Leopardstown Thu, 6th Aug, 2026  Hard Promises He is a very nice horse, we waited on him. We ran him at Navan just because of opportunities. We were pitching him in against that company, but we were hoping he'd run a nice race and he did. He took a blow and came on from that race. It was a nice run and that left him with the form to come here. You still have it to do, but he did it very nicely - it was a bloodless victory. Ben gave him a lovely ride. It was nice to see. He's from a good, deep pedigree. He's bred to be a progressive horse. He's showing us that at home and he is very relaxed. He just eats and sleeps. Even training him at home, you can switch him off. He just does nothing. He's a horse that at the beginning he was just part of the crew but then, once you woke him up, you saw that he could do. He's a nice horse to train because of that. He just goes through the motions until you ask him to pick up. We'll take it from here. We have no plans yet, but I think we are fairly versatile with regard to ground and trip.

Leopardstown Thu, 6th Aug, 2026  Hard Promises He is a very nice horse, we waited on him. We ran him at Navan just because of opportunities. We were pitching him in against that company, but we were hoping he'd run a nice race and he did. He took a blow and came on from that race. It was a nice run and that left him with the form to come here. You still have it to do, but he did it very nicely - it was a bloodless victory. Ben gave him a lovely ride. It was nice to see. He's from a good, deep pedigree. He's bred to be a progressive horse. He's showing us that at home and he is very relaxed. He just eats and sleeps. Even training him at home, you can switch him off. He just does nothing. He's a horse that at the beginning he was just part of the crew but then, once you woke him up, you saw that he could do. He's a nice horse to train because of that. He just goes through the motions until you ask him to pick up. We'll take it from here. We have no plans yet, but I think we are fairly versatile with regard to ground and trip.

Galway Thu, 30th Jul, 2026  Pivotal Attack This is a big relief as sometimes you are left wondering, am I praying to the right Gods! We had been placed in premier handicaps and group races, but have had no winner. It is like going to the mart and not getting any money for a calf. We were delighted with the way she ran at Killarney and hopefully this will turn the corner. In racing, you live with it and celebrate the good days. They'll eventually come back to form and my owners are forgiving as well, and have stayed loyal. We only have 35 horses, so to compete at that level in Ireland is very hard and then you see the entries for a stakes race with 58 two-year-olds, and 42 of them are O'Brien's. That's the way racing has gone and we're like the darts player with only one dart to throw. We don't know why the horses were out of form although we do have this new transition of vaccinating horses every six month, instead of nine, which might have had a bearing on it. Maybe we have to manage that a bit better.