Leopardstown Thu, 11th Aug, 2022  Shanghai Dragon That was nice. It took her a while to win but she seems to be improving,. She's thriving at home, she's enjoying the good weather. I thought last time she was highly handicapped and I thought 81 would be a big ask tonight. It just shows you when these fillies hit a bit of form, she's on a bit of a roll now. She's probably a little bit heavier than she was at the start of the year and has a bit more strength. We'll have to keep going now. She handles most ground and Ben said the ground is lovely, it's fast with no jar.

Gowran Park Sat, 23rd Jul, 2022  Shanghai Dragon I thought being on 76 was a bad rating for her but the visor really helped her. The last day she missed the kick in Tipperary and never got into the race. We put the visor on her today and I said to Shane be brave, bunk her out as the pace is holding up all day here. I’m delighted for the owners who have been great supporters and 13 runs later she has finally won a race for us. She has always promised to do this and hopefully we will get another day out of her. She handles that ground.

Ballinrobe Tue, 19th Jul, 2022  Tullypole Annie She'd been busy and had a couple of hard races before her last run at Kilbeggan. We gave her a break, put a set of cheekpieces on today and she was back on form. She had been working well. Jack has been through the wars lately but he gave her a great ride. Some of the owners (Jolly Boys Syndicate) are down here on holiday and they're getting great fun out of her. She likes a bit of room so I don't think Galway would suit her. I'd say she'll go to Cork on Bank Holiday Monday.

Ballinrobe Tue, 3rd May, 2022  Tullypole Annie We’re based in Kilcock and we've had 35 or 40 point-to-point winners and a hunter chase winner (in Cork). The Jolly Boys Syndicate are from Summerhill and Trim, and two of my cousins are involved in it. She’d a good run the last day and we thought she had come on a bit. Unfortunately Barry Browne couldn’t ride her with it being it was a 7lb claimers’ race because he’s ridden her all the way along and been a good help to us. But it was great to get Paddy (O’Hanlon). We only started schooling her to keep her sweet when she was running on the Flat but, in fairness, she enjoys her jumping. I think there is something for her in Wexford in 10 days and I think there could be something shortly after in Wexford.

Leopardstown Sat, 2nd Apr, 2022  Hotel Wren he was working well but when you come to Leopardstown you say to yourself that you are probably running into group horses. He hit the line well and Oisin said he'll go even further, he said he was only starting to run when he got there. He's a Dragon Pulse, a lot of them want a cut in the ground but that fella goes well on top of the ground. He's a great mover. He was just touched off last year in Cork and he learned a good bit from his couple of runs. I haven't thought any further than today, we'll have a think about it and see what happens.

Limerick Sun, 27th Mar, 2022  Impulsive Dancer He is improving all the time, his work at home has been very good and I don't think he needs heavy ground either. It wasn't a surprise on his final bits of work at home and he is a horse to look forward to mix it on the flat and over hurdles. Both he and Mercurey won their bumpers on heavy ground but the winner is a more mature flat type whereas Mercurey is probably an immature jump horse. I'd imagine Impulsive Dancer will go to Punchestown, possibly for the Champion Bumper, and could continue racing during the summer. I don't know whether or not I'll run Mercurey again this season.