Punchestown Sat, 28th May, 2022  Alpha Male He must have a good one point-to-pointing today. It worked out well in the end. He jumped, travelled and stayed at it well. I was glad to get a tow down to the second last and he actually had a little look around going down to the last so he won snug enough in the end. I'm delighted with that. To be fair to my old horse he stuck his head down and rallied the whole way to the line. It was a good performance.

Down Royal Thu, 17th Mar, 2022  Roi Mage this lad was third in the Grande Steeple-Chase de Paris and was bought for the Grand National. That's what the owners want but he's not going to get in this year, although hopefully he will next year. He'll go for the Topham Chase next.

Naas Sat, 12th Feb, 2022  Goven I'm very happy and he's been making nice improvement all season. Being by Poliglote, out of a Lavirco mare, he probably just loves that ground. He handles it really well but he's a real good mover at home and will handle nicer ground as we go through the season. We'd be looking forward to, probably, Fairyhouse at Easter although Easter is late this year so we'll get another run into him in the meantime. We might try and find a rated novice hurdle. I didn't get any indication from Mark that we'd want to go out in trip and I'm happy that he's able to do it at that trip. Mark actually thought he would like a bit of nicer ground, his pedigree suggests he wants that so we'll see. He's a lovely looking horse and I liked him. Hopefully he'll pay his way at home between here and the end of the season.