Dundalk Fri, 3rd Feb, 2023  Wonder Spirit we only have the two to run and a couple of horses to break but keep trucking away. Two from two will do!. He is a grand little horse and the day before Christmas was supposed to be the Santa Claus money but we hit the crossbar. I was in Noel Meade's one day looking for a horse for my brother who is in Australia and I had a chat with Noel to see if there would be any little handicapper for fun. He suggested this fella, so sound man Noel, as usual. James Ryan (jockey) is a good chap and you have to be sensible on the horse - it is not just a matter of letting him on. He held him and judged it. I didn't actually know crossing the line, but thankfully we got it. Siobhan Rutledge was brilliant on him in November and I'm sorry for her tonight because she rides work, and I've never met a harder worker in my life. She'll be off for a while with a suspension but will come back better.

Dundalk Fri, 27th Jan, 2023  Hero Of The Hour he deserved it, he's had issues and a few injuries and we had to be careful but had more than enough ability to do that. Blinkers made him focus. The last day he should have challenged and he just rolled in behind a horse. I thought there is more to it than that and said we'd go with the blinkers. With most horses, but especially him, I like them dropped in and hope they go fast up front. It turned out to suit as he challenged early enough and stayed well. I had different things going on, have four or five riding out, two for breaking and don't have many runners.