Tramore Mon, 19th Apr, 2021  Blue Markie The plan was to be very positive and David said to just keep the revs up. I'm delighted for his owners that he is after getting his head in front now and I think they will have a bit of fun with him for the summer. I think the nicer ground and the blinkers were a big help to him. He has loads of ability and has been working with all my good horses. The last day when he ran at Leopardstown he was looking all around him and not even concentrating, so I decided to throw on a set of blinkers and it has just changed him inside out. We will see what we get from the handicapper and go again. He is not a big horse so he will suit all the summer tracks because he can scoot around them.

Naas Sat, 13th Feb, 2021  Fou Diligence he’d been knocking on the door and you’d be hoping he hadn’t missed his chance. He was consistent last year and then got a knee injury and it took him a while to come back. We always thought he wanted two and a half but maybe a stiff two miles suited him. I’m delighted for the bunch of lads that own him, footballers from Clogherhead. He’ll go for something similar. He jumps well and could go for some rated chases later in the year.