Cork Sun, 4th Apr, 2021  Scorpion's Revenge I was starting to doubt whether I'd get a winner and am due to go back on Saturday. I had bad racing luck and didn't have time on my side but this is the ground they all want,.

Clonmel Thu, 1st Apr, 2021  Springfield Lodge She had a lovely low weight and got a good ride and jumped the last well. Jordan Gainford rode her the last day and today was the first time I've met Mike. Garry Cribbin (agent) told me about him and he could claim 7lbs off. He gave her a peach of a ride. We might call it quits after one more run and look for something similar again in the autumn.

Wexford Sat, 20th Mar, 2021  High Stakes He is a fair bit of a horse. We were expecting him to run well with the form he has. He probably needed the run but he is a decent horse. He is for sale but we will see what happens. He could go for another bumper now. We have six or seven in at the moment and are based in Tinahely.

Clonmel Thu, 4th Mar, 2021  Cluan Dara He was second to Samcro in a bumper and won a Fairyhouse maiden hurdle.

Fairyhouse Sat, 27th Feb, 2021  Breakeven he's just learning his job. That's probably the first day everything has gone right for him. He's a beautiful jumper of a hurdle for such a big horse. He's an out and out chaser and I can't wait to go chasing with him as he's won two point-to-points. We'll keep going this road and his main target will be the Red Mills Series Final in Punchestown. Whether he runs between now and then I don't know, it depends on the horse himself. He's not a January/February ground horse. Maybe he'll grow into it but he's not at the moment anyway. He's a real good ground chaser and he wants two-and-a-half or three miles.

Down Royal Thu, 4th Feb, 2021  La Chanteuse She loves those conditions and that race today conditions wise probably suited her,. I really wanted to go back to Fairyhouse for the mares' graded race which has obviously been rescheduled for Monday. A big factor in me coming here today was that I wanted JJ (Slevin) to ride her again. He got on really well with her and he has given her a good ride today. I wasn't going to be able to get him (in Fairyhouse). Hopefully we can look for something else. She probably deserves to go in and take a wee chance in one of those (graded races). I haven't really looked at what there is across the water for her but there are a couple of races here for her. We'll see what we can do. She didn't have to make the running today as I thought there was a bit more pace on. He was content to track them and he was handy enough. Once she got going at the top of the hill, unless she made a mistake, there was only one winner. The way she jumped she is cut out for jumping fences - she was ballooning them. Hopefully there is a future in her. She'll (mother Edith, owner) think it is easy now!. She was bought to sell originally and we didn't get her sold. We'll run away with her and see how we get on. She has a pedigree to make a good broodmare. A wee bit of black-type against her own name would fairly seal that.

Fairyhouse Sat, 16th Jan, 2021  La Chanteuse We've always thought plenty of her. On her first run back at Down Royal Ben rode her and he was disappointed with her,. She probably really needed it as she blew up half way around. She came here today and obviously has come on a good bit from it. JJ gave her a good ride and it's great to get it, they are hard to win. We were disappointed not to get a bit of black-type with her in her bumpers. We didn't sell her, and she's owned by my mother, so there is a bit of extra pressure on. She's entitled to take her chance in a better race. We could go across the water for a novice but at this point in time we'd probably be trying for a bit of black-type.

Navan Fri, 18th Dec, 2020  Pino Boy That's absolutely brilliant. We were half questioning whether we'd run him because of the ground,. It worked out great and Liam gave him a perfect ride. He just got boxed in the last day here and couldn't get out. He had a wind operation a while ago and it's just taken him a while to get the confidence that he was able to breath again.