Downpatrick Fri, 20th May, 2022  Kingfisher Lane He has been disappointing over hurdles. He had a couple of really good runs in bumpers and ran well in a bumper here in the spring and finished second. In his first couple of runs over hurdles he was running well and unseated and then he just had a few disappointing efforts, but he is starting to get the act together. He's still green enough yet. He'll stay. We were a wee bit worried about the drop back in trip, he is probably a horse that wants to go over further but it was a race that was here. He is a home-bred so that is even sweeter. The horse in the first (third-placed The Flier Begley) is a wee bit the same and probably wants stepped up in trip.

Killarney Mon, 16th May, 2022  Rockanrye She did it very well and I fancied her as her run in Cork was a good run. She wasn't a bumper mare but ran very well on ground that was a bit dead and the nicer ground over a longer trip suited better today. She did it very well and Mark gave her a lovely ride and his 7lb claim was a big, big help.

Kilbeggan Thu, 21st Apr, 2022  Eat The Book It's unbelievable. Simon is nearly 60 years of age and he rides out for me. I thought it was half mad that he was riding him in a hurdle race!. For the first two laps I was saying 'what is he doing' but maybe they just went too quick. We've liked this horse a lot and I was disappointed with how he was running up to here. He probably just needed to be upped in trip but he shows loads of pace at home. Hopefully he steps on from that. He's not a novice in a few weeks so we'll look at another handicap for him somewhere. He'll make a lovely chaser around the likes of these tracks. Simon didn't want to run him around a tight track and I've been trying to convince him for years that the horse wanted good ground.

Clonmel Thu, 14th Apr, 2022  Courting Vickie I'm delighted as she has ran well more than she has run badly and I'd say two miles was too sharp the last day. The dead ground and 2m4f suited her today. I never have a big number to run and train a few of my own and have some very good owners.

Naas Thu, 31st Mar, 2022  Tuckmill He probably needed to concentrate more and the blinkers helped him. He was that bit behind the bridle. It’s great that he’s won. He ran a fine race the last day (in first-time blinkers) and hopefully they keep working for him.

Downpatrick Sun, 20th Mar, 2022  Howaya Aoife They went hard in front and it probably suited her. She has been very disappointing, it was probably the ground the last day in the hurdle race. She ran a nice race in Thurles and we were hoping for a nice run in Navan. When we have run her left-handed, she just hasn't run well and she normally hangs the opposite way so you'd think it would suit her. Tracks like this suit her better. She is going to be covered now and after that we will race on for as long as we can. We'll hopefully come back here. We tried the blinkers the last day and tried the cheekpieces today to see if it would make a difference. She jumped great, she has ability and she's a good family. She won her point-to-point first-time out and lost her way a bit and we got her back and she won a hurdle. She has lost her way again and has come back. We hope being covered might sweeten her up as she is well enough handicapped.

Fairyhouse Sat, 26th Feb, 2022  Where's Frankie He'll come back here on the 4th of April for a 2m6f chase and that's the plan with him. He seems to be improving well,. JD Moore bought him for me and John Barry, who has ridden plenty of winners for me, recommended him. I had a good chat with John last night and he said he thought he would handle the ground even if he isn't in love with it. He said he had done plenty on that type of surface. I wouldn't do much on grass but he was happy enough to run him, so I was happy then.

Leopardstown Sun, 6th Feb, 2022  Call Me Lyreen Davy gave him a good ride. We said we'd ride him a bit cold today, creep away, and that's exactly what Davy did. There is only one winning post. Shane Fitzgerald gave my other horse a lovely ride as well to finish second but unfortunately he bumped into one. The horses are running well, that's our third winner of the weekend and most of the rest of them have been placed so we're very happy with the way they've been running. Danny Houlihan is a big supporter of the yard, he always has three of four horses with us, and he's a lovely man so it's great to have a winner at Leopardstown for him. It's great for Boardsmill Stud, John Flood is a good friend of mine and we live beside each other so it's nice to get a winner for Boardsmill.

Fairyhouse Sat, 29th Jan, 2022  Where's Frankie he’s a big raw frame and wasn’t right last year and seems to be going the right way. He could come back here in two weeks time for a hurdle and we’ll mix it between hurdles and fences.