Curragh Sat, 21st May, 2022  Raise You the plan was to come here and get a nice start to the season. I thought Shane gave him a lovely confident ride today and I'm delighted to get a stakes win under his belt. Settling and going up in trip has probably been the making of him over his past couple of runs. He's an enthusiastic worker at home and I was slow enough to go up in trip with him as he works with plenty of pace. I hoped he'd achieve more by now but maybe the best is yet to come and since we've made the step up in trip and ridden him patiently, he has really come good.

Curragh Fri, 20th May, 2022  Hannibal Barca He was obviously a good two-year-old, we just had a little hold up so we ended up starting today. I'm delighted to get the season started off nicely with him. Thanks to Mick (Donohoe) for trusting me with him and hopefully he's a horse that can go forward from here. I thought he did well because I thought it set up for the horses closer to the speed. Shane had to move out to get a clear run and I thought he gave him a good ride the way the race worked out tactically. He hit the line well and I think it was a good enough performance. Coming here I wasn't sure how far we would be going but looking at the race you'd be going further rather than shorter.

Killarney Sun, 15th May, 2022  Celestial Horizon I'm sure he'll go for the Galway Hurdle now - it is the obvious place for him. They have done a fantastic job with watering the ground and he appreciated it. He won really well. He ran very well in Fairyhouse, at the Easter festival there, and this race was the plan since then. His jumping was a bit sticky still but it was a good performance from him and I think he's a nice horse. I think we'll look at the summer festivals with him, Galway and Listowel, and see where we end up.

Naas Sun, 15th May, 2022  Amortentia O’Brien, doubling up at Naas after Brostaigh with two hurdle winners over hurdles at Killarney as well, said, Shane gave the horse a lovely confident ride and he has progressed well from last year,. I didn't expect him to win today, we thought he'd run well. He's a nice horse and hopefully going forward we can have some nice days with him. Sue-Ann (Foley) will get a big kick out of that, it was a nice win and a good performance.

Naas Sun, 15th May, 2022  Brostaigh Her maidens have worked out pretty well and she had a really good run the last day in Cork. We were going to run in the Lacken but this race cut up and I thought we had a better chance of sneaking third here. She improved a bit more than I thought and probably improved for the drop back to five as well. She's a well-bred filly from a fast family. She'll run away in fillies sprints for the year but that's job done, a stakes winner.

Naas Sat, 7th May, 2022  Tranquil Lady We were hoping for a big run in Navan and we were disappointed. This was plan b to come here, to be honest, but she came out of Navan well and we thought it was a suitable race,. I was a bit worried about the ground and (Teme Valley racing manager) Richard (Ryan) convinced me to run her. I don't think she wants it too soft but she handled it well and Dylan gave her a lovely ride. We think she's a nice filly and she looked it today. I don't know why she didn't really fire in Navan, it wasn't a bad run and it was probably a good race but we were hoping for more and it's nice to see her doing it today.

Curragh Mon, 2nd May, 2022  Twilight Spinner It was a good performance. We were thinking of running her in the Greenlands but she has been shaping as though she was crying out to go up to seven furlongs. You would have to say that probably looks her trip now.

Curragh Mon, 2nd May, 2022  Buckaroo I was really happy with that. I took a bit of a chance coming back to a mile but I thought he’d been working with plenty of pace, maybe more than I was giving him credit for in his earlier days.

Punchestown Fri, 29th Apr, 2022  Scarlet And Dove I didn't want to go looking for a big one at the third last, I knew I had plenty left. She was quick to fiddle away. Funny, she usually goes right but maybe she was jumping out to Elimay a little bit today. She picked up well going to the second last and it was a fair performance. She did everything right (in Cheltenham), got the split and I had a little look at the last that day and maybe it was the winning and losing but she was 25/1 that day and it was a cracking run. I'm delighted to ride a winner in these colours (Gigginstown House Stud) again. They have been very good to me and it is great to be here. She ran really well in Cheltenham where she missed the last two fences and was still close to Elimay. We weren’t sure we’d beat her today but thought we’d give her a good run for her money. Bryan gave our filly a great positive ride today. She jumped brilliant apart from the third last. I was delighted with that. I suppose winning a Grade 1 would be the main objective next season. She’s a Grade 2 winner and a big mare so there is no reason why she can’t be even better next year.