Gowran Park Wed, 22nd Apr, 2026  Prom Queen Myself and Naren Shah, Rita's husband, bought this mare for her birthday as she was always fond of grey horses. Her first ever horse Barr's Hill was a grey who won 13 or 14 races for Oliver Brady,. This mare stayed on very well the last day on her first run of the season but I was afraid she wouldn't stay today's trip. She is actually well-bred, we got offers for her before Christmas and she needs soft ground. She will be better going left-handed as Leigh Roche rode her one day in Fairyhouse and nearly ended up on the ambulance path, she hung so badly. She is bred for sprinting but is a stayer and hopefully we will get another race before the ground dries.

Gowran Park Wed, 22nd Apr, 2026  Prom Queen Myself and Naren Shah, Rita's husband, bought this mare for her birthday as she was always fond of grey horses. Her first ever horse Barr's Hill was a grey who won 13 or 14 races for Oliver Brady,. This mare stayed on very well the last day on her first run of the season but I was afraid she wouldn't stay today's trip. She is actually well-bred, we got offers for her before Christmas and she needs soft ground. She will be better going left-handed as Leigh Roche rode her one day in Fairyhouse and nearly ended up on the ambulance path, she hung so badly. She is bred for sprinting but is a stayer and hopefully we will get another race before the ground dries.

Curragh Sun, 15th Mar, 2026  Ribee In those conditions he’s a hard horse to beat,. This has been the plan since last back-end and the Lincoln was always the goal. I’m delighted for the owner. He’s an owner/breeder and this is the first horse he bred so he had to keep him! He’s been lucky for him. I won the race before with On The Go Again (2018) and we knew this fellow would take a lot of beating. We booked Declan McDonogh as Gary Carroll couldn’t do the weight on him. I feel sorry for Wesley Joyce who is the stable jockey, but the owner wanted a senior lad on him so we went with Declan. He was travelling all the way and I was just a little worried that he had hit the front a bit early, but we knew he’d get the trip well. He’s a grand big horse and that’s what you want for those conditions out there.

Curragh Sun, 15th Mar, 2026  Ribee I won this race previously with On The Go Again (in the 2018 renewal, at Naas) and we knew this fella would take a lot of beating. In those conditions, he’s a hard horse to beat and this has been the plan since last backend - the Lincoln was the goal. He was travelling all the way and I was just a little worried that he had hit the front a bit early, but we knew he’d get the trip well. He’s a grand big horse and that’s what you want for those conditions. I’m delighted for the owner/breeders (Lee Regan Partnership) and this is the first horse they bred, so they had to keep him, and he’s been lucky. We booked Declan McDonogh, as Gary Carroll couldn’t do the weight and I feel sorry for Wesley (Joyce) who is stable jockey but the owner wanted a senior lad. We’ll probably have to go again shortly with Ribee, while he has his ground.