Cork Sat, 8th May, 2021  Battling Bessie I'm delighted to get that winner for my daughter Aoife as she has gone close on a good few occasions but that's her first winner,. She is a great girl around the yard, does an impeccable job in turning out horses for years and has gone close on a number of occasions but getting across the line was brilliant. She has always shown promise at home, we knew she was fairly good but with the restrictions we weren't able to get her away as much as we'd liked to educate her. I was a bit concerned about the drying ground as she'd like it deeper. She's from a very good family and there are a few winners' bumpers at the end of the month. She has schooled over hurdles and while we're not normally a selling yard, my own two girls are working full-time in the yard now and we'd be open to offers for her. I'm not normally anxious to sell but if we get a decent offer we'd contemplate it.

Fairyhouse Fri, 5th Mar, 2021  Five Helmets We’ve done a world of schooling with him but I don’t know if his jumping is ever going to click. We’ve schooled him over fences as well. It was a bad race but it’s nice to get his head in front. I’m not sure what we’ll do. I suppose we’ll see what the handicapper does but his jumping will need to improve.