Tramore Mon, 19th Apr, 2021  Winged Leader The horses are in great form at the minute. They were probably a wee shade off over the winter time but now they are all really well and it showed today. He deserved it today. He has been enormously unlucky. People tend to forget that he is only seven. He was a bit like a young pup going out on the GAA pitch after playing brilliantly in the youth teams. Then he goes into the senior team and gets knocked about. For me this year has been his learning year and he will be an even better horse next year. He was very unlucky not to win in Thurles and the Tetratema probably came a wee bit too soon. The last day was a funny race because, even though it was two and a half miles, it turned out to be ten seconds slower than standard on that ground. It was a stop-start race and then a sprint at the finish and that is just not him. Today I said to Barry to just dictate it. I see him as a horse for some of the big races next year. We will see how he comes out of this. He might go to Stratford or he could go to Punchestown either. Punchestown is always very nice ground. He was second in Stratford as a novice and the horse who finished third that day was second in Topham last week.

Limerick Wed, 30th Dec, 2020  Wishmoor I thoroughly enjoy training this fellow; Gaelic Bloodstock bought him for a couple of their friends and we bought two horses to go jumping,. I was keen to get a few jumpers and the plan is to get a few more so we can be busy during the winter as well. I have jumping roots and we have a couple more jumpers in the yard at the moment. To be honest I didn't watch one jump, I was looking at the ground - I get very nervous with the flat never mind the jumps! The ground is very soft and he is old and clever, he only does the bare minimum over the jumps and doesn't tire himself out. I'm delighted.