Bellewstown Thu, 29th Sep, 2022  Firstman It’s great for the boys (Keep Your Distance Syndicate) and they are a great cheerful lot who claimed him last year in Dundalk. He was owned by a great man in Eric Carson. It’s after working out well and he’s won a couple and was a tad unlucky on Monday. It was unreal the way it all opened for him like the Red Sea.

Curragh Sun, 25th Sep, 2022  Zoffman We’ve realised now that he wants an ease in the ground and a mile and a quarter or even a mile and a half.

Curragh Sun, 25th Sep, 2022  Devore We bought her at the breeze-ups and thought she was a bit quicker than she actually is but she’s after getting it together in her last couple of races.

Tipperary Fri, 26th Aug, 2022  Emporio he (Emporio) has loads of ability and has had plenty of issues so was one we were happy to wait on. He has been off the track a long time, it is great to get him back and he took a good blow in the last furlong. He likes that ground but has soundness issues and that's the only negative about running on it. He was fifth in the Irish 2,000 Guineas on soft ground so he'll go on that as well. He is entered for the English Cambridgeshire so we'll look at that.

Leopardstown Thu, 4th Aug, 2022  Mads Black Eights I'm delighted for Alan (Morrell) and his wife Sheila,. They've been very patient with the filly, they had plenty of faith in her and gave her plenty of chances. She has plenty of ability and Declan gave her a great ride, he took his time on her. Her dam (Boynagh Joy) was good and Alan bred her, that's why he persevered with her. She has shown snippets of form, we tried a tongue-tie on her the last day and she didn't like it. She ran a couple of good races at Dundalk during the winter, she got a bump one night and I think it frightened her. She's genuine, tough, and showed a nice little turn of foot there. We'll look for something similar.

Killarney Thu, 14th Jul, 2022  Zoffanien the ride wasn't by design as I lost my position but it worked out well. He is a bit lairy but it is a big drop in grade for him. He had been running terribly all winter and we gave him a freshen up recently. He was a good juvenile but they get killed by the handicapper and was a victim of his own success. He paid the penalty for the last year and a half. I said to Liam (Mulryan) about riding him colder and he has been working really well. I haven't seen Liam at a racecourse for 10 years so when I saw him today I knew he fancied him too. I'm delighted for him as he has been a loyal supporter since I started training. He always has two or three in training with me and I enjoy talking to him regularly on the phone. Originally the plan was to go Galway but it was Liam who made this plan - he said 'everyone wants to go to Galway but Killarney would do me'.

Curragh Fri, 24th Jun, 2022  Camorra We love this horse and he's one of the yard favourites. He's gorgeous physically, he has really matured. He's no good without blinkers. He surprised us last summer when he won on Champions Weekend on top of the ground because we always thought he was a soft ground horse, a typical Zoffany. We do okay with our Zoffanys. We were sort of protecting him with the Ebor in mind and then this came around. The first text I got was from David Spratt and it said 'Melbourne Cup', he just hates Ireland — he just wants to travel!. We'll tell him to get his visa sorted and go on but he'll be on his own. I'm happy where I am. He's done fantastically, I never look at what I'm up against and I knew he'd run well. It's a Group 2 but we don't put them in it just to turn out. David and I will discuss plans over the weekend, he's a nice horse.

Fairyhouse Fri, 10th Jun, 2022  Point King He’s only had the one run last year, is a massive big horse and took a bit of time to come to hand.

Gowran Park Tue, 24th May, 2022  Flying Dolphin I thought coming here today he would be hard to beat,. We put the cheek-pieces on him because he's just a bit starey, Ben said he was looking at everything. We'll see where we go next, the plan was today and it's always nice to get a maiden out of the way. Ben said a mile-and-a-quarter is good for him and he might even get a mile-and-a-half, but he's not a slow horse either.

Punchestown Tue, 24th May, 2022  Sawbuck He’s been in great form at home and, after his last two runs over hurdles, I came here thinking if he could finish somewhere in the middle of them I would have been delighted. The minute the flag dropped he travelled great and I couldn’t fault him anywhere. He just got a bit close to the last but he’s done it fairly handily enough. He likes that ground and is Flat bred and has run in Dundalk. The ground isn’t a problem for him.

Roscommon Mon, 23rd May, 2022  Sally Golightly She’s improving out of the way. She’s responded well to those tactics, plenty of daylight out in front and she was in her comfort zone practically the whole way. We’ll look for a more valuable fillies handicap and you never know where she will end up.

Curragh Fri, 20th May, 2022  Hannibal Barca He was obviously a good two-year-old, we just had a little hold up so we ended up starting today. I'm delighted to get the season started off nicely with him. Thanks to Mick (Donohoe) for trusting me with him and hopefully he's a horse that can go forward from here. I thought he did well because I thought it set up for the horses closer to the speed. Shane had to move out to get a clear run and I thought he gave him a good ride the way the race worked out tactically. He hit the line well and I think it was a good enough performance. Coming here I wasn't sure how far we would be going but looking at the race you'd be going further rather than shorter.