Leopardstown Thu, 18th Jun, 2026  Chipsrdown She deserved it. I nearly wasn't going to run her, only the lads are from Swords, in Dublin. I thought the ground was gone too fast for her. She travelled away there. We thought she'd win in Killarney one day and the ground was quick and she never rose a gallop. Probably the visors are helping. We'll step her up to a mile-and-a-quarter now probably as well. I'd say we won't run her on that ground again. We got away with it this time.

Fairyhouse Thu, 28th May, 2026  Stone Bear We’re delighted, she’s a right little filly and is after winning three now. She has just improved because last year you wouldn’t have thought she was any superstar. She obviously handled Dundalk well, and won two up there, and has got better into the spring. She has a lovely pedigree, her dam won six, and she’s a half-sister to Four Blondes, who won a maiden. We probably bought her on the back of Four Blondes and, ironically, she’s now won more than her. She’s been ultra consistent and Siobhan gets a great tune out of her. She hit the line well in Naas the last day, over five, and we thought stepping up to six, and keeping her in her own age group, would suit. She’s going to be a good fun filly. I’m delighted for John Bowden. We’ll try and keep her in her own age bracket as long as we can, because it gets a bit harder with the older horses. I’m delighted for Siobhan to ride out her claim. Obviously she’s going out with my assistant Tom Harney. She’s an absolute smasher, she works really hard. She learned a lot in Australia, she was there for a year. The one thing she always said she wanted to do was to come back and ride out her claim and she did. They are back since January. She is freelancing and is a natural lightweight. She seems to get on great with this filly and rides a few for us. She’s basing herself on the Curragh and trying to get around a bit. It’s very hard in Ireland when you are

Fairyhouse Thu, 28th May, 2026  Stone Bear We’re delighted, she’s a right little filly and is after winning three now. She has just improved because last year you wouldn’t have thought she was any superstar. She obviously handled Dundalk well, and won two up there, and has got better into the spring. She has a lovely pedigree, her dam won six, and she’s a half-sister to Four Blondes, who won a maiden. We probably bought her on the back of Four Blondes and, ironically, she’s now won more than her. She’s been ultra consistent and Siobhan gets a great tune out of her. She hit the line well in Naas the last day, over five, and we thought stepping up to six, and keeping her in her own age group, would suit. She’s going to be a good fun filly. I’m delighted for John Bowden. We’ll try and keep her in her own age bracket as long as we can, because it gets a bit harder with the older horses. I’m delighted for Siobhan to ride out her claim. Obviously she’s going out with my assistant Tom Harney. She’s an absolute smasher, she works really hard. She learned a lot in Australia, she was there for a year. The one thing she always said she wanted to do was to come back and ride out her claim and she did. They are back since January. She is freelancing and is a natural lightweight. She seems to get on great with this filly and rides a few for us. She’s basing herself on the Curragh and trying to get around a bit. It’s very hard in Ireland when you are

Roscommon Mon, 11th May, 2026  Kitty Bear She got no run in Gowran the last day. In those 0-60 handicaps, when things go your way, you have a chance. . That’s three she’s won now. I bought her for two grand so we’ve had a bit of fun out of her. She probably should have won more, she was hitting the front too soon in Dundalk. I had to tell her to hold her up a little bit and take her time, she was idling in front and probably got beat a couple of times she shouldn’t have. She’s in the 70s now so she’s going to find it a bit tougher. We’re running her every week and we’ll keep running her until she tells us to stop. Orla gets on well with her, they are a good team.

Roscommon Mon, 11th May, 2026  Kitty Bear She got no run in Gowran the last day. In those 0-60 handicaps, when things go your way, you have a chance. . That’s three she’s won now. I bought her for two grand so we’ve had a bit of fun out of her. She probably should have won more, she was hitting the front too soon in Dundalk. I had to tell her to hold her up a little bit and take her time, she was idling in front and probably got beat a couple of times she shouldn’t have. She’s in the 70s now so she’s going to find it a bit tougher. We’re running her every week and we’ll keep running her until she tells us to stop. Orla gets on well with her, they are a good team.

