Leopardstown Thu, 23rd Jul, 2026  Alpha She won obviously. It was a bit messy at the start. She was a little bit slow away. Ryan said he just gave her a little root to wake up and then she came on the bridle and was doing a little bit too much. And then Wayne got away and it was just a mess really. Anyway, she won and it was grand. She got a little bit tired as well. We are training her as the races are work rather than races if you know what I mean. If they are not really wound up and it goes wrong at the start it can be difficult. I thought she did well to win. She will be fine. I look forward to her the next day. The plan will be to go for the Debutante at the Curragh.

Curragh Sun, 19th Jul, 2026  Star Performer She came from the breeze-ups. She did a satisfactory trial last month and we thought she'd run a nice race here on debut. It probably set up well for her. The thought would be that we'd go for probably smaller steps for now, rather than aggressive steps. She's a daughter of Sea The Stars and you'd have to like the way she won today.

Curragh Sat, 18th Jul, 2026  Johanna Walsh It was a huge performance from the filly. I thought Dylan gave her a fantastic ride because he controlled the whole race. He felt like he'd be able to do that from a mid-pack position and he really did. She came on the bridle between the three and the two. We knew that she'd love the fast ground and we felt like she was in good shape coming here. It's really special to win a Classic here in Ireland. This is what we are in the game for and this is why we do what we do. We'll enjoy today. She's had a busy first part of the season. We'll probably give her a little freshen up now and focus on an autumn campaign.

Roscommon Tue, 30th Jun, 2026  Elusive Echo It was lovely to get that with her. She’s a lovely, honest, filly and Shane gave her a smashing ride — kept it simple. She stayed at it well. She’s nice and tough and genuine. It’s very important with her pedigree to get a bracket with her and we’ll see where we go from here.

Punchestown Sat, 2nd May, 2026  Touch The Moon it was a nice buzz and was special to do it on our own horse trained at home. Punchestown has a very special place in the heart of the Durkan family and John was very much embedded in the racing industry. For a Durkan family member to get across the line at Punchestown, whether in a charity race or another race, is special. I have ridden in the Corinthian Challenge and twice in this race. I actually have a picture on the wall at home of myself as a 16-year-old with three-and-a-half stone of lead riding in another charity race in Ballinrobe. I'm at the other end of the scale now though. He had trouble settling last year so we took him back a bit and fair play to Gary Bannon (assistant trainer), who wanted to keep him for a novice for next season, by coming here. This was a pipe opener for him and it worked out well in the end. Gary and all the lads in the yard do a tremendous job and we've had 20 winners this year, which is phenomenal for a small yard.

Cork Fri, 24th Apr, 2026  Enceladus He is a fine, big horse who had a few nice runs last year. It is nice to get him started but he is a big gross horse, so I thought he might come on from this first run, and I'm still hoping he could. We see him as a 1m4f horse and I suppose he is heading for a rating in the mid-80s or a bit higher now, so it would make sense to go into a three-year-old handicap of some sort. Hopefully, he can be progressive.

Cork Fri, 24th Apr, 2026  Enceladus He is a fine, big horse who had a few nice runs last year. It is nice to get him started but he is a big gross horse, so I thought he might come on from this first run, and I'm still hoping he could. We see him as a 1m4f horse and I suppose he is heading for a rating in the mid-80s now, so it would make sense to go into a three-year-old handicap of some sort. Hopefully, he can be progressive.

Leopardstown Wed, 15th Apr, 2026  The Lion In Winter We’re delighted with him and he was just ready to start. The plan was to come here and then go to the (Group 1) Lockinge. He has had a run now, obviously, before going to Newbury. He just got a bit tired but Wayne was very happy with him. He has a lot of racing to do this year. so we didn’t want to have him too ready starting off.