Kilbeggan Fri, 15th Jul, 2022  Arverne He’s a frustrating horse. I thought a couple of years ago he was going to be a real good horse and here we are back into a 0-95. I’m delighted to see him get his head in front. He’s a bit of a character and everyone loves him at home. I’ve always thought he was a bit slow and lacking a gear but he enjoys dictating it in front. He jumped well and got into a rhythm. He’s in again at Limerick on Wednesday so we’ll see what the handicapper does and how he comes out of this.

Punchestown Fri, 29th Apr, 2022  State Man Paul thought he had lots of speed and he showed lots of gears there. He’s a horse to look forward to next season. With a performance like that he could be a Champion Hurdle horse — that is probably the route we will go down. He’s very novicey and improving all the time. Paul said he was concentrating on keeping him settled and when he picked him up he switched gears. He was only going through the motions after that. From the first time we worked him at home he looked decent. Joe and Marie (Donnelly) have also purchased his four-year-old brother before Cheltenham.