Leopardstown Sun, 29th Dec, 2024  Ol Man Dingle Brian (Caherty, owner) has a big crowd down with him from Armagh and I’m delighted for him. We had him kind of laid out for this race. He hadn’t run for a while as we gave him a little break. You are always a little bit apprehensive if you have done enough or given him too much time off, but I couldn’t have been happier with him coming here. For the first mile I was worried that he was too fresh, but once Ricky got him out he settled and I’m delighted with that performance. He galloped on well and Ricky said if something came to him, he would have gone on again. This was his mid-season target, so we’ll have to reassess things from here.

Wexford Mon, 28th Oct, 2024  Ol Man Dingle It's nice to back up his last run. The ground was a bit of an unknown coming here today. I had his previous race and this one mapped out for a quite a while and I was hoping coming here that the ground would be a bit softer. He has been campaigned over further and I just thought two miles on a stiff track, on a bit softer ground, would suit him. The pace was a bit muddling and he seems versatile enough when it comes to trip.  . We will see where we go from here. He has been on the go a while and I'll probably give him a small little break now. I could bring him back for a race at Leopardstown over Christmas, there is a novice handicap there that he could run in. We'll let him creep away and see where he brings us.  . This is Brian's first horse with me, he is from Newtownhamilton and I'm delighted for him. He is a nice horse to look forward to. It's great for Ricky as well, he is having a great few days.