Dundalk Sun, 18th Apr, 2021  Getaway Queen She's in great form. She won in Wexford the other night and this was kind of the plan. Last year we hadn't enough points for this race and she was ready for it. We didn't think we'd get into this year and it was only after we entered we thought we had a great chance of getting in. We fancied her because she came on from the hurdles the other day. She is what she is but she loves it up around here and never runs a bad race. We're delighted, if I didn't have her sure I'd get nowhere. I'll have a look and she'll probably come back here before we go over hurdles again.

Wexford Fri, 9th Apr, 2021  Getaway Queen I didn’t think she’d handle the ground today as well as she did. She wants real nice ground. I walked the track and I thought it was a little bit dead in patches which she wouldn’t like. Sean said she got a blow early enough that he was able to fill her up. They got racing plenty early and she got back into it fairly easily. She’s a real summer mare. She’ll run away for the summer in both codes and is a nice mare to have around the place. I think she might come on a bit for the run as I didn’t think she was one hundred per cent today.

Cork Thu, 25th Mar, 2021  Glentruan He ran in a good race the last day (8th at Leopardstown) and is a lovely horse who will hopefully make a lovely chaser,. There's a lovely local syndicate involved in him. I have five or six mostly young horses for loyal owners but am struggling and finding it very hard, like everyone else. We can train them if we get them though. Hopefully things will pick up - we might get a few English owners!

Clonmel Tue, 23rd Mar, 2021  Joeswayornoway I don't know why she was such a big price - I thought she'd be favourite!. She is a grand, honest little mare and had a great run in a maiden hurdle, which worked out well, in Naas. I thought coming here today she'd have a right chance after her last run here. She is in a handicap on Sunday - I put her in just in case she would win, and she'll run if she's well. She's not a real summer mare and would like soft ground. I was looking for a 7lb claimer and asked Ruaidhri Tierney (jockeys' agent) and he recommended Philip who now rides out for me once a week. Philip is freelancing, with Edward O'Grady and John Ryan, and he rode that horse well, he did what he was asked and there was no more he could do.

Clonmel Tue, 23rd Mar, 2021  Different Strokes We ran him in point-to-points and he was very consistent but wasn't a point=to-pointer. We threw him in here out of curiosity and it killed the cat didn't it!. He is a nice type, jumps and travels and that's the first time he got a bit of nice ground. Mike Kelleher, representing

Wexford Sat, 20th Mar, 2021  Henry Box Brown That was my first runner on the track. He is a nice horse and is for sale. He has done everything really easy since we got him and we only have him since the start of September. He can be a bit enthusiastic so we popped the hood on him. He just wants to get on with it more than anything and you can't fault him for that,. Ray Beresford (brother of the winning owner) was the underbidder on him up at the sales, but he couldn't get him out of his head, so he went after him and bought him off of Aidan Fitzgerald (trainer of the runner-up here). He had to give Aidan a few pounds profit but it has worked out well. I turned twenty-eight on St Patrick's Day and I'm based near Aglish in Waterford. We put in a gallop there a year ago and things are going great since.

Navan Sat, 6th Mar, 2021  Fiveaftermidnight Paddy gets on really well with her, he was second on her at Leopardstown last year, and he has a really good understanding of her. The ground the last day in Naas was just that little bit heavier on the chase track and she struggled a little bit. I was worried today as I thought it might still be on the soft side for her but he rode her plenty wide and she loved it. He gave her a great ride. I'm delighted for John Leckey who is a huge supporter of the yard. It's great to get him another winner. We might even look at putting her in foal down the line and running away for the year. She's a lovely mare to have and she's been great. She could also revert back over hurdles and we'll probably keep her going into the summer.

Gowran Park Tue, 2nd Mar, 2021  Jumping Jet She’s a tough filly. There are no schooling bumpers at the moment and I thought other fillies with experience would catch her out but she was straight enough there.

Leopardstown Mon, 28th Dec, 2020  The Big Getaway It was nice to get that out of the way and he jumped well,. We'll look for a winners of one but the way the program is he'll probably have to go up in grade now, maybe back here at the Dublin Racing Festival. The (Grade 1) Flogas Chase could be an option for him.