Sligo Sun, 10th Jul, 2022  Skippin Court He wasn’t right after his Punchestown run and we gave him plenty of time to come back here. There’s a great (Dexys Midnight Runners) syndicate involved in him. A lot of them are from Leixlip and Neil (Ryan) is good friends with them. It’s great that he got the spin and ended up winning on him. I’d say they’ll have a bit of craic tonight. They went a good gallop there and turned it into a test of stamina. Being out wide on the better ground probably helped him as well. He’ll definitely be better when we step him up in trip and he’ll probably go for one of the two mile-five handicaps at Galway. He’s a nice horse and he’ll be even better over a fence.

Kilbeggan Fri, 8th Jul, 2022  Hurricane Georgie We thought she had a good chance and thought she was our best chance coming here,. Jack gave her a lovely ride, he said they went quick early. In fairness she stayed going well and she's very tough. She had a nice weight on her back but she's climbing up the ladder the whole time. She probably won too well but they are here to do their best so it's great. She'll be entered in the Plate but it might just happen a bit fast for her around Galway. She might be a horse for a Kerry National or something like that. We'll have a lot of fun with her.

Wexford Wed, 15th Jun, 2022  Call Me Lyreen it was very straightforward, we went no gallop early and his jumping was sticky, because we were hacking, I let him roll on. I ended up having to make my own running and he popped away lovely. I hadn't ridden him before but Jack (Kennedy) won on him the last day and gave me a good advice. He did it well and hopefully can go forward again in novice company. He might get further in time, but 2m4f at the moment is lovely for him and he has great form over two miles as well.

Downpatrick Sat, 11th Jun, 2022  Howaya C D And E She didn't run until she was seven. We had her dam who was a very good mare and she was the same, she was slow to start. Her mother was fourth in the Irish National, and she won seven on the track for us and four point-to-points. She has bred a lot of winners as well. We only got one point-to-point into her because the ground was too hard and she ran a real respectable race. She went to Punchestown and finished fifth. She has had a lot of niggly problems. She is probably a two and a half mile plus mare. She is not as strong as the mother or her sister Howaya Aoife. She is more of a hurdle type than a chasing type. She'll go straight for a two and a half mile mares' maiden hurdle. She wouldn't want ground any better than that. I was a bit afraid of the ground coming up but it was lovely ground. The owner is with me since I started and he'd never interfere with you. If one runs bad, there is never a long face and if one wins there is great excitement.

Downpatrick Fri, 20th May, 2022  Kingfisher Lane He has been disappointing over hurdles. He had a couple of really good runs in bumpers and ran well in a bumper here in the spring and finished second. In his first couple of runs over hurdles he was running well and unseated and then he just had a few disappointing efforts, but he is starting to get the act together. He's still green enough yet. He'll stay. We were a wee bit worried about the drop back in trip, he is probably a horse that wants to go over further but it was a race that was here. He is a home-bred so that is even sweeter. The horse in the first (third-placed The Flier Begley) is a wee bit the same and probably wants stepped up in trip.

Killarney Mon, 16th May, 2022  Rockanrye She did it very well and I fancied her as her run in Cork was a good run. She wasn't a bumper mare but ran very well on ground that was a bit dead and the nicer ground over a longer trip suited better today. She did it very well and Mark gave her a lovely ride and his 7lb claim was a big, big help.

Kilbeggan Thu, 21st Apr, 2022  Eat The Book It's unbelievable. Simon is nearly 60 years of age and he rides out for me. I thought it was half mad that he was riding him in a hurdle race!. For the first two laps I was saying 'what is he doing' but maybe they just went too quick. We've liked this horse a lot and I was disappointed with how he was running up to here. He probably just needed to be upped in trip but he shows loads of pace at home. Hopefully he steps on from that. He's not a novice in a few weeks so we'll look at another handicap for him somewhere. He'll make a lovely chaser around the likes of these tracks. Simon didn't want to run him around a tight track and I've been trying to convince him for years that the horse wanted good ground.

Clonmel Thu, 14th Apr, 2022  Courting Vickie I'm delighted as she has ran well more than she has run badly and I'd say two miles was too sharp the last day. The dead ground and 2m4f suited her today. I never have a big number to run and train a few of my own and have some very good owners.

Naas Thu, 31st Mar, 2022  Tuckmill He probably needed to concentrate more and the blinkers helped him. He was that bit behind the bridle. It’s great that he’s won. He ran a fine race the last day (in first-time blinkers) and hopefully they keep working for him.