Dundalk Wed, 6th Dec, 2023  Tarsus We thought he was a nice two-year-old but he was disappointing one day in the north. We ran him back here and Ben said to put a tongue-tie on him. He was working well. He's rated 63 and was in a handicap here last Wednesday but had a stone-bruise on the morning and we couldn't run him. It's just as well now. There is a winners race here in two weeks time so we might go for that. The lads have the mare, they bred him, and she's bred a winner at two now so it helps everything.

Dundalk Wed, 29th Nov, 2023  Scorchio That was super, I'm delighted. She's been a dinger of a filly for the syndicate and they are knocking a great bit of fun out of her. She's really found her feet on the all-weather and five looks to be a suitable trip, there is plenty of speed in the family. Hopefully she can continue to progress. My initial thought after last time (third over 6f) was back to five - she was drawn 11 then, but my gut was telling me to go back to five. With another win under her belt she'll get some more confidence and who knows where she'll end up. She travelled liked the winner two down and then Wesley dropped his stick and I briefly thought that maybe Chris could make a race of it. To be fair to the filly she is genuine, she dug deep and when she got to the front she was maybe just waiting on the second horse a little bit. She didn't have too much hardship today, so hopefully she'll be in good shape for the next day as well. The winners' race in a fortnight's time is the obvious one. She'll have less weight on her back there as well which will be nice as she's not over-big. We'll keep making hay while the sun shines. She's loving it up here and her action is set up for this kind of surface. She's won two now and been placed a couple of times, so maybe she could get three up before the year is out which would be great.

Dundalk Wed, 29th Nov, 2023  Scorchio That was super, I'm delighted. She's been a dinger of a filly for the syndicate and they are knocking a great bit of fun out of her. She's really found her feet on the all-weather and five looks to be a suitable trip, there is plenty of speed in the family. Hopefully she can continue to progress. My initial thought after last time (third over 6f) was back to five - she was drawn 11 then, but my gut was telling me to go back to five. With another win under her belt she'll get some more confidence and who knows where she'll end up. She travelled liked the winner two down and then Wesley dropped his stick and I briefly thought that maybe Chris could make a race of it. To be fair to the filly she is genuine, she dug deep and when she got to the front she was maybe just waiting on the second horse a little bit. She didn't have too much hardship today, so hopefully she'll be in good shape for the next day as well. The winners' race in a fortnight's time is the obvious one. She'll have less weight on her back there as well which will be nice as she's not over-big. We'll keep making hay while the sun shines. She's loving it up here and her action is set up for this kind of surface. She's won two now and been placed a couple of times, so maybe she could get three up before the year is out which would be great.

Dundalk Fri, 27th Oct, 2023  Scorchio Myself and my father leased her to a syndicate. She is obviously well-related and I have her little full-brother as well. I was kind of hoping she would do that off the back of her first run in Listowel, but I would say it was probably all just a little too quick, too fast for her. She needed a bit of time at the back of it all to mature mentally and physically. That was the first thing Wesley said - they went a million miles per hour - and he took back and he just let them go. To be fair, he is obviously a very talented rider but he has got a brain as well. We saw the fruits of his work there this evening. I would suspect so (be busy in Dundalk), she seemed to handle the surface well and the lads are knocking a bit of fun out of her now that she has won. Hopefully we will have a bit of craic with her this side of Christmas. Hopefully she can go on from this.