Thurles Thu, 7th Oct, 2021  Voice Of Angels She is a nice scopey filly and one to look forward to next year. She deserved it on her first two runs. She seems to cope with most types of ground and should be able to get black type at some stage.

Navan Wed, 6th Oct, 2021  Sounds Of Spring He won his maiden here at a similar time last year. He likes soft ground so we pulled up with him in June and waited for this time of the year. Hopefully we can get him out at least once more before the season ends. Niall (McCullagh) remarked there that he is a horse with a little bit of ability. It just got a bit tight there and when he did get motoring it was great to see him finish out so well. It's maybe horses for courses as he did win his maiden here. He did run well in the spring a few times but it's always competitive here in Ireland, he's just had to wait his turn and he got it today which is great. We'll try and find something similar in the next few weeks and he'll stay in training next year as well.

Listowel Thu, 23rd Sep, 2021  Dante's Pass I thought it was a very good performance. He's a big horse, he must be 16-2 or 16-3. Joseph has taken his time with him, he's always liked him. He's a nice relaxed horse, Shane said he fell out of the gates and around this sharp track it took him a while to get into his stride. He made a lot of ground up off the bend and came wide as well. Once he got going he galloped to the line. I think he's got a big future and I think he could be a decent horse in time. He'd stay well and I think a big galloping track would suit him, you'd love to see him at the Curragh or Leopardstown. He has a great mindset to him. Brendan Powell, representing

Listowel Tue, 21st Sep, 2021  Mutasarref After his last run (runner-up at Leopardstown), he looked like he should go and win today and thankfully he has. Hopefully we will go and look for a handicap for him next. His dam loved an ease in the ground and we anticipated he would handle it well.

Naas Thu, 16th Sep, 2021  Sablonne Shane said that once she gets to the front she thinks she has enough done. She’s laidback more than anything else and the cheekpieces helped her.

Dundalk Thu, 2nd Sep, 2021  Phantom Power That was an important one to get as he's a half-brother to Slade Power. His full-brother Heavenly Power won in the Curragh recently. It looked a bit scary at the top of the straight. I thought Shane (Foley) had pinched it. It's nice to get it.

Curragh Sat, 21st Aug, 2021  Heavenly Power The last day he ran like one that you'd say would come back here and win a maiden over six and that's what he's done,. It was a competitive maiden although I don't know how good they were. He's progressing with each run. I'm over the moon to get a winner for Sabena (Power). We had great luck at the start but haven't had much luck lately so I'm delighted to get a winner. His half-brother won a July Cup for me but he's not the colour of him. He is what he is, he's okay and hopefully he'll progress as he's raw. The handicapper gave Jon Riggens (stable-mate who beat him last time) 90 so he could get mid-80s but I honestly don't know. The problem with these maidens is that they all have ratings but in three months time a lot of those horses with high ratings will still be maidens. This track has been lucky to me this year, that's the fourth winner we've had, so we'll keep trying.

Dundalk Sun, 15th Aug, 2021  Angel Palm Colin said either that surface or good to firm on the grass and six furlongs, preferably around a bend. Her main aim now for the rest of the season will be hunting for black type. We thought she was a black type filly before and hopefully she has got her confidence back there. She showed plenty of speed and is showing what we thought of her.

Kilbeggan Sat, 7th Aug, 2021  Darkened I was about to go for him turning in put decided to take my chances and not go for my stick until I had to.

Galway Thu, 29th Jul, 2021  Farout It was a very brave performance by the winner. He did it the hard way and took the race by the scruff of the neck. Brian just gave him a breather about halfway and it's a big improvement from him. He's going to go up to graded company now. He's a fine horse and I'm very happy with him. He's improving, settling and doing everything right which can sometimes be very hard for Flat horses to do. Tax For Max ran a great race. Paul did a great job settling him and the way it worked out he was probably a little bit too far back. He'll improve, on his last couple of runs he was far too free. The way he settled today will bode well for the future with him. At least he's learning something. They are both horses that could be graded horses. We'll probably have to geld Tax For Max at some stage, when the ground gets softer we'll geld him and then bring him back in the spring.