Galway Sat, 30th Jul, 2022  Hallowed Star Rachael was super and the horse was super. He was keen in her hands and she had the brains to let him roll on. When you are up there you are out of trouble. She was very good on him, as she is on them all. She rode one of her first winners here for the Mees on Camlann so it's great to have her back in the colours and get another winner for them. For me it's some week to win two feature races in Galway. We have only a small team of horses and to have two features going home is unbelievable. I have to thank the staff at home and Rachel, my partner. Without them I'd be no-one and it's the same with every trainer, without the staff they are no-one. It's a tough time with staff, expensive times. For any small trainers out there I'd say keep at it because you'll get there. This means so much to everyone that is involved in horses. It's a tough time on owners as well because everything has gone so expensive. It's a good crowd today and the other day they were five deep all around when Hewick won (Galway Plate). It's unreal and when they see a small trainer winning they are always there to support them.

Galway Thu, 28th Jul, 2022  Star Image She won as a two-year-old but only ran well once or twice last year before trailing off,. This is only her third run this year, I thought the last day at Limerick she'd run well but Niall (McCullagh) said the ground was too firm and she wouldn't let herself down. I was hoping that I hadn't lost my touch because I thought she'd run well today. She's down in the handicap and had a real top apprentice on her back today. She just needed a bit of luck in running and I fancied her but all my horses were giving last to no-one there for a long time. It's just been things not working out, like her not letting herself down the last day. I didn't want to go over a mile-and-a-half with her but it was the only race she could get into at Galway. I had to come here for the nice ground. Hopefully she can keep improving for the rest of the season but it's a winner in Galway and if she does that once a year it's job done.

Leopardstown Thu, 7th Jul, 2022  Rosscarbery She's hardy and since she came out of the other race she's been in great form. We hadn't done a lot with her but she was up the front of the string cantering and bouncing off the gallop. I couldn't see any reason not to run again. She's got a bit of class, she's tough and she carried a penalty there. That's probably her limit, a mile-and-six is probably as far as she wants to go. To be fair she's won from a mile to a mile-and-six in a three month window.

Roscommon Tue, 14th Jun, 2022  Weddell Sea Gordon's horse (Wrecking Ball Paul, prominent when his saddle slipped early and quickly pulled up) running off the track made life a bit easier. He wouldn't be a natural front-runner though and he was having a look around in front. He jumped nicely and put in a nice enough show so we'll head on to Galway, probably for the winners' four-year-old race. The timeline for that race is lovely. I'd say there is probably a bit of improvement in him as he had a bit of time off and is having a good blow there.

Cork Wed, 8th Jun, 2022  Rosscarbery She’s tough, and looks to have improved again from Roscommon, which is great. She’s been great all spring, she’s done everything we’ve asked of her. I was hopeful she’d run a big race tonight as, up in trip, with the way she’s bred - a stout German pedigree and by Sea The Stars - I thought it would play to her strengths. Everywhere we’ve taken her, she’s given us a good day out. As she’s got stronger and taken racing, we’ve stepped her up in distance. She won her maiden, she made her way through the handicap route, and now she has won a Group 3. She's the master of her own destiny. I think a right-handed track is probably preferable. It was a good race, but I thought she was good enough to run well. She’s progressing all the time, and our hand is forced — we can only run her in one type of race now. Robert (Moran, owner) bought her as a yearling, a Sea The Stars filly, and I’m sure that getting black-type was the aim, and it’s great to achieve it.

Roscommon Mon, 23rd May, 2022  Rosscarbery She’s a lovely filly, this was a natural next step after Sligo and I’d say her handicap days are probably behind her. She’s uncomplicated and is enjoying racing. She’s bred to stay and I’d imagine we will look for a Stakes race now. She doesn’t mind an ease but she has form on all sorts of ground and she has won in Dundalk.

Sligo Sun, 1st May, 2022  Rosscarbery this looked the logical next step after her maiden win in Dundalk. She had plenty of racing experience going into her first handicap run and I was delighted with the way it went. She had form on that type of ground and being by Sea The Stars, out of a mare by Authorized, she’s bred to stay. The fact that she could do what she did over a mile on the all-weather was probably to her credit. We’ll see what her owner (Robert Moran) would like to do with her next.

Gowran Park Thu, 7th Apr, 2022  Star Of Burma She’s been a long time in the making. Jack said she loved that but I wasn’t sure if the ground might be a bit fast and I thought she’d need the run. I thought he gave her a really nice ride and she stayed the trip well. She’s a very well-bred filly. We’ll probably look for something similar.

Dundalk Fri, 1st Apr, 2022  Rosscarbery She is a nice filly who had shown very good form last year for John Murphy. We've had her since last year and she is just running to the level she ran to before and I'm very happy with her. I haven't thought past today (regarding the trip), it is nice that she is a well-bred filly and a winner now.