Punchestown Sat, 28th May, 2022  Tax For Max It looked an opportunity, especially when Keith (Donoghue) fell as he looked the obvious danger. Jack (Kennedy) loomed up and gave us a race of it all the same. I said beforehand that he was more manageable now but I didn't think he was that manageable. Maybe he's just learning and the fact that we were going a nice gallop suited as well. He's a grand horse and it will do him the world of good to win as he's been running in a lot of competitive races and getting hard races without getting his head in front. That will do his confidence the world of good.

Limerick Thu, 26th May, 2022  High City Roller He never handled the ground at all in Clonmel so we put him away and that pedigree is all good ground. He is light framed, is ground-dependent and I think he'll improve over a trip. I'd imagine he'll go hurdling now.

Wexford Wed, 25th May, 2022  No Risk No Fun he is above average for this time of the year and I think he is probably a black-type sort and I would have been disappointed if he didn't win today. I don't know what he will do next and he will win a winners bumper no problem. Maybe Willie will go to Galway with him, but he could put him away and make him a winter horse, we will see. He is not overly big and goes on that good ground but he could be a good winter horse. It's a good start (for Walters) and hopefully it will keep going that way.

Punchestown Sat, 30th Apr, 2022  Vauban He did very well and Paul said he's only learning, he has very few races under his belt,. Paul said he's starting to get down and hurdle properly now. He settled in and changed gear when he wanted to. It was an automatic change of gear and he looks hugely exciting. He has serious gears and he's only learning to race. He only had a few races on the Flat and he's getting it together over hurdles now. We bought him before he won the Listed race in France, it's a thing we never do but we spotted him and asked the price and they gave it to us. They wanted to run him in the Listed race, we said okay and kept our fingers crossed. He got into awful trouble on the race and there was huge interest after that, I'm sure Rich could have turned over a neat profit. The Australians wanted him and he looked ideal for down there, maybe he'll end up down there some day. Maybe we'll have a tilt at the Melbourne Cup, not this year. He's got a nice rating on the Flat and I think he has got lots of room to improve on the Flat as well.

Punchestown Fri, 29th Apr, 2022  El Fabiolo He’s a lovely horse, a real chaser in the making. He had a hard race in Aintree so to come back from that and put in a battling finish like he did there was very good. I’d imagine we will look forward to going chasing with him. He’s a big tall horse and is only learning how to race.

Punchestown Fri, 29th Apr, 2022  Billaway He is (hard work). He has a fabulous record in these races, he just has momentary lapses in concentration but in fairness to him he always finds a leg. There was one down the back where he just stepped out of my hands. We were lucky that the Christie horse made a mistake at the last as well as us. He's kind of always just doing enough. Fair play to him.

Punchestown Fri, 29th Apr, 2022  State Man Paul thought he had lots of speed and he showed lots of gears there. He’s a horse to look forward to next season. With a performance like that he could be a Champion Hurdle horse — that is probably the route we will go down. He’s very novicey and improving all the time. Paul said he was concentrating on keeping him settled and when he picked him up he switched gears. He was only going through the motions after that. From the first time we worked him at home he looked decent. Joe and Marie (Donnelly) have also purchased his four-year-old brother before Cheltenham.

Punchestown Fri, 29th Apr, 2022  El Barra Down the back he never missed a beat and he was so clever going down to the last - it was either sort yourself out or be long. In Limerick he was very good at sorting himself out so I left it up to him. It is a brilliant win on a big stage especially for Willie. It has been unbelievable (season), I've so much support though - obviously Willie, David Casey, Patrick (Mullins), Ruby (Walsh), Paul Townend, Danny (Mullins), all they want to do is help me. My riding is after improving so much having them in my corner anyway. Man and dad always made sure we had the best ponies to give it a proper go jumping. My heart was never in the showjumping and it took them a while to come round with the racing but they love the racing. They are not here today but they will be up tomorrow and there is no doubt they are watching at home. I've three rides tomorrow and I'm actually looking forward to all three of them. It was a very polished ride. I think I’m going to use him as my driver. He found his way around all the traffic there and I got held up in traffic and only saw the end of it!. He’s a very good young rider. He started off with my brother Tom and we saw how good he was. We invited him to ride some of our horses and he’s champion conditional ride this year which is fantastic for him.