Dundalk Fri, 21st Jan, 2022  Pretreville he’s a good horse but was making a little noise and we got a wind operation done on him. We ran him on soft ground and shouldn’t have. He’s only had two bits of work before he ran here, last week and the week before. The first day I worked him he took my breath away. there are loads of options and he’ll go for either the Doha race that Bowerman won last year or to Dubai on Super Saturday. The Doha race is over a mile but it’s quite a tight track and it could suit him. Super Saturday is over seven, he just needs to settle a bit. We have new French owners in along with Shamrock (Thoroughbreds) and I’m delighted.

Dundalk Wed, 19th Jan, 2022  Skontonovski I often tell young lads to count to 10 and I'd say he counted to 20 up the straight! He's just a class apart and he didn't panic. Two runs ago the horse was second and got 4lb, sometimes the handicapper does that to you up here during the winter and that can stop you for the rest of the year. He's won four times for us since we bought him last July so he owes us nothing and he's a great fun horse. He might get a little break and then kick on back on the turf. I think Ronnie made the big difference there. He just didn't get involved, put the horse asleep and left him asleep until the last furlong.

Dundalk Wed, 19th Jan, 2022  Alhaajeb Ronan was just class on him, he gave him a serious ride. He took his time on him, codded him, and when he hit the front on him he said he had to throw the kitchen sink at him to keep him going. He gave him a beautiful ride. He's a tricky enough horse to train. He has slipped down to a nice rating, he came out of England last year and he's been a little bit disappointing. It's great for Eddie (Battersby) who is a longstanding patron. He'll probably mix and match it and he'll be an ideal summer horse over hurdles.