Listowel Sun, 19th Sep, 2021  Captain Kangaroo He has been expensive to follow and that is probably his trip,. Paul thought he might benefit from going over fences and whether or not we'll go at this stage I don't know but he thought he would have far more respect for a fence than a hurdle. It's nice for Kanga Racing and Brett Graham as they've been waiting a while with him.

Curragh Sun, 12th Sep, 2021  Discoveries how lucky am I to have three fillies out of the one mare to have won Group 1s. She’s a lovely, lovely filly and is completely different to Alpha Centauri, who was a big grey filly. This filly was not as big but she has done a lot of growing. She has a lovely temperament and is not as feisty as Alpha. Alpine Star looked completely different again. She was long and low, not very big. she (Discoveries) was green the first time she ran and then won her maiden. We’d hoped she’d win the Alpha Centauri Debutante but the ground came up soft that day.

Galway Thu, 29th Jul, 2021  M C Muldoon He settled beautifully. He went down to the start very free and Patrick decided to go to Plan B, which is drop in whereas we thought we were going to be in the first two or three the whole way. He changed tactics and it paid off. He got him settled and was able to use his ability then over the last two furlongs. He ran very well at Ascot (beaten a short head in the Ascot Stakes) and I think there is going to be a nice day in him on the Flat.

Curragh Sat, 26th Jun, 2021  Sindhia Sue Shortt at home does a great job with her. In fairness to Pat Downes (manager of the Aga Khan’s Irish Studs) he was keen to keep her in training and it’s paid off. She’s a smashing filly and I asked Pat (Downes, Aga Khan’s Irish Studs manager)to keep her in training which you wouldn’t do too often with a filly with her rating. I always felt the best was yet to come with her. She’s a half-sister to Sonaiyla who improved greatly at four and I felt this filly had the potential to do that. Seven furlongs is a good trip for her and I felt this track would bring out the best in her. This was the plan in the back of my head for a long time. Ronan did well to find his way through. She wears a chifney bit and a net to help her settle. I said to Ronan to get cover wherever you can and then ride your race. Luckily the gaps came for her.

Curragh Fri, 25th Jun, 2021  Discoveries she is keeping the family tradition going and is still very green; being in front for so long probably didn’t suit her. Shane felt she would be much better in a better race where they could take her along. She’s very leery and looking at everything — a lot more than her other siblings. She improved a lot from the first run to this race and will improve again. The Debutante and the Moyglare are two races we have in mind for her.

Down Royal Fri, 4th Jun, 2021  Sheishybrid She was unlucky in Sligo, she got a couple of pounds for it even though she only finished third. He (Colin Keane) said that is as far as she needs to go. She liked the fast ground. It probably wasn't the most competitive race in the world but it was nice to win. There will be plenty of races for her. She'll go for another handicap and we'll see how we go and we'll see what the handicapper does. She is bred by (starter) Joey Banahan (who sent the runners on their way by flag after the earlier stalls malfunction) and she is out of a mare that he has had. She is related to a very fast horse that was in Hong Kong who was kind of a world champion. She is also related to The Big Orange so she has stamina as well as speed in the pedigree. We bought her half-brother just after Christmas so hopefully we have something coming along.

Tipperary Tue, 1st Jun, 2021  Future Romance She was very good but it was a very ordinary handicap and Wayne gave her a great ride and was good and positive. She seemed to get the run of the race and the bit of an ease in the ground helped. She is a very well-bred mare and we'll probably go for something similar. I'm hoping she'll be good enough to win a little hurdle.