Cork Sun, 2nd Nov, 2025  Mister Pessimistic In fairness Sean Doyle recommended him to us and it was pretty simple once I saw what name he had, although however bad I am, the only person more pessimistic is his owner Niall O'Leary!. He is a lovely young horse, did it nicely in the end and the second horse is a decent horse as well. I got nervous after his mistake at the second-last but he jumped the last well and galloped out well. He is unbeaten and has done nothing wrong, so hopefully he'll keep progressing. . I was in two minds whether to stay in bumpers this season or go hurdling but he jumps so well at home. We definitely like him and I need to go and look at plans now, but I want to keep him at that trip. . There aren't many options during Christmas so he could run in Leopardstown's Grade 1 novice over two miles. I think nice ground is important to him.

Galway Sat, 25th Oct, 2025  Eachtotheirown He had good runs finishing second in two bumpers but he's not a bumper horse and loves jumping hurdles. There wasn't any pace today which wasn't ideal, so he had to do it the hard way. He will come on a tonne from that, and he went a long way before pulling him up. Sean said he had a blow going to the second last and when he picked him up at the back of the last, he took off. He is a smasher and we have him a long time as he was bought unraced from Sam Curling. We had been minding him as he was only a frame and is only filling into it now. We'll look at going straight to the Royal Bond now or else the Monksfield Novice in Navan, but I think Fairyhouse would suit him better.

Gowran Park Sat, 4th Oct, 2025  Western Fold He is a good horse, was rated 157 today and is still a novice for the year. He could head to Down Royal for the Champion Chase or we could keep him for the Drinmore (novice). He loves jumping and Danny gets a good tune out of him. I was going to put Jack (Kennedy, stable jockey) on him but come Down Royal and the Drinmore, Jack will have other horses to ride so I kept the combination together. We brought him to Ayr one day when he lost his confidence but is back going the right way now. He didn't win until Tipperary in May so is a novice for the whole season, and I don't know if there are as many novices with the experience that he has. We have loads of options but I was nervous about meeting deep ground here today but when we came here, I was happy to run.

Tramore Fri, 15th Aug, 2025  Tingarran Express She's brilliant. She likes all the up and down hill tracks. I decided to leave the hood off her today. I just worked her the other day and she gave me a much better feel. She always gives me a good feel, but this was a different feel without the hood. She's been an absolute star and has won three for us now. She'll probably go over a fence now. She is very small but she does pop a fence very well. She kind of wears her heart on her sleeve and Simon said to me today that he might just bounce out and make it and it worked. She is owned by fantastic people (the ISC Express Syndicate) and I'm very, very lucky to have them. One of them, Derek, is in Australia and he has been absolutely brilliant to me. I'm sure he's watching in today. She is an extremely special mare to us and our family at home as she came to us through sad circumstances.

Galway Wed, 30th Jul, 2025  Western Fold I've been coming here ever since I can remember and just even to be riding in these races it's a massive privilege. I can't thank Gordon and his owners enough to be giving me the chances and I'm delighted for the way it worked out. He (Gordon) has had great luck in this race and he's so easy to ride for. He leaves it up to us and he knows the story in these big races. You could go out with a plan and it could change very quick. There is no pressure going out and I can't thank him enough. He jumped super and since he has got nice ground he is really starting to improve with every run. I wasn't sure after the last day because he got a bit of a hike after winning at Ballinrobe. I knew he had a live chance and he proved today that he is a top quality horse. I've been on a bit of a dry spell at the minute but days like this are what we dream of and I just can't believe it. He's a right horse. Bobby O'Ryan bought him for David (L'Estrange) and John (Wright) and the boys have been very patient with him, he was a bit backward when he was young. This race has been the plan for a while so I'm delighted the lads are here, it's a dream for the lads to be here and win the race. Bobby put the syndicate together so all credit has to go to him. Everything worked out great. Danny got away at the start and the horse jumped like a buck, I think he just missed one into the dip. Everything went right and it was poetry in motion.