Fairyhouse Sun, 9th Jan, 2022  Dunvegan When I saw him jumping the second last I started to enjoy it. It was straightforward, before Christmas he was bouncing but then he just went a little bit short. We worked on him and he showed today that he wasn't feeling anything. It's unbelievable now but you'd be nervous going into these races. Bryan said to himself that he'd just back off enough but keep the pressure on and he gave him a brilliant ride. We always thought a lot of him. He won two bumpers and beat a lot of winners in Punchestown, then he was so impressive when he won his maiden hurdle here. He kind of went backwards on us and he always looked like a three-mile chaser but this seems to be his trip. He ran in the Thyestes last year and didn't get the trip on the heavy ground. He went plenty far in it, enjoyed it and jumped out of it but just couldn't stay going. Thankfully we pulled him back in trip and let him rock. That's a prestigious race, I'd always been looking at these races at one time and you wouldn't think you'd ever win them. I was absolutely thrilled with Castlegrace Paddy. Davy (Russell) was delighted with him, he ran some race because that would be his first proper gallop. It was a beautiful run and I couldn't be happier. We have Dunvegan in the Queen Mother, I know you are really jumping up in class but he's done us no harm so we'll see. There is also the Dublin Racing festival, we'll move on with him now and give him the chance to compete against the big ones over the shorter trips. He hasn't b

Clonmel Thu, 6th Jan, 2022  Sienne D'or More work went into getting her here and it was tough going. She was getting injured and injured and injured and in Punchestown the last day she was brought down. I was saying where is this going to end!. Then she reared up down the stable yard she was so well. You'd think I was after winning a graded race, it means so much. Only for Richard Finnegan, the main man in the syndicate, she might not be left in my yard but the syndicate were good. We had an idea she might handle the ground but you couldn't get a bit of luck with her. Even though it was a 0-95, it is important for the yard and the staff, as a lot went into it.