Navan Sat, 15th Jul, 2023  Ocean Baroque It’s nice to win his maiden and it’s well deserved. His second up the Curragh has worked out well and the key to him is that he needs a cut in the ground. Declan said that he’d be one to mind and run him with cut in the ground. Maybe something like the Birdcatcher he could be competitive in. It’s great to get a winner for Jim and Geraldine Ryan and John Kirkland. Jim actually purchased him at the sales so he’s worked out a relatively cheap buy (17,000 at Goffs).

Naas Sun, 21st May, 2023  Porta Fortuna We thought she was a nice filly, but obviously you never expect to win with a filly, that's had one run, in a group race. It's nice to see her handle the step up in class well. She has a really good pedigree, back along there are a lot of good horses in it. She was bought by some American partners, it's great for them and exciting. We'll speak to them now but there is probably a good chance she'll go to Ascot now. If she goes it will probably be for the Albany, she looked to get a stiff six furlongs here well. She handles all kinds of ground so I wouldn't be worried either way. We've had some maiden winners and it's nice to see that they are improving even though they are fairly ready early, that they are able to step up in class. That's a good sign.