Punchestown Thu, 30th Apr, 2026  Adrienne We have the dam and have a few more out of her. It’s lovely to win at Punchestown. Any kind of race at Punchestown is great, particularly at the festival. I’ve been coming here since I was nine or ten. I thought she’d run well. Jessie’s horse that won yesterday (Quinta Do Lago) had been behind her on one or two occasions and the handicapper said the four-year-old form was holding up well. She had a good man on her back. He had ridden her a couple of times and I left it to him. He’s not going to be champion jockey, we’ve a great champion in Jack, but he’s going to be champion jockey some day and it’s nice to have him on board.

Gowran Park Wed, 22nd Apr, 2026  Kitty Bear Orla was hitting the front too soon on her in her last few runs so I explained to her today to hold her up,. The filly wasn't helping her by stopping out in front and running around the place, and probably should have won at Dundalk two starts ago. She is versatile and is great for Orla, who is with me full-time and is a great worker. The owners (Kerwins and Kehoes, relations from Laois and Tipperary) had a few horses who were out injured, so I told them to buy this one. She only cost the lads 2,000 euro and has now won twice.

Gowran Park Wed, 22nd Apr, 2026  Kitty Bear Orla was hitting the front too soon on her in her last few runs so I explained to her today to hold her up,. The filly wasn't helping her by stopping out in front and running around the place, and probably should have won at Dundalk two starts ago. She is versatile and is great for Orla, who is with me full-time and is a great worker. The owners (Kerwins and Kehoes, relations from Laois and Tipperary) had a few horses who were out injured, so I told them to buy this one. She only cost the lads 2,000 euro and has now won twice.

Dundalk Wed, 1st Apr, 2026  Stone Bear She got on great with her and she settled. The last day she ran over seven (furlongs) which didn't suit her and she had a terrible draw on the outside. She ran just too free and didn't settle whereas today a good draw in six, bit of cover over six furlongs. In fairness to her the last day, with as free as she was, she was still there a furlong down and didn't get home. Today worked out perfectly and we were delighted when we saw the draw that she would get a bit of cover. She's progressive and she is quick and probably could get a little bit quicker. There is a race in a month's time here back to five (furlongs), three-year-old only, so we wouldn't rule that out. She likes a bit of nice ground (on turf), so we wouldn't be in any panic. We will probably come back here for that race and give five a chance. Those Kodi Bear's are quick - there was three of them in that race today. She's out of a mare by Exceed And Excel, so that is where the speed is coming from and you'd imagine with the more races she gets, she might even get a bit quicker. She's a nice little filly and is a sister to Four Blondes with a nice pedigree, so hopefully she keeps going.

Dundalk Wed, 1st Apr, 2026  Stone Bear She got on great with her and she settled. The last day she ran over seven (furlongs) which didn't suit her and she had a terrible draw on the outside. She ran just too free and didn't settle whereas today a good draw in six, bit of cover over six furlongs. In fairness to her the last day, with as free as she was, she was still there a furlong down and didn't get home. Today worked out perfectly, and we were delighted when we saw the draw that she would get a bit of cover. She's progressive and she is quick and probably could get a little bit quicker. There is a race in a month's time here back to five (furlongs), three-year-old only, so we wouldn't rule that out. She likes a bit of nice ground (on turf), so we wouldn't be in any panic. We will probably come back here for that race and give five a chance. Those Kodi Bear's are quick - there was three of them in that race today. She's out of a mare by Exceed And Excel, so that is where the speed is coming from and you'd imagine with the more races she gets, she might even get a bit quicker. She's a nice little filly and is a sister to Four Blondes with a nice pedigree, so hopefully she keeps going.

Naas Sat, 7th Feb, 2026  Coole Cafe The last day was my own fault. The first day she had ear plugs in, and I let Deccy (Lavery) ride her too close to the pace the last day and she got very lit up as I forgot to put the ear plugs in. She was rotten keen and he couldn’t get her settled at all. It was ideal there today, only five runners she could follow them around in last and she has loads of gears. It was a very good performance. She went through the line well and she’s a nice filly. Going forward she’s going to learn. Back over hurdles on nice ground, going a gallop, we’ll be fine with her. We wouldn’t rule out trying to pick up a bit of black type in a bumper. I don’t know if she qualifies for a UK Listed bumper as she won the academy hurdle. We’ll have to look into that. There is a race at Sandown on March 3rd, so we’ll explore that.