T G McCourt

Dundalk Wed, 28th Jan, 2026  Inishmot Prince I didn't think we went overly mad early doors and I just carefully kept the revs up on him coming around the bend. In fairness, once he got to the front he just started pricking his ears and it probably helped that Chris (Hayes, Plushy) came across me just for something to battle with. Feels like a while back (since riding Inishmot Prince as a 10lb claimer), he has been unbelievable and runs his race every day. It is great to get another one on him. He's a right oul horse, he's a lovely horse to train and very simple to do things with. He had never worked like a sprinter - like he is in a race, he is always behind the bridle. He was coming down to a great mark and I thought he would take a lot of beating today. I was a bit disappointed the last day, he doesn't like getting boxed up in behind horses. James gets on serious well with him. Once he got to the furlong pole upsides, he does his best work coming home. He does have a little issue with his hind heels, which keeps flaring up on us, but when he gets into that kind of form he is very effective up here. Hopefully the handicapper won't be too hard on him and we get another one out of him in the winter.