Ciaran Murphy

Fri, 21st Aug, 2026  Hill Silver It’s fantastic to back up the last night here,. All winter this fella has been showing the right signs. We thought he ran a cracker in a very hot bumper at Galway. He freshened up lovely and we were really pleased with him after, so we said we’d come and have one go here. It’s lovely to have a nice four-year-old coming through, that’s able to win a bumper. He has a helluva attitude. He got knocked around plenty again today, as he did in Galway. That will make a man of him now, and he’ll only come forward from that again. He’s won his bumper now so we’ll sit tight and won’t panic, we’ll just see where we are with him. I’d say he’s a horse for better ground and he could be an exciting horse for the spring. He wants decent ground.

Fri, 21st Aug, 2026  Puppet Master He’s a horse that we gave a good few quid for (£78,000) in the autumn and he wasn’t really working out, we had a few issues with him along the way,. He was well dropped in class today. He jumped really well and travelled lovely. I’m not sure how much more was left in the tank, but he’s getting confidence and he got the job done. It’s lovely to get it here at Kilbeggan. He’ll mix it away, he was bought to be a dual-purpose horse. Hopefully he’ll build from that and get confidence. Maybe he’s going to be a nicer horse next spring. We’ll have to give him a chance now. As I said, it wasn’t a straightforward road with him, but with the help of a big team we are getting this lad right and it’s rewarding.

Kilbeggan Sat, 8th Aug, 2026  Convincing He winged hurdles and was good and tough to the line. I’d say you could even step him up in trip. He was disappointing, we thought we’d have one won on the Flat before now. Hopefully a hurdle will just bring him to life. On his first run in a handicap, around here, it was a good performance to be able to do that over two miles. To be fair to him, every time I asked him for a jump he came for me. Hopefully onwards and upwards. He’ll have a good party tonight anyway!