Down Royal Fri, 23rd Jul, 2021  New Society I worked him on Tuesday at the Curragh and I was pretty confident that he would win. I phoned the boys and I think they took the 7/1 this morning. Job done!. We were going to hold off for Galway on Tuesday but I feared he might not get in and I'm only 40 minutes up the road from here. He will go for a three mile handicap hurdle on Thursday at Galway off 113 and I'm pretty confident he is better than that over hurdles. A step up to those marathon trips will be in his favour. If he doesn't get in there, he will go on the Sunday for a 0-75 over two miles on the flat. He is (a tough sort), people were knocking him on his last two runs - I had to run him quickly in Gowran Park because of the penalty and then I took him to Ayr and he didn't do anything right. If you took those two runs out of it, he has been consistent. Everybody involved in this horse, that is the first horse they have been involved in. Subsequently they have gone and bought their own personal horses since. Sorcha is very good off the front, a very good rider in general and this is only her first season on the flat. You'd be surprised it is her first season. She is down to 7lb now but she easily claims off bottom weight and is strong and does what she is told.

Down Royal Fri, 23rd Jul, 2021  Geological The horses have been so out of form since October nearly. Bad hay and we couldn't get them right. I've just been concentrating on getting them healthy again. Nikita came in last week just to sit up on him and he worked really well. She got on with him at home. What a servant, he's unreal!. Hopefully we will pick up a few more as he has dropped down to a really workable mark. He won off 98 last August. He'll keep going until he tells me he needs a break! . She kept him balanced and she didn't panic. When she couldn't make it early, she didn't panic. I was worried myself because it looked like he wasn't going early. Maybe he is just getting clever and he is saving himself at the start for the finish but he kicked clear at the end. We'll crack on now and get the whole yard back in form.

Fairyhouse Fri, 11th Jun, 2021  New Society He's becoming a bit of a stable star and has a liking for Fairyhouse,. I only bought him for a grand and he's definitely repaying us well. It's great for the boys that bought him off us since his last win. They are school teachers, plumbers and tradesmen. Unfortunately they couldn't be here today but I'd say they are going to have good craic with him all summer long. We had found a few issues with him after his couple of runs in Dundalk, with his back and stuff, but we're very happy with him now, he's rejuvenated. He's in again at Gowran on Monday and I'd say he'll rattle on there. They are all anticipating going to Galway, that's what they want to do.

Fairyhouse Tue, 13th Apr, 2021  New Society I shouldn't have run him on the ground at Clonmel the last time as he's only 15-2, only a small horse, and he just got stuck in the ground,. We're hopeful now that he can progress into a nice summer horse going forward. He had some classy form in England for James Bethell. He only cost me a grand at the sales so I can't really complain too much about him. It'll keep mother happy anyway. He had so many problems when he came, kissing spines and joints, but he's turned into such a happy horse and I'm very happy going forward. Hopefully the handicapper just leaves me alone!