Donal Hassett

Clonmel Thu, 14th May, 2026  Loi Des Jeux He had a problem with a tooth years ago and hanging left seems to be a mental thing with him since. He was initially going point-to-pointing but was jumping left, and it is all in his head. His owner Darragh McDonagh is best friends with Dom Murphy who owns our Sunday winner Humble Brag and has Heads Up (Cheltenham runner-up) in training with John McConnell. Darragh didn't sell him at the sales, where I was mad about the horse, so thankfully he dropped him down to us and is the first horse he has had with us. He has shown patience with the horse and had a few quid on today, which was great. I wasn't worried about the opposition but was worried about the ground. If the ground is safe, he could go to Limerick in two weeks and if he were to win there, he could get into Galway but either way, he'll be a nice horse next winter. My dad is doing the hard work home milking the cows and it is great to follow up Sunday's win. We have mainly point-to-pointers at the moment but have recently got more to train for the racecourse.