Limerick Sun, 20th Oct, 2024  Size Five it wasn't a pretty watch and he gave us a scare but Oran thought they went awfully quick early on. He had intended to sit fifth or sixth but he didn't travel the best and the ground might have been too quick for him. He went on to do the job though and that's what you want. You'd think the handicapper was wrong by giving him 17lb for winning at Perth but looking at it today, he was probably right. I thought he had been harsh on him but at least he has come out and won again. Oran is in the yard all the time and is a top-class lad to ride. His instructions today were 'you know him better than me, so ride him the way you want!'

Sligo Wed, 2nd Oct, 2024  Gladiatorial Everyone needs a bit of luck sometimes. He was running well here one day a couple of years ago when he came down at the last, and today the other horse made the mistake and we got up. You need luck and we've had plenty of it this last couple of months. I said to Dara to get a breather into him and that if he was travelling coming up the hill, to hold onto him as long as possible. This is a lucky place for me and my first winner was here with a horse called Mighty Whitey who won a bumper under Derek Fox. Dara, and his brother Oran, never let me down. I used to tell them what to do but now they're older they tell me what to do!