Navan Sun, 19th Nov, 2023  American Mike I was delighted with him. In fairness to Jack he’s put a lot of work into this horse and has been schooling him every day himself. He’s even been changing the bit and doing different things with him,. He finished his race out today which is the first time he’s done it since he was a bumper horse. I got deflated with him over hurdles as he never finished one out. I think he might have bled one day and it took him a long time to get over it. He looked good there today and hopefully he can keep going forward. He could maybe go to Limerick at Christmas.

Navan Sun, 19th Nov, 2023  American Mike I was delighted with American Mike. In fairness to Jack (Kennedy) he's put a lot of work into this horse and has been schooling him every day himself. He's even been changing the bit and doing different things with him. He finished his race out today which is the first time he's done it since he was a bumper horse. I got deflated with him over hurdles as he never finished out one. I think he might have bled one day and it took him a long time to get over it. He looked good today and hopefully he can keep going forward. He could maybe go to Limerick (for a Grade 1 race) at Christmas. I'm absolutely thrilled as that one meant as much as all the rest because Noel and Valerie (Moran, owners) are from Navan and are massive supporters of mine. That was extra special for me. They are good friends, we hit the crossbar with a few yesterday and they deserved every bit of luck they get with what they are putting into horseracing and into Meath football. They are just brilliant people and for them to have a winner today meant a lot.

Listowel Fri, 22nd Sep, 2023  Another Nightmare Her previous owner in Wexford sent her up to me to see if I had anyone to buy her and I ended up buying her myself for 1,200 pounds. The syndicate (Meadows Racing Club) had a horse with me which got hurt so I gave them this filly. I told the lads she wouldn't be out of the first four as her runs were good enough the whole way and we knew she wanted a trip. The syndicate are all Tipperary lads and the first thing they did today was hand me a cheque for training fees. I'm delighted for them as they're with me a good while and are a very straight crowd.

Listowel Mon, 18th Sep, 2023  Extrapolation Extrapolation has been terrific in a relatively short period of time. I only have him since February and that's his third win and is a big deal for Michael and Joan (Toomey) who live in Adare. They were very anxious to have a runner this week and for this to work out as it has, is terrific. That 2m4f suited him well and he might have enough done for now as he has had a lot of running done. He is entitled to a break and will jump a fence in time.

Kilbeggan Fri, 8th Sep, 2023  Stellar Symphony I was confident enough that both of them seemed to be in good old form and they are both at the right end of the handicap,. We only have this mare a couple of months. We got her from Edmond Kent and in fairness to him he did say she should be able to win. He had a lot of horses and he gave us this one to lease and a local syndicate leased her. . It was a promising enough run the first day in Tramore and I was hoping that she might improve a bit here, she obviously did improve a good bit. 

Sligo Wed, 23rd Aug, 2023  Redwood Queen She jumped well and travelled the whole way. The early pace was generous enough and they seemed to just slow down then going to the second-last and she kept going well to the line. I was thinking of going down the inner, but I felt them coming back to me a small bit so I just kept it nice and simple and went on the outside and she did it grand.

Tramore Sun, 20th Aug, 2023  Friends They were going so fast over the first few hurdles and she wasn't used to that pace. The second horse had a lot more experience and Mikey O'Sullivan (on Hashtag Pretender) was going to test our one for experience and he did. . Paul got her warmed into it and I was very happy with her in the end. The second horse has a good pedigree by Great Pretender and had nice form in France. You wouldn't expect a maiden hurdle at Tramore to be that hot. . She will go novice hurdling and hopefully she will improve as the autumn comes in. We will look at mares' novice hurdles that are coming up.

Galway Mon, 31st Jul, 2023  Neveradullmoment He's been doing everything well and we were very happy with him. Danny did everything right and gave him a good ride. I’ve trained all this family including Teacher’s Pet and Whatareudoingtome, and they were decent horses. This fella should make a lovely chaser. I suppose he’ll go to Listowel and whether he’ll go chasing this year I don’t know. I’ll talk with Frank (Berry) and see what the plan is.