Navan Wed, 2nd Sep, 2026  Chapel Lane he is owned by Tom McParland and Joey Kirwan who are two good pals of mine, so I’m delighted. He is from a very good Airlie Stud family and is by Tamayuz who I like, and has sired (stablemate) Jancis. He was bought cheaply (€22,000) because he was a rig but I thought he was good value and told the boys we’d have to be patient. I went back for a maiden because he ran a good race in Killarney the last day and I thought he’d have the experience for a maiden at this time of year. He showed a good attitude and fought to the line.

Navan Wed, 2nd Sep, 2026  Chapel Lane he is owned by Tom McParland and Joey Kirwan who are two good pals of mine, so I’m delighted. He is from a very good Airlie Stud family and is by Tamayuz who I like, and has sired (stablemate) Jancis. He was bought cheaply (€22,000) because he was a rig but I thought he was good value and told the boys we’d have to be patient. I went back for a maiden because he ran a good race in Killarney the last day and I thought he’d have the experience for a maiden at this time of year. He showed a good attitude and fought to the line.

Gowran Park Wed, 12th Aug, 2026  Fixation It all went wrong for him in Galway at the start. He was messy. He was messy again today at the start, but he missed the start in Galway. He got back in behind a wall of horses. Ben said he never got a clear run on them so he'd an easy race. He came back and he seemed in great form at home,. This was the next logical step. I think a-mile-and-a-quarter, a-mile-and-a-half is good for this horse. He's not slow but around here you need a bit of pace and he won very well. I think we'll wait until Champions Weekend now. There's two races there. A mile-and-a-quarter handicap at the Curragh and a-mile-and-five at Leopardstown so we'll target one of those.

Gowran Park Wed, 12th Aug, 2026  Fixation It all went wrong for him in Galway at the start. He was messy. He was messy again today at the start, but he missed the start in Galway. He got back in behind a wall of horses. Ben said he never got a clear run on them so he'd an easy race. He came back and he seemed in great form at home,. This was the next logical step. I think a-mile-and-a-quarter, a-mile-and-a-half is good for this horse. He's not slow, but around here you need a bit of pace and he won very well. I think we'll wait until Champions Weekend now. There's two races there. A mile-and-a-quarter handicap at the Curragh and a-mile-and-five at Leopardstown, so we'll target one of those.

Curragh Sat, 27th Jun, 2026  Fixation that’s two derbies in two days, but it's only I don't have a runner in the one tomorrow!. Fixation is a grand little horse and is really improved. I thought he was a little bit unlucky last time in a better race and Shane (Reville-part owner) rang me a couple of weeks ago and said 'I think we should go for the Ladies Derby'. Shane is a good friend, this is his first horse with me and when I was riding, he helped me with the form. He is pretty sharp, so fair dues to him. Himself and the lads bought this horse, sent him to me and it's great to have a winner for them here on Irish Derby weekend. The horses are running really well. They are hitting the board and, that's all you can do. You come, you think they are going to run well and, as long as they can perform to the best of their ability that's our job. I've got a great team around me.

Curragh Sat, 27th Jun, 2026  Fixation that’s two derbies in two days, but it's only I don't have a runner in the one tomorrow!. Fixation is a grand little horse and has really improved. I thought he was a little bit unlucky last time in a better race and Shane (Reville, part owner) rang me a couple of weeks ago and said 'I think we should go for the Ladies Derby'. Shane is a good friend, this is his first horse with me and when I was riding, he helped me with the form. He is pretty sharp, so fair dues to him. Himself and the lads bought this horse, sent him to me and it's great to have a winner for them here on Irish Derby weekend. The horses are running really well. They are hitting the board and that's all you can do. You come, you think they are going to run well and as long as they can perform to the best of their ability, that's our job. I've got a great team around me.