Killarney Tue, 13th Jul, 2021  Celtic Crown She is very tough, genuine and has been unlucky two or three times. She deserved that, goes on any ground and these are hard horses to get,. Her owners have had a hard time with covid, they are Florida based and come over regularly but it has been difficult this year. Robert (Moran) is an owner/breeder and while she'll continue in handicaps, it would be great if she eventually got black-type.

Roscommon Tue, 29th Jun, 2021  Miss Florentine She's been very consistent. We had her in at Bellewstown on Thursday and here today and it's a case in these low grade races that you run wherever you get in,. In fairness Mark Gallagher did all the work on her last year. It wasn't the strongest of races but the man that owns her bred her as well and he's been very patient. He has the mare at home so it all helps. When you look at her form she had a couple of really good runs, at the Curragh and in Cork last time. You wouldn't be surprised by her doing that today and I just hope she improves a little bit more and goes on again. It was the same as the horse the other night, Longbourn, when they break well they give themselves a chance. She's very quick out of them, she had a couple of runs over shorter distances. She was able to break well, sit second and then it was simple as she didn't need to force it early.

Gowran Park Tue, 4th May, 2021  Celtic Crown I actually didn't know what had happened until he told me afterwards. I wasn't sure what was happening as he was bouncing in a funny sort of a way!. We're very happy with that. We were a little bit concerned about the rain beforehand, and it getting softer, but she seemed to handle it okay and stuck at it. She won last year on nicer ground so she's probably fairly versatile. We'll look for something similar again.

Punchestown Sat, 1st May, 2021  Jeff Kidder it's been a lonely old week up until now! . I said Willie (Mullins) has been the easiest man to find in Punchestown, as he's been in the winners' enclosure all week and to be fair he was the first one to congratulate me. I'm delighted, absolutely thrilled. I said in Fairyhouse if he ever jumps them all he'll be a real good horse and he jumped brilliantly today. He's just never stopped improving and since he came back from Cheltenham he's like a film star in the yard. The girls take him off to the beach for a dip and I think he's liking every minute of it. I had two going to Cheltenham, him and Beacon Edge, and I said to Sean you could have two winners as you've two great chances. A real fast gallop really suits him, like they went in the Fred Winter and as they did there. They were coming back to him and his jumping was fantastic. He's going to have a little break although I suppose he's so well you'd think to yourself you should keep going. He'll certainly have a run on the Flat, he's never going to be a chaser. Now that he's won that he's going to have to stay with the big fellas now, that's his last chance to run in a four-year-old race, so he'll have to wait until the back end to have a go again.

Fairyhouse Mon, 5th Apr, 2021  Jeff Kidder He actually doesn't jump fantastically but he gets from one side to the other and he does it his own way. He stuck his head down and galloped all the way to the line. He has actually jumped the last hurdles really well. He's improving all the time. We have him a little break at Christmas and I was worried that I had left him off too long. Obviously I just did it perfect. We let him in and out for a while and let him enjoy himself. I'd say he was very weak last year as a three-year-old and he is starting to get a bit stronger. If he ever learns how to jump the whole lot of them he'll be grand, he only jumped half of them. If he never does anymore he's done a lot but hopefully he will do more. I can't see any reason why he won't run in Punchestown now. The plan was to run on the Flat during the summer. Colin (Keane) said to me last year when you get him over two miles he'll win a Cesarewitch for you. Off 68 he should be able to win a Flat race somewhere you'd imagine. I'm delighted for the fellas who own him. They've bought a few horses but that's the first one they've had luck with. Eamonn (Scanlon) hasn't been too well so that's a boost for him.

Cheltenham Tue, 16th Mar, 2021  Jeff Kidder When we got levelled out into the straight I knew he was going to stay well and he’s jumped well on the whole. I’m delighted for Noel and all the team at home. If it wasn’t for Noel, I wouldn’t be here — you need the horses and the staff and everything. To be fair to Noel said after a bit of work last week that this horse had a right chance and when he says something like that you stand up and take note. To be fair, he was right. I genuinely said when I passed the line, ‘I can’t believe it’. I was talking to a few of the lads who have ridden here and they said it’s a feeling you can’t explain. Even though there’s no crowds here, it was brilliant — I can only imagine what it would have been like if there was (a crowd). I thought he had a chance. He worked the other day and I was very happy with what I saw. I said to Sean you’ve got two good rides at Cheltenham for me this week and I think you will be thereabouts on this one. He is a stayer on the Flat and that’s what you need around Cheltenham. That is what he ended up doing, just outstaying them. I think the better ground helped as well. He won at Fairyhouse then we put in him a Grade Two at Leopardstown over Christmas which was a very good race. He had been running on the Flat and he was a winner on the Flat so he was used to the hustle and bustle. Colin Keane has been riding him on the Flat and he said he will win you a Cesarewitch one day a