Down Royal Mon, 5th May, 2025  Quest With Speed I'm delighted for Paddy, he gave him a peach. Two completely different rides. He's a horse that loses interest, he gave him a slap down the shoulder and kept him interested. When he passed one or two, he picked up. He's going out in the field this evening. He wants a cut in the ground. It shows how good a job they did on the ground, the ground is beautiful here. It is on the soft side of good - if it was good, he wouldn't win. I have to praise the track for a great job that they have done. Paddy is only 17 and he won't be 18 for another while. A tall lad and he won't be at it for all his life. It is very hard to get outside rides for him. In fairness to Garry Cribbin (agent), he is very good but it is very hard to get outside rides. We kind of pulled back on him for the last month to keep him for the 15 and under races. He is probably as good as is what is there. Hopefully, I will have plenty of rides for him.

Limerick Sun, 29th Dec, 2024  Whateys Quest (extra) distance made the difference as he was on his head the whole way at Naas the last day and couldn’t lie up. I had this race in mind for a while and it worked out. The ground is more testing and more dead today, and is similar to the ground he won on in Clonmel (in April). Everything was in his favour today and it is job done now. This is his level and he’ll mix it between hurdles and fences.