Curragh Mon, 5th May, 2025  Murkala I didn’t think it would take as long for her to win,. She’s a very nice filly. She travelled well today and Rory had her in a nice position. There was plenty of pace on and she relaxed. The last day Ben (Coen) rode her and we put cheekpieces on around Gowran and she was way too keen. I’d say fast ground, seven furlongs, is ideal. It was nice and smooth today for her. There is a fillies handicap here on Guineas weekend. It’s a mile though but I think she should have no problem getting a mile. I thought she wasn’t a bad filly at the start of the year. You could put a line through the last run, the way she behaved, she just didn’t settle at all. She settled well today and Rory gave her a great ride.

Navan Sat, 26th Apr, 2025  Reyenzi I thought he might just need a run. He worked very nicely during the week, but was so green on his first run that I said to Ben to just drop him in and teach him as much as he could. I really liked the way, when he got the gap, he came through it well and quickened up well. I think he is above average and it was a competitive race with a lot of fancied horses in it. Ben was very impressed. He was green at Naas last year and Shane Kelly (previous rider) was raving about him when he came in. He has strengthened up well over the winter. I'm not sure where we go next, but we will see what is there for him: I'm hoping he can shape up into a Stakes horse.

Tipperary Thu, 24th Apr, 2025  Onemoredance Ciaran Kilkenny (Dublin footballer and syndicate member) is playing against Meath at the weekend and got very excited today so I hope he didn’t pull a muscle or anything!. She is a big filly, has done very well from two to three (years) and ran well previously in Leopardstown. She had her ideal trip and ideal track, had cut in the ground and while it is a 0-60, we celebrate it like it was the All-Ireland. She races against older, hardened handicappers the last day so back at her own age today and hopefully now she can win again. The syndicate also had winners with Daamberdiplomat for me and I got them into another horse, so the strike-rate is good and they’re happy owners.