Galway Sun, 24th Oct, 2021  Chinx Of Light he has a good pedigree and I thought he might need the run but was fit enough to do it nicely. He quickened away from the back of the last and Brian Hayes gave him in an uncomplicated ride. He is a good horse and we'll go for Graded races now and hopefully they don't sell him for my sake.

Curragh Sun, 10th Oct, 2021  Line Out He wasn't the bravest of jumpers and he always had that little bit of class so I was aiming for this and praying that we'd get in. I was afraid we were a little low in the handicap but it came right at the end and it was just what we hoped for. I've had the race in mind for him since last year. When you're thinking about it for a while it's great when it happens. I've been associated now with three winners of this race. I won it in 1969 under my father's name and we won it with Clara Allen in 2005. We had our first runner in it in 1953, which finished fifth. The race has been very good to me.

Listowel Sat, 25th Sep, 2021  Impervious I'm delighted with the way she won, considering she was keen enough the whole way and she won probably because she is a very nice filly. She won well the first day, she improved and I think she'll improve plenty off that as well. She is one to look forward to. She has a fair pedigree and longterm is one for the broodmare band. I'll sit down with Paul (McKeon, owner) and we'll make a plan but the Grade 3 mares novice hurdle at Down Royal in November is a possible target. I've been a long time waiting for a nice filly like her.

Kilbeggan Fri, 20th Aug, 2021  My Immortal He won a point-to-point and was probably unlucky not to win a bumper,. He was beaten in a photo finish before so I'm delighted to get the verdict there. He jumped well in the main and I'd say he's going to be a nice horse going over a fence. Hopefully he'll be eligible for a handicap mark now and we'll see what kind of a rating he gets. We could head to Listowel or something like that. He's not a winter horse. He had to end up coming in on the worst of the ground on the inside there which wasn't ideal. He's a light framed horse and definitely wouldn't want Naas or Navan in the middle of winter. We'll keep him going until the ground goes bad and then we'll have a go next summer with him. It's nice to get that job done.

Tramore Thu, 12th Aug, 2021  Line Out I'm delighted, although I beat a neighbour. Dermot (O'Brien) used to work for me and his mare (Molly Wedger) was second. He might go for a hurdle now at Killarney.

Galway Fri, 30th Jul, 2021  Jazzaway I told the owner she wasn't going to run this week as she was lame the other day, but whatever happened, 24 hours later, she seemed fine and then she comes out and does this. It was minor but at the time it looked major, especially for Galway week and she also lost a shoe today. She is brave and has now won a handicap in Punchestown and comes here, going out in trip, and wins another handicap. There wasn't much else for her after Punchestown but if you want to have a go at big prizemoney, you've got to do that. Conor gave her a great ride and his 3lbs (claim) obviously counted. She has a lovely pedigree, is a sister to Briar Hill and I don't think we'll run her back too soon. We'll see where the next big prize money race is and I don't know if she'll go jumping fences or not. We're very happy with what she's done and she has done more than we ever thought she would.

Galway Mon, 26th Jul, 2021  Zero Ten He is a special horse to be able to come back to Galway and win a bumper, maiden hurdle, beginners' chase and now a flat maiden. We've had a lot of issues and it has been an uphill battle to get him here this year and if we had a cleaner run, we'd have gone straight for the Hurdle (on Thursday). It was a bit of a worry where we were with him but the engine is there. We'll see how he is in the morning and we won't be running him for the sake of it. If we can mind him, he'll reward us.

Down Royal Fri, 18th Jun, 2021  Aldo The Apache He has been very unlucky - he was going to be fourth here (early last month) when a horse took him out at the last. He's slow but he stays going. Paul was very good on him. The further he goes the better he'll be so I'm delighted with that. He hops off that ground so you'll see plenty of him over the summer. We'll see what the handicapper gives him and that will decide everything.