Cork Sun, 26th Nov, 2023  Meetingofthewaters . Paddy thought he'd win, he had been working well and was confident coming back to a 0-116 beginners, which was a big drop in class. He was confident enough he'd do the business. I was behind the leader Ideal Du Tabert but I had a look behind and the others were a long way behind. I knew it was an exaggerated gap and I was happy I'd pick up the leader. He had a small scare at the last, that was all. I think he is entered in the (Paddy Power Chase, at Christmas) but this was a 0-116 at the end of the day.

Listowel Fri, 22nd Sep, 2023  Cave Court Myself, my daughter Mia and a friend Tiernan McCusker left home at 5am and it took seven hours to travel down. I had fed the horse at 4am and while it was a long journey, it was worthwhile! We stopped for tea and half-hour breaks. We were a bit unsure whether he'd handle the ground or not but he obviously did. He travelled well the whole way and jumps for fun. He keeps improving and we train him from the field as he gave us a lot of problems in the stable. He has turned inside out. He is entered for Clonmel on Thursday and we might put wee Oran McGill back up on him as he was away on holidays in Spain this week.

Listowel Wed, 20th Sep, 2023  Desertmore House It was a late plan after he won in Kilbeggan and we saw he was gone to 135. He’s a novice that jumps like a handicapper and we just wanted to get more experience into him whatever the ground was like. There are plenty of races coming up like this — the Munster National, the Troytown at Navan and the Paddy Power - so there are lots of options for a horse that jumps like that. He got in as a reserve. Gordon (Elliott) rang me this morning and said you should put your horse in the box as I have one out and we will walk the track and if we’re not happy we’ll take a second one out. It was a real sporting gesture. He’s finished second but he’s won plenty of these races!. We’ve had some lovely winners with these colours and Numbersixvalverde is the one that sticks out. This fellow might start us dreaming again. He’s eight and has had a good time to mature. Denis Leahy won a point-to-point with him and I’d say did an awful lot of schooling because he was always good to jump. It makes the job easier for us. They went a bit steady and I said to Ricky if you are still travelling jumping the third last they are not after going fast enough. I said make sure you are in the van as they will quicken up from there but they are going to have to stay as well. He said it rode a bit slower than they were expecting but he handled it well.

Downpatrick Fri, 15th Sep, 2023  Fathom Two Hopefully we will come out on the right side of the enquiry, Keith didn't think there was much (in it) even though there is an enquiry. Once they got out of the dip, yes I was (confident he would get up the hill). He's versatile enough (with ground) - I don't think he will go on bottomless winter ground, but sure it is nice to get his head in front.

Down Royal Fri, 1st Sep, 2023  Cave Court A lovely stamp of a horse. He gave us a lot of trouble earlier on in life but he has grown up a wee bit now, he's a fine type of a horse. We might step him up in trip a bit. Bar McBurney's horse (Invictus World) and JP's horse (Realism), it wouldn't be the strongest race in the world. The horse that was fancied (Wee Charlie) was pulled out earlier today. He came there travelling and he won it alright. He was second here on Boxing Day, he seems to like this course. I'd say he wants a wee bit of cut in the ground - if the rain hadn't come, we probably wouldn't have run him.

Kilbeggan Fri, 25th Aug, 2023  Desertmore House He's probably never run on ground that soft but I wasn't too worried. He's game, honest and loves a trip. He keeps galloping and he took the shortest way around. He got a grand split and he needed it because he doesn't do anything in a hurry. I'd say the run in the Blazers helped him for today because he never went as fast in his life, in a competitive handicap like that on better ground. It may have stood to him, we had to run to find out. If the ground doesn't get too bad we'll see what the handicapper does. He's a novice anyway so we have options. He's a nice horse to have and great for the owners. We're lucky that when John Reddington was finished riding him in bumpers that we found someone for him.

Killarney Fri, 25th Aug, 2023  Definiteadare I'm only 15 minutes away from the track and while I've won at a lot of racecourses, Killarney has been a bogey for me and that's my first winner here. The pressure is always on to have a winner in Killarney and I've been trying for a few years so this is great. He was in good order and we were lucky with him on his last couple of runs. Michael did everything super and he said his only worry was the loose horse. I got him recently to train and Listowel will be our next outing. I train eight horses, we might have one runner tomorrow but he is first reserve.

Kilbeggan Fri, 14th Jul, 2023  Desertmore House It’s a grand place to start off with a bit of nice ground and not a big fence. I’m sure he’ll get a bit of confidence from it. He won a point-to-point for Denis Leahy first time out and when I started to school him I could see that he was well able to jump. We hadn’t to do too much in that department. He’ll be a spring, summer and autumn horse. Galway might come too soon and if it does we might pick out something in Listowel. He’s a grand, honest type and staying is his forte. He could go around there again!