Down Royal Fri, 8th Sep, 2023  Velvet Skies I was actually a little disappointed the last day (in fifth at the Curragh), I thought we would have been closer. He's still learning on the job. He is going for the Sportsman's sales race on Thursday (at Naas), so hopefully he will improve again. I'd say he is versatile enough over six and seven. Wesley is a good jockey.

Leopardstown Thu, 24th Aug, 2023  Dance Night Andday She had run well in her maidens and obviously the last day it's very hard for a three-year-old to have their first run in a handicap at Galway, it's nearly impossible without experience,. She had worked well during the week and we were very happy with her, we thought that she'd run a nice race. She had shown a nice level of ability at home. Colin was happy with her, he said that trip was fine and even going to a mile would be fine. He liked her and she gave him a nice feel. It was a nice track today and everything went well. I thought before turning in that 'God this is going to be hard' and then it just opened up. Somedays it does and somedays it doesn't.

Curragh Sun, 13th Aug, 2023  Lady Lunette I'm thrilled with her. She got 12lb for winning in Gowran, which I thought was very harsh and I wasn't too sure whether she'd be up to that mark,. She's a progressive, she's a big raw filly. I just didn't know if she'd be good enough today but I'm thrilled with her, she got a brilliant. That was a proper race, I think it was a very good fillies handicap. There were no hiding places and I'm over the moon. She's next year's filly. We might give her on more run, we'll see. She's a big raw, tall filly and I think she's a nicely filly going forward.

Gowran Park Sat, 29th Jul, 2023  Lady Lunette It's a local winner and it's brilliant for the owners (Ms K Curtin) as they've had no luck for a long time. It's a long time since they've had a winner and they are really good owners to have. I'm delighted for them. She's a progressive filly, I'd say she's next year's filly. She's a big, tall, raw, filly and I'd say there is loads to come down the line. At home she only does what she has to do, but Dylan said she has loads of pace. I thought she might want further, but Dylan said a mile plenty is plenty far enough for the time being. She probably won't have too many more runs this year. There is a race in Galway on the Sunday and I thought if she won today we might think about it so we'll see. It's an 80 handicap. The ground was a little worry as Buratinos like nice ground, but Dylan said she handled it no bother - that's the slowest ground she's ever run on. She's a nice filly.