Sire Kodiac (GB) | irishracing.com

That was nice. We were a bit disappointed with the run in Galway but he got hampered at the wrong time there when a horse bumped into him at the bottom of the hill,. Luckily enough I had him declared for here and we were very happy with him the next morning when we gave him a bit of a canter. He was very well in himself and we were very happy to come here with him. He's entered for Tipperary on Friday and if we get a bit of cut in the ground and everything is okay we might go there. We've been looking for a cut in the ground all year. The last few times he ran well, finishing fourth, he continued to be dropped a few pounds. Unless it's a three-year-old it is hard to get a horse rated between 65 and 73 into races. We've been struggling to get into a race with him.

Cork Fri, 22nd Jul, 2022 Easy

she is very exciting, has a couple of fancy entries and has justified our thoughts of her. She did that very well and is a big, good looking and good moving filly. She was bought from Shadwell, has a great pedigree and was well bought. Rachel Halley, who is married to vet David Halley, is a very lucky owner and that's her first winner. She has an exciting filly on her hands and the way she won there, I'd imagine she will be very desirable for a possible sale.

Curragh Sun, 26th Jun, 2022 Ano Syra

Jamie has ridden five winners for me now from eight rides with two seconds and a fourth. He's doing well for me at the moment anyway,. We got her before Christmas, Charlotte and James were kind enough to send her to us, and she's kept improving. In fairness to Kevin Manning he's done a lot of work with her as well. We thought she'd get a bit of black-type in the future and we'd plot a course through the year with her. We were a little bit worried about the ground but she was brave, she has a big heart. I know she had a light weight but she was a three-year-old taking on older sprinters. She travelled really well and she's just a good filly.

Cork Wed, 8th Jun, 2022 Geocentric

I’m delighted with that. They’re both going to stay in training. Geocentric is going to go for the Sapphire Stakes. She does things hard but, because she’s going to stay in training next year, it’s going to be exciting. When she gets stronger and she matures a little bit and learns to do things easily, we’ll have an exciting filly next year. The second filly (Pirate Jenny) was hunting for black type, and she’s got it. She’s going to be a much better filly over six furlongs.

Listowel Sat, 4th Jun, 2022 Grigadale

That’s our first winner of the year so we are delighted to get it.

Curragh Wed, 1st Jun, 2022 Ano Syra

That was grand, she keeps improving and I'm delighted with that. It was a nice performance. Dropping back to five I was a little bit worried that she'd get outpaced but she travelled great and hit the line strong. A bit of black-type at the end would be the crowning glory with her. That was a nice pot and she's been competitive all the time so we're happy.

Curragh Sun, 22nd May, 2022 Zarinsk

She’s a lovely honest filly but she hasn’t come in her coat. I’ve been very patient with my fillies and it’s great to start one here this weekend. There is so much improvement in her coat wise and everything, and she’ll be better on nicer ground. She had to do it the hard way which I don’t like doing but when Colin is riding them he has free rein to do what he wants. What she has learned from it we won’t know because she had to do it all on her own but she hit the line strong. I can see buckets of improvement because she is still very much a work in progress. I won’t rush her back, she will tell me. The one thing Colin said is she rides weak so we will bear that in mind.

Cork Wed, 18th May, 2022 Neo Soul

He came on an awful lot from his Bellewstown run and we expected that but Colin (Keane) couldn't get off Jarvis because he is a very genuine horse. The winner improved for the blinkers but we were worried about the ground and Gary was sensible and came up on the virgin unpoached ground. Both him and Jarvis are very fast and a track like this suits them. Both will run in those handicaps and are very good fun horses.

Curragh Sat, 26th Mar, 2022 Malex

it’s the first horse I’ve training for Kia Joorabchian and AMO Racing and I’m delighted to train a winner for them. He was an expensive yearling (420,000gns) and you could see why as he’s a very good looking horse. He’s taken a bit of time and was as green as grass through the middle of that race. He was one of the first off the bridle. Leigh switched him out, got daylight and he kept picking up. I think the further he goes the better he’ll go. I thought it would be very difficult to beat Jim Bolger’s horse (Boundless Ocean) and he ran a very good race so it might entitle us to have a crack at the Guineas Trial in Leopardstown over a mile. We’ll see where we go from there and he’s a nice horse to have.

Dundalk Wed, 23rd Mar, 2022 Beleaguerment

Shane hasn't been riding him the last five or six times and he does get on particularly well with him. He has been unlucky and running into traffic. I was away in Vegas and only got back at 7 this morning, I think I'm heading for being up 36 hours!. Before we got him, he was better on turf and will go back on it for his grade. He generally runs his race and to be fair to him he is fairly consistent.

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