Ballinrobe Fri, 20th Sep, 2019  China Princess She’s a lovely filly but we were very disappointed with her at Down Royal,. We freshened her up and I was half confident coming here without knowing what happened at Down Royal. We may have made too much use of her there and I’m just delighted for Oran Crean and the Winning Ways as they have a good few horses in the yard. Derek said she was very green and that she’d improve. She’ll be a lovely one for hurdles in time.

Listowel Sat, 14th Sep, 2019  Line Out . I was able to get a breather turning in as I was going ok then and it would have been easy to go on. Thankfully I'd enough in reserve at the end. It was a good training performance to get him back as I was a bit disappointed with him in Killarney the last day but he's come forward a good bit from the race.

Listowel Tue, 10th Sep, 2019  Unexpected Depth Kevin gave him a grand ride. We were hopeful enough. He seems to be improving a bit and he’s definitely settling better. It’s his first time in a handicap but I’m not sure if he’s going to be a soft ground horse so we might not have that much more racing to do with him this year if the ground changes. Kevin said it’s sticky enough ground over the far side.

Killarney Fri, 23rd Aug, 2019  Shantelle She (Katie O'Farrell) had a plan going out to be handy and she was probably crying out to be ridden that way,. She's after finding a bit of form and she's tough and winged everything there. For the owner John Kennedy that's a great boost as he's battled illness in the recent past. She has entries at Ballinrobe and Bellewstown and as she's so tough another run would be a possibility. We'll see.

Sligo Tue, 20th Aug, 2019  Jazzaway She's very well bred. We leased her off Burgage Stud, they bred Briar Hill and she's a sister to him,. She's a bit like him, neither of them are very flashy at home. On the racetrack they are a different kettle of fish. I don't ever remember having to go a full lap after pulling up on him!. Three of us ended up going the whole way around. We probably went very slow and it turned into a sprint. I thought between the three and the two we were going to be beaten but the uphill finish suited her and I'd say stamina is her forte. There is that mares' Listed bumper at Gowran in October and we'd have to look at that. The boys have her leased - they have Getaway Gorgeous as well so they've had a great week. She's not big. The family jump well though and we've had smaller jumpers.

Sligo Tue, 20th Aug, 2019  Unexpected Depth We're delighted with that because he's a horse that has taken us a while to get him where he is today,. He was a very highly strung type of horse. The last day in Ballinrobe a horse fell beside him at the first and I think both the jockey and the horse got a fright and it didn't help him. He has settled there now and has a better way of travelling, he doesn't take as much out of himself. In fairness this evening's race probably wasn't as good a race as the one in Ballinrobe. The ground was probably okay for him. We'll keep him going for a while and might look for a novice somewhere.

Galway Tue, 30th Jul, 2019  Zero Ten You have to have a big engine to be able to win these races that he’s winning. He’s very well balanced. He’s on the ball. He’s clever. He was a bit cautious at a few of the fences but his first run over fences, you’d expect that. He’s safe enough, he’s very aware of what’s going around him. He’s a bit special. David (Mullins) said he was just a bit deliberate at his jumps today. He said he wasted an awful lot of energy in the air. He was putting an awful lot of emphasis on his jumps. He said take his time and look after him. We’ll probably have to do a bit more schooling. You’d usually be happy enough if you won your beginners' around Galway. We’re not sure what’s going to come next. It’s great to get the novice chase campaign off to a winning start and hopefully can keep going in the same vein of form as we did last year.

Tramore Fri, 31st May, 2019  Rathnaleen Tou She had a very good run the last day and improved from it. I fancied her here today but handicaps are handicaps and we fancied one yesterday but didn't get any luck in running. I'm delighted for her owner John Moylan, he is a gentleman and I have the filly about two and a half months. The horses are running well and it's nice to get one on the board. She is in on Monday at Listowel and we'll see how she is after this.