Naas Fri, 9th Jan, 2026  Run For Cover We were trying to get her to settle as she’s very keen at home. Conor said we were wasting our time and we should try and make the running. Ricky rode her in Fairyhouse and she won, so why would you change it when it worked. She’ll get further but she’ll probably be penalised because of her style of running she is either going to win or be swallowed up. At least she has won for the owners, and they have the mare. I thought she’d be better going left-handed, but she jumped a bit right today. We’ll freshen her up and find another race for her. She’ll jump a fence too.

Fairyhouse Sat, 13th Dec, 2025  Run For Cover We said we’d give up fighting with her because she’s just very free in her races and we always had the hood on her. You’d have to drop her completely out and see if she could actually finish the race. We said we’d try something different. If she was allowed to go in front like that, there was a chance she would stay going because she wasn’t getting home fighting her and she was kind of resenting it. She was lovely and sweet, and she jumps really quick and well. She’s reasonably well handicapped and we’ll see if we can find another one like that. She handles the ground and goes two-and-a-half miles.

Gowran Park Sat, 8th Nov, 2025  Downmexicoway Downmexicoway toughed it out well and I’m delighted for Basil and Bernie Holian (owners). I was concerned about the ground, but he didn’t seem to mind it, and we’ll look for something in the next couple of weeks. He’s a nice horse and is progressing all the time.

Limerick Sun, 19th Oct, 2025  Midleton Rare I had him as a four-year-old and we always liked him. He got sold to Dermot (McLoughlin, previous trainer) and won his bumper for Dermot, which we always thought he'd do. Then he was very disappointing but I think he had some niggly problems. We got him about three months ago, he came in from his holidays but was very bad with his feet so we owe that to our farrier, who has did a great job with him. The slower ground was a big help to him. He'll hopefully get some confidence with that and we can mix it between chasing with him.