Leopardstown Thu, 10th Jul, 2025  Slieve Binnian It’s not very often you get to win two €100,000 handicaps one after another,. He’s a lovely horse, very professional. We thought this was his trip and we fancied him, we thought he’d run a big race. We thought in the Curragh that he idled a little bit in front. A couple of people were saying that some horses were finishing well but I just think he idled a little bit. We made sure that we had him coming home today. He gave him a great ride and it was a good bit of placing by Ed (brother). We’ll see what the handicapper does. I’d love to bring him to Galway. It would be a tough feat but I think he would suit the place. He’s got gate speed and stays. He’ll handle a bit of ease in the ground as well if there is a slight ease there. A big thank-you to Mick Halford too, we were very lucky to get him. His mum passed away yesterday.

Curragh Sun, 29th Jun, 2025  Slieve Binnian Mick (Halford) recommended us and I’ve known Paul Rooney for a long time. He’s one of the real gentlemen in racing. Slieve Binnian ran really well on Guineas weekend, and then we put him away for this. He could be a Galway Mile horse and will need to go up a few pounds to get in, so we’ll see what the handicapper does with him. I’d like to have a go at Galway as he jumps smart and travels well. He hasn’t had many goes at a mile. He took a while to get going the last day but came home well and sharpened up a lot from it.

Curragh Fri, 27th Jun, 2025  Pillar Of Hope It was nice to get it on Derby weekend. I had a winner on Guineas weekend and now with Pillar Of Hope on Derby weekend, I’m lost for words,. You couldn’t beat it, you couldn’t make it up. I bought this horse in Tattersalls two years ago. He ran in Leopardstown last time and I thought the trip was just a wee bit short for him, he was finishing out the race well. We picked this race out, a lot of people were telling me he didn’t stay but he did today anyway. It was class. Young Patrick is from Donegal and he used to ride out for me in Letterkenny. It’s a Donegal experience!. I do a bit of farming and I’m into retail as well. I just love horses and I’ve always had horses. I was into pony racing. We conquered that so we’re conquering this one now!. I’ve been into horses for about 10 years and claiming horses. Touch wood I seem to be very lucky with them at the minute. I’m getting a good run with them. Ransom ran earlier on and I think the race just came too quick after last Thursday. He’s one to watch, maybe for Galway. That’s two for Galway now, touch wood. We’ve Solomon out tomorrow in the Ladies Derby. I don’t know much about him but he’s a nice horse. If I won that it would be the icing on the cake. We’re staying down tonight, we have stables in the Curragh but we have to get somewhere to stay tonight yet. We’ll worry about that tonight. We have the expenses now and hopefully

Listowel Sun, 1st Jun, 2025  Magny Cours Conor Quirke and his wife Catherine, from Fermoy, own her and have been very good to me. They got in touch last year, sent me two two-year-olds this year, so I couldn’t thank them enough. Conor is now like a fella I know ten years. Catherine has a big love for horses and when this filly wasn’t making her €30,000 reserve last September, she dug her heels in to keep her, and how right she was. we thought a lot of her and we’ve always liked her. Scott McCullagh had ridden her work from the start so a big thanks to him, Ben (Coen) and Nathan Crosse who give me a dig out every week. I thought inexperience might get the better of her, but Ben said when he put his stick down, she put her head down and dug in. She will strengthen up and Ben said she would be suited to six furlongs on a straight track, or maybe seven with a bend. We had the Group 2 Airlie Stud Stakes in mind for her in July so that could be looked at now, to hopefully get blacktype. I have 20 horses in training, 11 two-year-olds and the yard recently came through from having a bug, which seems to be going around the country at the minute.