Leopardstown Mon, 2nd Mar, 2026  Promontory That was lovely. He had a good run the last day in Navan on ground that I didn’t think he’d handle. We were expecting him to improve off the back of that,. He won a maiden hurdle last year, I thought it maybe wasn’t the strongest race and maybe he was lucky to win it but I always thought he’d stay that three or three-and-a-half miles and he did. A special thank-you to Aidan Kelly as he did a lot of schooling with him during the winter. Unfortunately he couldn’t ride him the last couple of times but he got a very good ride from Donagh. He jumped very well, Donagh said down the back he just kept jumping himself into it. He stayed all the way to the line and I’m delighted with him. Today was kind of the plan. When Aidan got off him after riding him at Fairyhouse, in a beginners chase, he said he’d be ideal for this race. He was always going to come here. That’s his second run in a handicap and hopefully he can keep progressing. He’s going to get a hike for that so we’ll see where we got after that.

Punchestown Mon, 12th Jan, 2026  Be Fierce The young lad gave him a great ride. He has a run in him about the length of the parade ring and he was trotting going to the line. He jumps like a stag, but has a short run in him. He won twice around Tramore, a sharp track with a short run-in. If he wings the last, he might hold on and both times he hung on. Michael O’Sullivan, God rest him, won on him on New Year’s Day last year and Shane O’Callaghan also won on him. The inside track here is easy and it was a weak race. He got a lovely ride and everything went spot on for him. He’s owned by nice people, the Morans - husband and wife Michael and Anne. Betty Moran (Michael’s mother) owned Papillon.