Curragh Sun, 10th Sep, 2023  Crystal Black in the Cambridgeshire it looked like he came to win but it just didn’t work out. I thought it was a more competitive race today. I think Colin rode him a bit further back but it worked out anyway. He’s a good horse and has really come to hand. I’m not sure whether he will have another race or a break. We’ll hardly be going hurdling for a while! We were thinking of schooling him over the winter but we’ll see how it goes. we previously won the Cambridgeshire and the Ahonoora (Handicap), with Laughifuwant, but prizemoney-wise that is our biggest win.

Curragh Sun, 13th Aug, 2023  Grappa Nonino He did it well. Chris gave him a peach of a ride, he was in the box seat turning for home. He did well to get him from a 17 draw across and that was important because I thought there was quicker ground on the far rail, and that's been evident all day. He's a good actioned horse. He ran a reasonable race in Galway last week, I was disappointed with him but the ground had gone soft to heavy and that's not for him. He was drawn wide and ran a bit keen. It was a combination of things and things just didn't work out in that particular race. He's a smashing horse to train, he's won a couple on the Flat and he's won over hurdles this year as well. He has a great owner, Gregg Ryan in America. He'll be enjoying watching the race and his future will be to go to America as a dual-purpose horse.

Curragh Sat, 12th Aug, 2023  Crystal Black He's a horse that's had a lot of niggles. He ran a nice race here the last day and was finishing very well. We bought him and he had a lot of problems, he's still only recovering from the time Mr Weld's horses had some sort of a virus or something. He has loads of ability but we found it hard trying to get him right. We thought he was coming on his last couple of runs and he was fit today. Today was going to be his day unless something went really wrong. He's a lovely big horse. He won his maiden over a mile-and-one at Ballinrobe and he was high enough then. He's come down 6lb since we got him, I don't think it made a difference to him anyway. He has an entry in the Cambridgeshire and if he gets in he'll probably run. He's turned a corner and the horses at home are running well this season for some reason. We only have a handle but they are all running well. We're not doing anything different. You just can't do it without the horses.

Galway Wed, 2nd Aug, 2023  Last Ammo It's terrific. It's great for the lads (Rock Bar Syndicate) who are great local supporters of mine. This is massive and it's huge for all of us to be honest. I'm very grateful for the support. We felt we should come to Galway as that's what a syndicate horse is all about and there was an element of a social runner with him. I got it completely wrong with this fella as I thought he wanted very fast ground. I didn't expect him to handle the ground but obviously I'm wrong and he probably wants a bit of juice in it. It's a much improved performance and Jack's 7lb is huge. He gave him a beautiful ride all the way, never got checked at any stage. We have great luck together, Jack and myself.

Curragh Sat, 22nd Jul, 2023  Machnamh she's holding her form well, she's very honest. I think she goes on any ground. She'll probably go handicapping and then we'll be looking to get a bit of black-type, I think she will too. I might keep her in training next year - I'd say there is improvement to come.

Leopardstown Thu, 20th Jul, 2023  Teorie He stayed at it very well. He had a little bit of form and built on it, hopefully he can progress from there,. He'll probably go handicapping now. He'll make a nice three-year-old hurdler for someone and is obviously able to handle that ground which is a plus for that game.