Galway Sun, 31st Jul, 2022  Teed Up It’s a great day for Conor who joined me earlier in the year. That’s the second winner he’s had for me and hopefully things will start getting into gear for him soon. A winner at the Galway Festival is great for any young jockey.

Galway Sat, 30th Jul, 2022  Merlin Giant He's a bit of a character. It's great to see him come back fresh and well in himself,. It's great to see him gallop up that hill for a change and stick his neck out. He galloped to the line and put to bed any questions about him getting up that hill. He's probably a bit deceiving in that he travels away strongly but he's not actually that keen. Donagh wouldn't have been at his max trying to hold him or anything like that. He's a very sensitive horse, and he can be a bit flighty, but it's probably not as bad as it looks. We put the red hood on him for the preliminaries here on Wednesday and took it off at the start. He ran a bit keen on Wednesday but Michael (O'Sullivan) was very happy with him and gave him a great ride. It just didn't happen for whatever reason, but today he has put it all together. The season revolves around this for the Mee's horses and it's great to be able to get another one on the board. The ground was definitely a worry coming in. It's an old racing line and I told Donagh we probably had to go four sections wide. It was the first race and we picked the best of the ground. He was told to keep it uncomplicated, jump off fourth or fifth. He's a great jumper and it's lovely to see him do that when they are showing that at home. He has a great attitude for it. He's potentially a nice horse going forward.

Galway Mon, 25th Jul, 2022  This Songisforyou It has been a long road, he didn't make the breeze-ups due to a niggly problem and we had him in training last year as well. We decided to keep him for a bumper and with his pedigree, he was always going to be a good ground horse. I told Michael (Mee) during the Punchestown festival that this was your four-year-old festival horse for Galway, so it is great to be proven right. We kept Crowns Major last year, who had been through a breeze-up, and it worked as we were able to go back to the Flat. That's another avenue as this horse can now go back to the Flat without leaving behind a bumper. There is a winners' bumper here on Sunday for which he'll get an entry tomorrow and knowing the owners, he could be tackling the 1m4f mile maiden here next year. He is a very talented horse, has plenty of gears and has jumped as a three-year-old.

Gowran Park Sat, 23rd Jul, 2022  Thebestisyettobe She was third in a barrier trial at Dundalk. I was probably disappointed on the day but I think it was the quickest of the seven-furlong races and knowing Ronan (Whelan)’s weight she was probably giving the two colts who finished in front of her weight. She’s improved and we were very hopeful coming here today. She was doing everything right and is probably still a bit raw and green. Hopefully she can take another step forward. It wasn’t the plan but I told Leigh if there was no one to go on, you have a good draw in three and don’t give away your position. He was good on her and a homebred winner is important for me. It’s a great family - that’s the fourth runner and four winners. They are all multiple winners too so hopefully she can follow the line.