it's huge prize-money that they have here. He might go to Galway in the meantime for the two-mile-five handicap hurdle on the Saturday or the amateur race on the Monday.

Fairyhouse Sat, 16th Apr, 2022  Vaucelet That was lovely, I was hoping he would do that,. I was so close to taking him to Aintree but I thought we'd just wait. He was second reserve for Winged Leader for Cheltenham as well but he's only seven. He's a very babyish horse in his head so we thought we'd just sit that out this year. Jamie said there that he's a Foxhunter horse for Cheltenham and Aintree next year. I couldn't have been happier coming down when I saw the sun and the wind. I walked the track and thought it was closer to good, but it's beautiful ground. He just floats on that ground and he needs the big track to bring out the best in him, jumping big fences. He's a proper staying horse as he only gets going at two-and-a-half miles. He's lazy up to that stage which will stand him in good stead in the future. It's a lovely race to win, Maple Mons was my last winner in it.