Fairyhouse Fri, 24th Nov, 2023  Better Days Ahead Jack said he would have done more at home and it was a nice school around for him,. It was a nice confidence booster after falling the last day. He jumped great there today. He'll have to head for one of those good novice hurdles now, whether it's this side of Christmas or not I don't know. Three miles won't bother him or he could go back to Navan in a few weeks time for one of those novice hurdles there because he didn't have a hard race there. He probably likes a bit of soft ground, the way he handled it there. Jack said when he gave him a squeeze after the second last he picked up very quickly.

Fairyhouse Tue, 7th Nov, 2023  Absolute Notions to be honest he'd probably have done more going around the gallop at home but it was a nice opportunity for him. He'll have an entry in the Lismullen Hurdle and we'll see what it's like. We'll stay over hurdles the next day anyway and then see where we are at. The way he jumps a hurdle he'll jump a fence. He probably wouldn't want a fence on bottomless heavy ground though.

Kilbeggan Sat, 12th Aug, 2023  Macgiloney He’s a ten-year-old now and that’s 11 races that he’s won, he’s a brilliant servant. He’s been a bit in and out this year but would have won here two runs ago when he stumbled at the back of the last so he deserved that. Looking at the race he was meeting them all wrong at the weights but they are all old horses and have two ways of running at this stage so we said we’d take our chance. Hopefully the handicapper won’t react too harshly. They are hard horses to place. We pulled him out of Galway because of the ground and then we ran on similar ground here. It’s loose here so we got away with it. Extreme trips suit him and if we could get three and a half miles that would be great. Daniel gave him a lovely ride and had him in all the right places.